BMCC 2008 Switzerland Blog

Written by: Elliott Williams

On April 15, 2008, the Study/Travel Opportunities for CUNY Students (STOCS) Award Committee made its award decisions for the Summer 2008 session. Ninety-one students from the fifty CUNY study abroad programs for the Summer 2008 session were selected to receive STOCS scholarships.

The CUNY Office of International Education administers the CUNY-wide Study/Travel Opportunities for CUNY Students (STOCS) grants program and serves as a resource for the faculty and staff of CUNY’s constituent colleges.

Study/Travel Opportunities for CUNY Students (STOCS) scholarships ranging from $500 to $1500 are offered to undergraduate CUNY students who participate in short-term (summer and winter intersession) CUNY study abroad programs. Applications are reviewed by a committee of CUNY faculty and administrators, and grants are awarded on the basis of ability to benefit and financial need (students with a family income of more than $65,000 are not eligible).

This year the STOCS Award Committee presented The Borough of Manhattan Community College Summer Study Abroad – Tour Management Switzerland program with seven grants, which was over fifty percent of the ten students that applied in March 2008.

The following students were awarded scholarship:

• Asha Burton
• Curtis Browne
• Katherine Munoz
• Sarah Pagan
• Shevarma Pemberton
• Princess Skinner (did not accept)
• Elliott Williams

The Business Management Department and the Travel and Tourism professors, Dr. Elinor Garely and Prof. Sandra Blake-Neis, were instrumental in bringing the award opportunities to the attention of BMCC students and congratulate the winners of this prestige award.

On to Switzerland!