CSI/CUNY News Release
	For Immediate Release

College of Staten Island Calls on Its Seniors to Honor Outstanding High School Teachers
 

Staten Island, NY – September 20, 2005 - The College of Staten Island/CUNY (CSI) is calling on its seniors to nominate high school teachers who have made a significant impact on their lives. Potential candidates include teachers who played a role in a student’s future plans, one who made a subject come alive, or someone who challenged a student to excel beyond his or her expectations.

Nominations will provide the basis for consideration of the high school teacher. A selection committee, comprising three CSI faculty members, three students, and one College administrator, will then select two winning educators who will each receive $1,000, and will be honored at the Student Awards ceremony that is held during Commencement week. In addition, the honorees will be invited to the Commencement ceremony.

CSI Vice President for Student Affairs, Carol Jackson tells CSI seniors, "We really want to make this first year a great success. So please take the time to jog your memory. Devoted high school teachers do not receive sufficient recognition, and we at
CSI would like to change that a little by rewarding two of them this coming June."
Students can pick up nomination forms in the College’s Office of Student Affairs in Building 1A, Room 301. Interested seniors can also call the office at 1.718.982.2335 for more information.
 

The College of Staten Island is a senior college of The City University of New York, the nation’s leading urban university. CSI offers 35 academic programs, 15 graduate degree programs, and challenging doctoral programs to 12,600 students.

The 204-acre landscape campus of CSI, the largest in NYC, is fully accessible and contains an advanced, networked infrastructure to support technology-based teaching, learning, and research. For more information, visit www.csi.cuny.edu.

 

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