54 The Queens Courier • buzz • JANUARY 2, 2014 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com Send us your announcements & pictures to: The Queens Courier c/o making a buzz: 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 • editorial@queenscourier.com subject: making a buzz s people making a buzz COMPILED BY TONIA N. CIMINO LUNCHEON CONGRATS! Dr. Sal Cumella, former mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis and former Senator Serphin Maltese attended the PAL (Police Athletic League) Business Luncheon recently. donations CONGRATS! Jennifer L. Smith, Assistant Vice President, Community Development Officer, Investors Bank wed Allan Benamer, Web Architect at Autism Speaks at City Hall on December 2. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is ready to be the number one grandpa. A day after his daughter reportedly gave birth to a son on Christmas Eve, the first grandchild for the mayor, Bloomberg visited firefighters of Engine 258/Ladder 115 in Long Island City to thank them for working on Christmas day. Bloomberg received a homemade coffee mug with “#1 Grandpa” written on it from the firefighters as a congratulatory gift. Before stopping by the firehouse, Bloomberg also paid a morning visit to the 108th Precinct in Long Island City to thank the NYPD officers for their work on the holiday. Photo Courtesy NYC Mayor’s Office’s Flickr/Photo by Samantha Modell Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited firefighters of Engine 258/Ladder 115 and NYPD officers at the 108th Precinct to thank them for working on Christmas Day. DONATIONS Holla Studio collected bags full of toys for the QCP APPLE Preschool as part of The Queens Courier’s toy drive. For the second year the Forger family of Bellerose hosted a party for family and friends at which local Marines picked up generous donations for Toys for Tots. Contributions were made by the Cross Island YMCA Special Olympics Swimming Team and the Station Road Civic Association. BEST WISHES Legislators joined other well-wishers to bid adieu to outgoing Queens College president Dr. James Muyskens recently. Muyskens, third from left, is flanked by Assemblymember Michael Simanowitz, former City Comptroller John Liu, former BP Helen Marshall, State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, BP Melinda Katz and former Councilmember James Gennaro. Muyskens, a philosopher, plans to continue teaching at the 20,000-student senior college during the 2014-2015 academic year. Officials said Queens College’s stature rose under Muyskens’ leadership. The college was ranked second in the nation as the “Best Bang for the Buck” in the Washington Monthly and second in the “Lots of Race/Class Interaction” category in the Princeton Review’s Best 378 Colleges book. Queens College was also recognized as one of five colleges that excel in serving low-income students, according to a 2011 analysis of 1,200 fouryear colleges by Education Trust, a research and advocacy group. Muyskens is also hailed for introducing new programs and expanding the Education Abroad Program. Under his administration, officials said The Summit student residence was built and the Powdermaker Hall, Remsen Hall and Kupferberg Center for the Arts were renovated.
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