What: 2002 Commencement Ceremony
Who: Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters will be presented to:Dr. Michelle Fine, (http://www.bankstreet.edu/html/news/releases/michelle_fine.html) Professor of Psychology at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove,(http://www.bankstreet.edu/html/news/releases/mindy_fullilove.html) Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health at Columbia University and a Research Psychiatrist at New York Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University.
Dr. Robert Fullilove, (http://www.bankstreet.edu/html/news/releases/robert_fullilove.html) Associate Dean for Community and Minority Affairs and Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health in Sociomedical Sciences at the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University
David Wolkenberg, (http://www.bankstreet.edu/html/news/releases/david_wolkenberg.html) devoted teacher of young children, who retired last year, having taught for more than 30 years at Bank Street's School for Children
When: Thursday, May 23, 2002Schedule:Luncheon Ceremony/Speakers Ceremony: Noon to 2:00 p.m. Graduate Seminars: 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Procession: 4:00 p.m.
Highlights:Luncheon ceremony: Each of those receiving honorary doctorates will address this year's graduates during a luncheon ceremony, from noon to 2:00 p.m. This provides an opportunity for members of the press and electronic media to interview honorees.
Graduate Seminars: After lunch, Michelle Fine, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, and Robert Fullilove will lead seminars for this year's graduates. This part of the program provides reporters the opportunity to interview the honorees and members of the graduating class. Both the luncheon and the seminars take place at Bank Street College of Education, 610 West 12th Street, New York City (between Broadway and Riverside Drive).
Procession of honorees, drummers, graduating class, and faculty:This colorful and festive procession marches along 112th Street, starting at Bank Street College, crossing Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, traveling up the steps of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and ending inside the Cathedral, where the conferral of master's degrees takes place.
Since 1916, Bank Street College of Education has been a nationally recognized leader in early childhood, childhood, and adolescent development and education; a pioneer in improving the quality of classroom education; and a national advocate for children and families. Bank Street is one of five institutions of teacher preparation designated as a national resource center for educators by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), and is one of three graduate teacher preparation programs in the country to be hailed as exemplary by the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. In Spring 2002, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accredited Bank Street College of Education at the initial teacher preparation and advanced preparation levels.
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