Alumni and Friends

Welcome Queensborough Alumni!

Community colleges across the country are receiving national recognition for their role in helping the people of our communities survive and thrive in this economy.

Great things are happening right here at Queensborough! QCC is one of only six (6) community colleges throughout the country to be the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Challenge Grant of $500,000. This challenge has placed the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Archives (KHRCA) in a position of national leadership in incorporating the College’s humanities programs into powerful academic programs to enhance Holocaust education.  Any restricted gift to the KHRCA /NEH Endowment is eligible to be matched by 50% through 2015! 

QCC Alumni This year we welcomed back our first 50 year Class!  Some attended the Partners Gala and many marched in the Commencement Processional to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their graduation.  See the photo at the right - the graduates as they were in June 1962. They called themselves The Pioneers and that is the banner they carried onto the field with the new graduates.  They were an inspiration to us all. As alumni, we are proud of our College and want give back to QCC so that it can continue to be the special place for others that it was for us.  The Alumni Cabinet has decided to prioritize our goals for this year to be sure that the QCC Alumni will work together to support the College and its future students. Once again, we will give three awards to Queensborough students in the Nursing department at each of the Candlelight ceremonies and awards to students in three additional departments selected by vote at the February QCCAA meeting.  Become a member and be part of the decision!  Come join us this year! Here are some dates for you to remember:

• Alumni Night at the New York Mets –Tuesday, August 7, 2012, Game time: 7:05 p.m. – We had an exciting evening on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Citi Field with the NY Mets.  One of our alumna. Jennie Fisher, '07, was honored for her military service in the US Army by the NY Mets!  Following the attack on America on September 11, 2001, Jennie interrupted her second semester at Queensborough to enlist in the US Army for 4 years.  Her tour took her to Fort Jackson, SC, to Weisbaden, Germany, Camp Virginia, Kuwait, Balad Airbase, Iraq, and returning to Washington, DC.  She completed her associates degree at QCC in August 2007 and her bachelors degree at Queens College in 2009 and is currently pursuing a Masters of Arts degree in TESOL at Touro College. The Alumni, led by QCCAA president, Cheryle Levine, '75, were joined by President Diane B. Call, VP Ellen Hartigan and Kevin Stevens, Coordinator of Veteran Services.

Alumni Night

• Alumni Team for the Walk to Aspire - Wednesday, March 20, 2013  - The Walk to Aspire is the student-led fundraiser for scholarships. Become part of the Alumni Team as we join the students for this great cause. The Kick-off will be during Spirit Week - October 1 -5 and this year, the date of the Walk celebration is moved to the early spring - Wednesday, March 20th, so there will be plenty of time for fundraising and for all alumni to participate! Call the Alumni Office (718) 281-5144 for further information.    
• Partners for Progress Gala – Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Terrace on the Park in Queens.  The Partners Gala is the College’s primary fundraiser for the year.  One of the honorees this year is an alumnus and outstanding Queens business leader, Joe Ficalora, '67, Chairman, President and CEO of New York Community Bancorp. Take an ad in the Partners Journal, buy a seat, come join in the fun and meet members of the next 50 Year Class - the Class of 1963, as well as memebrs of the Classes of 1973, 1983, and 1988! Invitations are mailed in January. 

Have you seen how our Alumni Walk is growing?  There is plenty of room for each of you to participate and purchase your brick.  What would you say on your brick in the Alumni Walk? Click the JOIN tab for more information on the Alumni Walk.

"QCC gave me a great start on my education in a friendly community setting. I enjoyed my time there and continued my education at Hunter College.  The Nursing program was an excellent preparation for our careers." - Anne Ghaney Boyd, Class of 1977

"QCC taught me electronics which gave me an excellent career – but the memories are what make me smile 40 years later.  Good friends, portable classrooms, the hill where we played football and of course, the social impact of being in college during the war years.  I treasure those days and always will." - Robert Beninati, Class of 1971

Alumni Spotlight

Washington Throughout high school, Mario Washington ’96, CEO of Reboot Computer Services, was captivated by the idea of flight and fixed on a career in aeronautical engineering. When it came time to enroll in college, however, the need to stay close to the home he shared with his grandmother, who was blind and dependent on Mario, became more important.  Read More

Alumni Leadership

Levine Cheryle Werner Levine. ’75, President of the Queensborough Community College Alumni Association

In this day and age, I think of Queensborough as a personal stimulus package for each of our students. It is a vibrant and nurturing place. Over the past 50 years, Queensborough has evolved into this community of learners and leaders doing something new every day and creating a marvelous legacy of which all alumni can be proud! Read More