44 The Queens Courier • buzz • JULY 3, 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 AWARD Xiangkun Kong’s artwork “New York City in a Room” took first place in Congresswoman Grace Meng’s district art contest. APPOINTMENT (left to right) Jeannie Doherty-Benckwit; Linda West; Nina Dobris; Dianne Moore-Cordner, the scholarship Winner; Alex W. Costley, Ph.D., assistant professor, Gerontology and Health Education York College-City University of New York; Lina Scacco. luncheon Photo courtesy office of Congresswoman Grace Meng Rep. Meng honors Flushing student in art contest BY LIAM LA GUERRE lguerre@queenscourier.com/@liamlaguerre Congresswoman Grace Meng honored Flushing student Xiangkun Kong as the winner of her second annual district art contest. Kong’s artwork will be displayed for one year in Cannon Tunnel in the United States Capitol. Kong, a recent graduate of St. Francis Prep High School, beat out 33 other students for the honor with his work entitled “New York City in a Room.” He plans to attend Penn State this fall and major in engineering. THE COURIER/Photo by Paulina Tam The Queens Chapter of the Senior Umbrella Network of Queens-Network Group of Health Care Providers held its end-of-year luncheon on June 24 and awarded a scholarship to Dianne Moore-Cordner, a gerontology student at York College. THE COURIER/Photos by Liam La Guerre graduation Students of cash-strapped P.S. 117 were able to graduate with caps and gowns thanks to donations from the community, following a report by The Courier. Briarwood’s P.S. 117 hosts flawless graduation following fears BY LIAM LA GUERRE lguerre@queenscourier.com/@liamlaguerre P.S. 117’s graduation ceremony on June 25 made the grade. Nearly 170 graduating fifth-graders were in danger of losing caps and gowns, yearbooks and a senior prom, which are usually sponsored by the Briarwood school’s PTA, because the Department of Education is investigating $30,000 missing from the accounts of the school’s Parent Teacher Association. While the investigation is ongoing, the organization is not allowed to fundraise and is barred from all financial dealings. But after The Courier reported the situation, the Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Briarwood Latchkey Generation Facebook group combined to contribute $7,000 to save the school’s end-of-year ceremony and give the students the graduation experience they were expecting. Students enjoyed the senior prom on June 19 and they will receive glossy yearbooks. CUNY appoints new Queens College president Dr. Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, a former cabinet secretary of the Department of Family Services for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, was appointed as the president of Queens College by the board of trustees of the City University of New York (CUNY), the school announced on June 30. Rodriguez graduated from Yale University with a degree in Latin American studies and later received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. He is an academic in the status of women in Puerto Rico and he has written and co-written many scholarly works on the topic. Prior to his recent appointment, Rodriguez served as president of Hostos Community College, another CUNY affiliate, since 2009. Photo courtesy of CUNY
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