Brooklyn, NY – The Christian Club held its first major event that the students and faculty advisors called “The Fellowship” last Thursday, November 17, 2011. This fellowship was organized by the members of the club. With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, the Christian Club wanted to give thanks for all of their blessings. The student members and the faculty members prepared several dishes for the occasion. Professor Sophie Francis, Division of Health, opened up the conversation with scripture from the Bible. This encouraged the students in attendance to share their stories with the rest of the group. Professor Pastor Cometa, Division of Health, had everyone hold hands while he led them in prayer and in the blessing of the food. Professor Karlene Richardson, Division of Health, shared a heart-felt experience on how the Lord guided her through a journey that got her to where she is today. Her story described severe hardship, homelessness and hunger, but she survived. Her story touched many of our students that are living through the exact same experiences. The Christian Club has become a welcome addition to the spiritual and family environment that some students need to support their educational pursuits at ASA College. The students expressed genuine appreciation to the faculty that is involved in this club. The Dean of Students, Dean Jackson, was happy to see how the Christian Club brought 20 students and several faculty members together to support each other in all of their accomplishments.
NYS TESOL’s Annual Conference Christian Perticone, Program Director of the IEP Department, and Derek Baylor, ESL adjunct faculty member, led a 70-minute workshop and gave a poster presentation at NYS TESOL’s annual conference, which was held in at the Crown Plaza Hotel in White Plains on November 14th – 16th. With over 700 attending teachers from around state, and presenters from around the world, the conference provided professors Perticone and Baylor a great opportunity to share their theories about...
A Better Life and a Better Society: In Conversation with Seny Taveras, New Chair of Legal Studies Division Seny Taveras sat down for an interview a few weeks ago to talk about her responsibilities as the new leader of ASA’s Legal Studies Division. Although we only hoped for a few minutes of Ms. Taveras time, she gave us the opportunity to learn a lot about her perspective, and her enthusiasm for her new role. At the heart of Ms....
Thanksgiving Weekend Attention students, watch out! Classes will be suspended during Thanksgiving. NY Campuses Classes are suspended from 11/28 through 12/01. Classes will resume on Monday, 12/02. Hialeah Campus Classes are suspended on 11/28 and 11/29. Classes will resume on Monday, 12/02.
