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New York City College of Technology

Coordinates: 40°41′45″N 73°59′17″W / 40.6958°N 73.9880°W / 40.6958; -73.9880
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New York City College of Technology
(City Tech)
TypePublic college
Established1946 (as New York State Institute for Applied Arts and Sciences)
Parent institution
City University of New York
Endowment$12 million[1]
PresidentRussell K. Hotzler
ProvostBonne August
Academic staff
425 full-time, 1,049 part-time[2]
Students17,000+[2]
Location
New York City
,
New York
,
U.S.

40°41′45″N 73°59′17″W / 40.6958°N 73.9880°W / 40.6958; -73.9880
CampusUrban
Colors    Blue & gold
NicknameYellow Jackets
Websitewww.citytech.cuny.edu

City Tech is the designated college of technology within the City University of New York (CUNY), a national model for industry-aligned education, and an engine of economic mobility, located at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Founded in 1946, today City Tech offers 58 cutting-edge associate and baccalaureate degree programs spanning the technologies of art and design, architecture, biomedical informatics, business, teacher education, computer systems, engineering, entertainment, health care, hospitality, human services, legal studies, and the liberal arts and sciences. As a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American/Native American Pacific Island Serving Institution (AANAPISI), City Tech is committed to providing broad access to high quality technological and professional education for a diverse urban population. To learn more, visit www.citytech.cuny.edu.

History

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City Tech was founded in 1946 as The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences. The urgent mission at the time was to provide training to GIs returning from the Second World War and to provide New York with the technically proficient workforce it would need to thrive in the emerging post-war economy. From its beginnings as an Institute—to being chartered as a community college—and subsequently transitioning to senior college status during the 1980s—it has grown from serving 246 students in 1946, to a population today of more than 30,000 degree and non-degree seeking students.

Voorhees Technical Institute
Former names
The New York Trade School (1881–1961), The Technical Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1880)
TypePrivate
Active1881–1971 (acq. by New York City Community College of City University)
Location
New York City
,
New York
,
USA
CampusUrban
New York City Community College
Former names
The New York State Institute for Applied Arts & Sciences (1946–1953)
TypePublic
Active1946–1964 (Joined City University System)
Location
Brooklyn
,
New York
,
USA
CampusUrban
(King1893NYC) pg280 New-York Trade-School, 1893
Social science class with Professor John Graves, at globe, who became executive director of the institute's Franklin Hall Annex in February 1950.
Professor Herman Wald with U.S. Air Force 3310th School Squadron dental laboratory technology class in 1951.

Academics

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City Tech has an enrollment of more than 14,000 students in 58 baccalaureate and associate degree programs including several engineering technology fields as well as architecture, construction, nursing, hospitality management, entertainment technology, dental hygiene, vision care technology, technology teacher training and paralegal training. Non-degree continuing education is also offered, and serves approximately 5,000 students each year. City Tech is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

The college's academics are organized into three schools:

  • School of Technology and Design
  • School of Professional Studies
  • School of Arts and Sciences

Library

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The college hired its first library director in 1957.[3] The current college library building went up around 1987.[3] In 2012, the library staff adopted an open-access policy to make its members' professional research publicly accessible online.[4]

Campus

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Namm Hall (left), The Atrium (bottom center), and Pearl St. Building (right) at City Tech campus
Academic Building at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets
The Voorhees Building

City Tech occupies seven buildings within Downtown Brooklyn's Tech Triangle, the MetroTech Business Improvement District, and DUMBO. College Administration and Offices, the Ursula C. Schwerin Library, the School of Professional Studies, and the School of Arts & Sciences are primarily based in a complex formed by the Namm, Library (formerly Atrium), General, and Pearl buildings in MetroTech (300 Jay Street). The School of Technology & Design is primarily based in Voorhees Hall in DUMBO.

A supertall skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano—which would have been known as City Tech Tower, with 65 floors for the college and 600 units of housing[5]—was proposed, but scrapped.[6][7][8]

In October 2013, City Tech held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m2) academic complex at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets in Downtown Brooklyn, which opened in August 2018. The new complex occupies the site formerly occupied by the Klitgord Center. The new eight-story building, known as the Academic Complex, is home to City Tech's expanding programs in healthcare and the sciences. The departments moved into the new building include the core sciences: Physics, Chemistry and Biological Sciences (including Biomedical Informatics). It is also home to the health programs: Nursing, Radiologic Technology & Medical Imaging, Dental Hygiene, Restorative Dentistry, and Vision Care Technology. The Academic Complex includes a 1,000-seat concert hall quality auditorium, the largest of its kind in Downtown Brooklyn. A wellness center and faculty office space is also located in the Academic Complex.

Athletics

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City Tech teams participated as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. City Tech began CUNYAC competition in the community college section from the conference's inception in the 1987–88 season, later to join its senior college section in the 1999–2000 season. Men's sports included basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis and volleyball; while women's sports included basketball, cross country, softball, tennis and volleyball. City Tech's athletic program is in hiatus until new facilities are available.

Notable people

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Alumni

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Faculty

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References

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  1. ^ [1], U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges, rankingsandreviews.com
  2. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2011-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b CityTech Library, "Mission & History", Citytech.cuny.edu, retrieved July 24, 2018, Ursula C. Schwerin Library
  4. ^ "Ursula C. Schwerin Library, New York City College of Technology, CUNY". ROARMAP: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies. UK: University of Southampton. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  5. ^ "Piano Plays Brooklyn With Downtown Tower". Curbed. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  6. ^ "City Tech Tower". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved 2008-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Frost, Mary (2007-12-05). "City Tech Tower Actually City Tech 'Complex'". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  8. ^ "Brooklyn". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2004. Retrieved 2007-12-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ "New York State Sen. Eric Adams Bio". nysenate.gov. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  10. ^ US Fed News Service (November 19, 2007). "CULINARY EVENT WHIZ RIZZO '90, HOTEL SECURITY EXPERT CHIN TO BE HONORED". ProQuest 468776166. The program has produced some of New York City and the country's top chefs and leading restaurateurs and innkeepers, including Michael Hill (New York Helmsley Hotel), Michael Lomonaco (Porter House New York), Xavier Noel (Paris Gourmet/Patis France), Michael Romano (Union Square Cafe), Sherry Yard (Spago Beverly Hills) and the late Patrick Clark (Tavern on the Green).
  11. ^ McCourt, Frank (11 May 1997). "Mothers Who Get By". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
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