CCTOP Director's Blog

Hello from the road! I'm a bit behind in my posting the schedule, but here's where I'll be this week and next. If you are a future or current applicant, hopefully we can meet at your school; if you're a current CCTOP student who'd like to visit the alma mater, let me know- I love the help!

3/11 Queensborough Community College Transfer Fair, 10:00-3:00
Bergen Community College, 4-7

3/12 Nassau Community College, PTK/Honors presentation, Room F-129, 1:30-12:45
Nassau Community College Evening Transfer Fair, 5-8

3/16 LaGuardia Community College presentation, Transfer Office, 4:30-5:30

3/17 Housatonic Community College Presentations, room A108-LH, 11:00-12:00 and 12:00-1:00

3/18 Suffolk County Community College (Grant Campus) Transfer Fair, 10-1
Suffolk CCC (Grant Campus) Honors presentation, Honors House, 3:30-4:30

I'll see you on the road!
Bart

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program

Fall 2009/Academic Year 2009-2010 Application Open – Deadline: April 7, 2009

The Gilman International Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad for up to one academic year. The program aims to diversify the kinds of student who study abroad and the countries and regions where they go. The program serves students who have been under-represented in study abroad which includes but is not limited to: students with high financial need, community college students, students in under-represented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students from diverse ethnic backgrounds, students attending minority-serving institutions, and students with disabilities. The Gilman Program seeks to assist students from a diverse range and type of two-year and four-year public and private institutions from all 50 states.

The Gilman Program is pleased to be able to offer over 1200 scholarships during the Academic Year 2009-2010. Additionally, an increased number of $3000 Critical Need Language Supplements are available for students studying a critical need language for a total possible award of $8000. A list of eligible languages can be found on the Gilman website at http://www.iie.org/gilman. There has never been a better time to apply for a Gilman Scholarship!

Eligibility: Students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or during the time they are studying abroad and cannot be studying abroad in a country currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.

The Gilman International Scholarship Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Institute of International Education.

For more information, full eligibility criteria and the online application visit: http://www.iie.org/gilman

Gilman International Scholarship Program
Institute of International Education
Houston, TX

Contact for Applicants:
Email: gilman@iie.org
Phone: 1-888-887-5939, ext 25

Contact for Advisors:
Email: gilmanadvisors@iie.org
Phone: 1-888-887-5939, ext 16

http://www.iie.org/gilman

The travel season is slowly winding to a close as the April 1 deadline comes up, but I have some great visits left to make. As always, any of the current CCTOP students, if you'd like to visit your former stomping grounds, we'd love to have you, and if you're an interested student, or a current applicant, by all means, please stop by!

This week, I'll be at the Kingsborough CC day Transfer Fair, on Thursday (3/26), from 10:30 to 2:30, in U-219.

Next week, I'll be back at Kingsborough for the evening Fair on Tuesday, 3/31, from 3:30-7 in the Breezeway, but additionally, for those involved in (or hoping to be!) the honors program, I'll be doing a honors presentation from 4-5 in M239.

On Thursday, April 2, I'll be at the LaGuardia Transfer Fair from 2-6 in the E-Building Atrium. Anyone interested form LaGuardia, please don't wait to see me there before deciding to apply for the fall term; if you're curious, let me know as soon as possible. The application deadline is April 1.

I'll see you on the road!

Bart

Kelsy Nova, NYU Steinhardt ‘09 from the Media, Culture and Communications program, will be featured tomorrow on CBS’ “The Early Show.”  A graduate of LaGuardia Community College, Kelsy entered NYU Steinhardt with the Community College Transfer Opportunity Program scholarship, has just completed her degree, and is now diving into the job market; her journey is detailed on CBS and the CBS website (link below).  Congrats Kelsy on graduating, and best of luck in the job hunt- let us know how it goes!

Are you a CCTOP alumnus?  Let us know where you’re at and how you’re doing.  We want to share your successes, too!  Contact us cctop@nyu.edu, or (212) 998-5139, or simply comment to this blog post.

Bart

TAKING A CHANCE ON KELSY
“THE JOB SQUAD: REWIRE TO GET HIRED”
CBS NEWS FOLLOWS FOUR JOB SEEKERS THROUGHOUT THEIR JOB SEARCH
DURING THE FRIGID JOB MARKET
WHAT: CBS News “The Early Show” 7:00am-9:00am starts a weeklong series
starting Monday March 23rd. The Job Squad, a group of four job seekers
hit the pavement to find a job during these challenging times. Susan
Koeppen, consumer correspondent, called it the “Early Show Job
Squad.” Throughout their job search the job seekers received expert
advice and job-seeking strategies.
WHO: As a recent graduate, Kelsy Nova hopes that her skills and dogged
determination will land her the right job, even in these tough financial
times. Her entrepreneurial spirit and optimism kept her motivated and
driven.
DETAILS: "The (jobs) news lately has been grim," says series producer Audrey
Gruber, "and it seemed, at least to those of us at The Early Show, that
the advice many people were getting was one-size-fits-all.
The truth is that if you're just out of college you need a different jobseeking
strategy than someone who has a family or someone over 65.
Gruber explains that the show is "sharing the stories of four unique
individuals we believe many of our viewers can see themselves in, or
someone they know or love. They represent the downsized-loyal
employee with kids, the just-out-of-college grad looking for her first
real job, the stay-at-home mom suddenly forced to try to return to the
workforce to help the family, and a 60-plus job seeker who took a
beating in the stock market, making retirement a distant dream.
WHEN: CBS News “The Early Show” (New York City) Channel 2
Early Show Job Squad weeklong series is due to air:
 Wednesday March 25th, KELSY NOVA:
On air LIVE! 7:00-9:00AM
TUNE-IN!
For more information and to check out Kelsy Nova’s and the other Job seekers video
blog’s check out the website:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/earlyshow/series/jobsquad/main504043.shtml