CUNY JEOPARDY! This celebrity couple, a former baseball player and singer/dancer, assisted in the March 2018 launch of the financial literacy pilot program ProjectDestined in the Bronx. Shortly after, they served as investors on a Shark Tank style pitch panel featuring Lehman College and Bronx Community College students who participated in a ProjectDestined real estate investment boot camp.
Who are Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez?
CUNY JEOPARDY! This CUNY college houses a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) site. As a result, it provides its students with internship positions involving instrumental and analytical chemistry employing HPLC, AA, FTIR, UV and other methods for the analysis of metals, colors, pesticides, food additives and pharmaceuticals.
What is York College?
CUNY JEOPARDY! This amount represents the number of CUNY students who have already secured internships in tech, public, nonprofit and cultural sectors in 2018-2019.
What is 1,800?
WO M E N I N T E C H N O LO G Y A N D E N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P I N N E W YO R K (WITNY) • Launched March 2016 by CUNY, Cornell Tech, and Verizon • Close gender gap & increase number of young women in technology-related fields and entrepreneurship • Summer programs, scholarships, internships, career coaching, year-round networking events, career-readiness workshops, and academic/professional development Summer Guild – Yearly summer educational program – In five days, students learn coding, digital product design, and user experience research – Receive $200 stipend after program completion Why WiTNY? The tech market in NYC is growing more than three times faster than any other industry job market. Today, less than 1% of college women in the U.S. are graduating with degrees in computer science.
Winterships – Two or three-week paid mini-internship – Group challenge posed by participating companies – Jan 2018: 177 Winterns and 46 companies
CUNY 2X TECH • Five-year, multi-million dollar partnership between NYC Tech Talent Pipeline industry and CUNY senior colleges to double number of yearly CUNY graduates with tech-related bachelor’s degrees by 2022 • Hunter College and Lehman College selected to launch initiative NYC Web Development Fellowship – Free programs that provide training-related materials, laptops and Metrocards NYC TECH-IN-RESIDENCE CORPS – Industry professionals teach credit-bearing courses in tech majors across five boroughs TTP Residency – Four-week, on-campus web applications training followed by a paid internship CUNY Tech Prep – Eight-week free course for computer science majors in the CUNY senior college system
C U N Y C O R P S P RO G R A M S CUNY Cultural Corps – Funded by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and Rockefeller Foundation – Places students in paid internship positions with NYC nonprofit and public-oriented institutions
• Cultural Corps Academic Year Internship – 21-week part-time work experience – Pre-program professional development training – $15/hour, 12 hours/week • Cultural Corps Summer Intensive – 9-week, summer full-time work experience – Intensive professional development training – $15/hour, 35 hours/week – Both programs open to ALL majors.
C U N Y C O R P S P RO G R A M S
CUNY Service Corps – Paid work experience at community-based organizations and government agencies – 24-week service placements over Fall and Spring semesters – Pre-service preparation and ongoing professional development – $13/hour, around 11-12 hours/week, possibly earn college credit – Participating CUNYs: BMCC, CCNY, CSI, John Jay, Lehman, Medgar Evers, NYC Tech and Queens
CUNY Service Corps Serves in Puerto Rico
C U N Y C O R P S P RO G R A M S
CUNY Tutor Corps – Partnership between CUNY, Mayor’s Office, and the NYC DOE – Increase number of tutors and teaching assistants in math and computer science classrooms of 180 middle/high schools by 2020 – $15/hour, approx. 12 hours/week
N E W YO R K C I T Y LO U I S S TO K E S A L L I A N C E F O R M I N O R I T Y PA R T I C I PAT I O N ( N YC - L S A M P )
-Alliance of 17 CUNY colleges and CUNY Graduate Center to increase number of underrepresented minority students who pursue and graduate with baccalaureate degrees in STEM fields -Academic scholarship support, peer and faculty mentoring, research assistantships, undergrad/grad research fellowships, teaching opportunities for students/faculty, and more
C U N Y S TA R T U P S CUNY Startup Accelerator • 4-month program that takes participants from idea to launch • CUNY Hackathon • Co-sponsored by IBM and Google • Twice-a-year weekend event • Digital brainstorming, tech teamwork and career development • Mentors from IBM, Google, and other NY tech companies
C U N Y I N T E R N S H I P P RO G R A M S
– Network of internship/professional development opportunities for CUNY students and alumni – Long-standing partnerships with NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT) and NYC 311 • The CUNY 311 Project (developed in 2003) – $13/hr for undergrad students, $15/hr for grad students, merit-based raises • The NYCHA Customer Contact Center Project (launched in 2014) – 60 positions reserved for CUNY students – $13/hour, raises awarded after six months of service
C I V I L S E RV I C E PAT H W AYS
• Joint effort of CUNY and NYC Department Citywide Administrative Services • Two-year, full-time fellowships that create fast track to City employment at NYC agencies – Competitive salary of 40-45k plus benefits – Professional development courses – Opportunity to take Civil Service exam after first year – Specialized training based on career track and a network of City professionals • High-demand career tracks: Policy and Program Analysis, Data and Digital Services, Procurement and Finance
HONORABLE MENTIONS
1.CUNY TechWorks 2.Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program in Government & Public Affairs 3.CUNY Career Meetup 4.#CUNYCodes 5.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program 6.Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism Summer Internship Program 7.Brooklyn College Internship Stipend Awards 8.City College of New York Career & Professional Development Institute Internship Program 9.CUNY School of Professional Studies Capstone Project Class 10.Queens College Department of Media Studies Internships
USEFUL WEBSITES
1.WiTNY-witny.org 2.CUNY 2X Tech-http://www.techtalentpipeline.nyc/cs-doubling 3.CUNY Cultural Corps-http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/culturalcorps/ 4.CUNY Startups-www.cunystartups.com 5.CUNY Service Corps-http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/servicecorps/ 6.CUNY Internship Programshttp://www2.cuny.edu/employment/student-jobs/internships/cunyinternship-programs/ 7.Civil Service Pathways-http://www2.cuny.edu/employment/studentjobs/internships/cuny-internship-programs/apply-for-a-fellowship/ 8.Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program in Government & Public Affairs-http://etrinternship.cuny.edu 9.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Junior Fellows Program-http://carnegieendowment.org/about/jr-fellows 10.CUNY Job & Internship Bank-http://www2.cuny.edu/employment