Deepening Support For Students

ACROSS THE COLIN POWELL SCHOOL

Pump Program

During the spring semester, the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at CCNY launched the Psychology Undergraduate Mentorship Program (PUMP). Through PUMP, CCNY’s doctoral students provide professional development mentorship to CCNY undergraduate psychology students. Mentee-mentor pairs meet monthly for a semester to discuss a range of topics of interest to the mentee, including internship experiences/ opportunities, differences across graduate programs in psychology, application process, financial aid resources for standardized testing and application fees, networking, and more.

PUMP is part of a broader effort spearheaded by the Social Action @ Clinical CCNY Committee, a student and faculty collaboration designed to implement concrete, action-driven, and focused efforts that will contribute to our community.

Throughout Spring 2023, 26 Clinical Psychology PhD Students met several times with 26 graduating psychology seniors. We hope to continue this program for graduating seniors as well as expand PUMP to include a range of professional development programming for individuals earlier in their undergraduate training.

Nancy Mandell, the widow of alumnus Lewis Mandell ‘64 has established the Lewis Mandell Memorial Fund for Students of Economics, an endowed fund that will permit the Department of Economics to make student awards of approximately $2,000 annually for urgent financial needs such as books and laptops, as well as emergency food, housing, commuter, or medical expenses. Mandell credited CCNY, and specifically the Economics Department, with giving him the foundation from which he launched an extraordinary academic career spanning more than four decades, including serving as the Dean of Business at Marquette University and SUNY Buffalo. He spoke nationally and internationally on consumer and investor financial literacy and education and entrepreneurship. Throughout his life, Mandell helped countless students to achieve academic success and a chance to pursue their dreams. In gratitude to CCNY and the Economics Department, Mandell’s wish was to assist today’s students in pursuit of their futures.