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Albany Visitors in First-Hand Look at City Tech Facility Needs
City Tech President Russell K. Hotzler hosted a tour of the campus and luncheon in December 2005 for staff members of the New York State Senate Finance Committee, who were here to learn more about the College's academic programs and to obtain a first-hand view of its facility needs. Also on hand to welcome our Albany Guests were City University of New York Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Selma Botman, Office of Student Financial Assistance Director George Chin, Senior Vice Chancellor & Chief Operating Officer Allan Dobrin, University Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Harry Franklin, Director of State Operations Ellen Goldmann, Board of Trustees Secretary and Vice Chancellor for University Relations Jay Hershenson, Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction & Management Emma Macari, and CUNY Albany Legislative Representatives Mary Kaye Kellogg and Maureen Shields.
Nicole Bruckard, assistant counsel to the New York State Senate Program and Counsel Office, Kathy Preston, assistant director of budget studies, and Ade Somide a legislative analyst, toured Department of Hospitality Management teaching kitchens, which are about to undergo major renovations, and met with faculty from the Department of Nursing, which has just introduced the College's newest baccalaureate degree program designed to provide associate-degree and diploma-prepared registered professional nurses with the skills necessary to become leaders in urban, community-based nursing. They also toured the Voorhees and Pearl Buildings for a look at architectural, entertainment and chemical technology labs and related facilities, and visited a student exhibit in the Department of Advertising Design & Graphic Arts' Grace Gallery.
Other City Tech participants included Dean of Professional Studies Victor Ayala, Vice President for Research, Corporate & Governmental Relations Jerome H. Blue, Acting Dean of Arts & Sciences Pamela Brown, Vice President for Administration & Finance Miguel Cairol, Director of Government Relations Agustin Rivera, Department of Nursing Chair Kathryn Richardson, Assistant to the President for Institutional Advancement Stephen Soiffer, and Architectural Technology Professor Robert Zargaroli, Entertainment Technology Professor John Huntington and Department of Advertising Design & Graphic Arts Chair Joel Mason, who hosted the tour of Grace Gallery.
03/28/06
