Queens College welcomes new students
Interim president and Flushing Congresswoman Grace Meng also join school visit
Congresswoman Grace Meng met with interim Queens College President William Tramontano and visited the school’s incubation center. Photo by Andy Poon
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
At Queens College’s annual
Welcome Day event held on
Aug. 26, interim college President
William Tramontano
and senior administrators
greeted 1,500 entering freshman
and transfer students beginning
their college careers
in Flushing.
“You have come to a very,
very special place. You may
have come here determined
for a particular career. It’s
not just getting a degree, it’s
the time going through the
degree — the time of exploration,”
said Tramontano at
the event. “You are probably
going to be changing careers,
changing jobs, so put together
all the skills that are going to
make you marketable, sellable.
You are following in the
tradition of many, many great
alumni.”
Students took part in a
large-scale ice-breaker event
designed to encourage new
friendships, viewed a musical
performance by platinumselling
R&B artist Jacquees,
and visited a club fair where
more than 40 student organizations
were represented.
Just three days later, the
college received a visit from
Congresswoman Grace Meng
on Aug. 29, who visited the
Queens College Tech incubator,
as part of this year’s Congressional
Startup Day effort
meeting with Tramontano
and senior administrators.
Upon her visit, Tramontano
and Meng discussed how
federal policies can support
the incubator’s efforts to create
new products, develop new
ideas and grow business.
Meng also toured the campus’s
small business development
center that was made
possible with her support
and launched jointly with La-
Guardia Community College
earlier this year in May.
“Initiatives like this are
really important for our city,
state and our country. CUNY
and Queens College has done
a great job, but you hear all
the time about needing to
prioritize and increasing the
strength of our workforce
development here in this
country,” Meng said. “I have
tremendous pride in CUNY
and Queens College and how
much you contribute to our
borough and state.”
The center serves immigrant
entrepreneurs and
other underrepresented populations
of Flushing, with
services currently offered in
English and Mandarin. It is
the third SBDC in the borough
of Queens, and the ninth
in New York City.
Reach reporter Carlotta
Mohamed by email at cmohamed@
schnepsmedia.com or
by phone at (718) 260–4526.
Congresswoman Grace Meng met with interim Queens College President William Tramontano and visited
the school’s incubation center. Photo by Andy Poon
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