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College Celebrates Student Contributors to ‘City Tech Writer’
Thirty-eight student contributors to the second edition of City Tech Writer were celebrated at a reception hosted by President Russell K. Hotzler on May 3. Also saluted were faculty members from 14 disciplines who submitted 172 entries for the annual publication, which provides a forum for the best student writing produced in courses across the curriculum.
With high praise for those who value excellent communication skills, President Hotzler welcomed an exuberant crowd of published students, their professors, administrators and other guests. Student contributors read excerpts from their works, which can be read online in full at http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/files/academics/ctw_v2_2007.pdf
City Tech Writer is under the direction of English Professor Jane Mushabac. Professor Mushabac, who is also the publication’s editor-in-chief, praised the student authors for their bold and refreshing perspectives on a variety of topics. “You focus with clarity and spirit on things that matter and it is a pleasure to showcase your writings,” she said.
Provost Bonne August congratulated faculty in both the Department of English and the other disciplines represented in Volume 2. “The involvement of so many disciplines is inspiring and we expect this involvement to grow along with the scope of the publication in years to come,” she said.
Graphic Arts Program Director Lloyd Carr was congratulated for his important contribution in coordinating the graphic elements of the publication’s production. Students in two graphic arts courses formatted and printed the cover designed by advertising design students Roshell Ramsay and Sut Lo.
Disciplines represented in Volume 2 range from African-American studies, architectural technology and biology to human services, hospitality management, law and paralegal studies and sociology. Students from courses in these and other academic programs addressed a range of subjects from eminent domain and MRI patient consent forms to the use of silica as a drug delivery vehicle in treating brain cancer and the magically colorful character of architect Antoni Gaudi’s buildings.
Professor Mushabac reminded the student authors to put this publication credit on their résumés. “Publishing is not merely a milestone in the college experience,” she said, “but an asset in launching a career. Employers like to hire people who communicate well.”
Faculty, staff and others acknowledged for their assistance in the production of City Tech Writer include Assistant to the President for Institutional Advancement Stephen M. Soiffer, Executive Assistant to the President Marilyn Morrison, Communication Design Professors Nasser McMayo and Mary Ann Biehl, Department of English Chair Brian Keener and Professor Nina Bannett, African-American Studies Professor Marta Effinger-Crichlow, Graphic Arts Professor Steve Caputo and printers George and Peter Pompilio, Image & Visual Communications Senior Designer Alberto Vargas and Department of English office assistants Lily Lam and Elayne Rinn.
05/30/07
