The Association of Latino Faculty and Staff serves as an advocacy and support organization for the Latino faculty, staff and students at Bronx Community College
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🎓 Graduating seniors! Apply for the Rev. Dr. Samuel Acosta Memorial Award - $350 for students pursuing #socialsciences with 3.2 GPA!
📅 Deadline: April 29, 2026
📧 latino.association@bcc.cuny.edu
Your future starts now! 💙
#BCCProud
Details at:
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💪 The #SurvivingWarrior #Award honors students who’ve overcome TBI or gun violence - $250 to support your educational journey!
📅 Deadline: April 29, 2026
📧 latino.association@bcc.cuny.edu
Your resilience matters. Apply now! 💙
#BCCProud
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🩺 Future nurses! Apply for the Edelmira Alers Award for Latinas in Nursing - $250 to support your journey into healthcare!
📅 Deadline: April 29, 2026
📧 latino.association@bcc.cuny.edu
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#BCCProud #NursingStudents
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🎓 ALFS Student Awards — Applications Now Open
The BCC ALFS is accepting applications for multiple student awards. Details at:
bcc.cuny.edu/campus-life/stu…
💰 Awards range from $250–$500 📅 Deadline: Wednesday, April 29, 2026 🎉 Winners will be recognized at the May 15, 2026
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The Renacimiento en Fortaleza Award will grant funds to a BCC student who writes about their experience with mental health that affected academic and life in general, and how they were able to persevere and thrive.
Learn more at the following link:
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The Rev. Dr. Samuel Acosta Memorial Award supports excellent Latinx students in the social sciences who have demonstrated a dedication to working with their communities in the present and/or in the future.
Learn more by visiting the link below:
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The Future Now Program, in conjunction with, the BCC Association of Latino Faculty and Staff,
will grant a $350.00 award to a Future Now Student. Learn more by visiting the link below:
bcc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uplo…
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Know a student who has overcome challenges? Share with them the application for the GRIT Award
Learn more about the GRIT Award and other Association of Latino Faculty & Staff student awards by visiting the BCC ALFS official website at: tiny.cc/2g7g001
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Are you a BCC student? You may be eligible for the Edelmira Alers for Latinas in Nursing Award.
Learn more about this and more awards sponsored by the BCC Association of Latino Faculty & Staff by visiting:
bcc.cuny.edu/campus-life/stu…
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BCC Association of Latino Faculty and Staff retweeted
20 Mar 2025
We celebrate Women’s HerStory Month by highlighting our women faculty and their publications, including Dr. Laura Barberán Reinares, Dr. Prithi Kanakamedala, and Dr. Tamar Rothenberg. Check out their books at the BCC Library
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BCC Association of Latino Faculty and Staff retweeted
6 Mar 2025
The Bronx Community College Library and Writing Center have partnered to offer writing support in the library. Students will have the convenience of having access to both a librarian and a writing tutor in the library.
This service will begin on Tuesday, March 11.
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Congrats to Dr. Jacqueline Jimenez Polanco on her recent publications
4 Mar 2025
Dr. Jacqueline Jimenez Polanco poses with two of her three recently published books, Dominican Politics in the Twenty First Century and Divagaciones II.
@BCCcuny @CUNY
@routledgebooks #CUNY #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenHerStory
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Join us. Taking place now and going strong!
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BCC Association of Latino Faculty and Staff retweeted
5 Dec 2024
For those who missed yesterday’s panel at @CUNYDSI discussing Transatlantic Bondage edited by @liacostacorniel we are plotting a #Slaveryarchive book club session to discuss the book, stay tuned.
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BCC Association of Latino Faculty and Staff retweeted
5 Dec 2024
We spoke with author Ryan Dowd about his book, "The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness," as part of ALA Editions/ALA Neal-Schuman's new online book club. It was a fascinating discussion that offered tools that can improve human relations across the board. bit.ly/49ugiJR
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BCC Association of Latino Faculty and Staff retweeted
4 Dec 2024
🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who supported us this #GivingTuesday! 💙 Your generosity helped us raise $129,114, placing 5th overall in CUNY and 2nd among CUNY Community Colleges.
Together, we’re making a difference for our students! 🐴 #BCCPride #bcccuny @CUNY
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BCC Association of Latino Faculty and Staff retweeted
5 Dec 2024
Major opportunity
Join us in shaping the future!
Our Office of Museum Services and our Office of Library Services are actively seeking qualified peer reviewers to evaluate discretionary grant applications and direct federal investment in museums and libraries. (1/3)
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BCC Association of Latino Faculty and Staff retweeted
29 Nov 2024
Searching for a meaningful holiday gift? Discover books that inform, entertain, and inspire, authored by Graduate Center scholars gc.cuny.edu/news/books-gradu… @evanfriss @theliuniverse @sethalow @somarinez1 @danicasavonick @att_daisy #BlackFriday #Books
ALT A collage of book covers
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