DIVERSITY FELLOWS NAMED AT WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR FALL 2009

As part of Westchester Community College’s “Year of Diversity,” the institution has created the Dr. Ford Teaching Fellowship Program, an initiative to further diversify the faculty. Under this fellowship program, fellows will serve as members of the adjunct faculty in addition to receiving mentoring and training from current full-time faculty members. The Dr. Julius Ford Teaching Fellowship Program has been created to promote individuals from talented, under-represented groups in their advancement in academia.

Professor Donald Whitely and Assistant Professor Dr. Melissa Acevedo are co-directors of the fellowship program named after the college’s former VP, Director of Student Services. The following are in the first cohort of fellows who will be participating in the fellowship program in the fall:

George Keteku (Hartsdale).
Tanae Franklin (New Rochelle).
Juan Soria (Sleepy Hollow).
Dexter Gittens (Norwalk, CT).
Maria Kurthy-Sanger (Harrison).
John Watkins (Congers).
Nancy Lopes (Nyack).
Valerie Mathews (Upper Nyack).