Turns out that New York is really good for freshmen orientation!? Hard to believe that we could accomplish the excitement and quality of Macaulay College orientation anywhere else in the world. I already gushed about Outward Bound in Central Park and the beauty of seeing 440 freshmen fan out across the city to work in […]
MACAULAY NATION: DAY ONE
August 24, 2009 by
Just some impressions: More T-shirt colors than a crayola box…thanks to Rich Dikeman for getting Macaulay students so well outfitted.? Kudos to the students who managed to tie, trim, artfully fray those shirts into fashion statements.? Many bows to the weather gods who delivered a bright sunny dry lovely day.? (Or does the remarkable Autumn […]
Welcome Class of 2013! What I’d say if I wrote it down…..
August 23, 2009 by
Tomorrow is the first day of our three-day orientation for Macaulay freshmen…my fourth year as Dean.? Sort of my senior year, I guess, which makes next year, what — postgraduate? It is my role to give welcoming remarks.? What can you possibly say to 444 students who are embarking on that great adventure, college?? Especially […]
MONDAY JUNE 1 almost here!
May 29, 2009 by
900a????? Macaulay Class of 2009 gathers at W 67th for robes, pix, and assembles for procession, led by Prof. Roni Natov 1000a??? Convocation begins at Alice Tully Hall! We will be joined by Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CUNY Benno Schmidt, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, President Morales of CSI, President Waldron of Baruch, President […]
NEW COMMITMENT
May 22, 2009 by
I attended today’s WordCampEd at Macaulay, and decided that I was being a wuss.? After years and years of being in technology-oriented businesses, couldn’t I figure this Word Press thing out? So I immediately started adding content to this site.? I still think that Word Press is only slightly better than DOS, but I’m going […]
An extraordinary week at Macaulay:? Wednesday was the second