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QUEENS WEEKLY, JULY 12, 2020
Incoming president brings ‘breadth of experience’
to Queensborough CC B. Call.
BY BILL PARRY
When the City University
of New York ended a
two-year search and appointed
Dr. Christine Mangino
as the sixth president
of Queensborough Community
College, the board of
trustees voted unanimously
for a woman who “is driven
by a deeply held belief in
the importance of community
colleges,” according to
Chancellor Félix V. Matos
Rodríguez said.
Growing up in North
Merrick, Long Island,
Mangino would become the
first in her family to go to
college.
“When I was in high
school I had no clue about
going away to a four-year
college, so I applied to Nassau
Community College,”
Mangino said. “It was within
those walls that I learned
the love of learning which I
did not know in high school.
It was there that I knew what
I wanted to do for a living.”
After earning an associate’s
degree at Nassau Community
College, Mangino
moved on to Hofstra University,
where she earned a
bachelor’s degree and a master’s
degrees in education.
Later, she received a doctoral
degree in Instructional
Leadership at St. John’s University
in Jamaica.
“My first job was at the
Early Childhood Center in
Jamaica teaching 2-yearolds,”
Mangino said. “And
then I went on to be an elementary
teacher in Brooklyn
and later as an adjunct
professor at St. John’s.”
For the past 16 years,
Mangino has flourished at
Hostos Community College
in the Bronx, where she currently
serves as the provost
and vice president for academic
affairs. That experience,
she believes, made her
better prepared for Queensborough
Community College,
one of the most diverse
campuses in the nation,
which comprises nearly
equal populations of Black
Americans, Asians, Caucasians
and Latinos, where
the students have roots in
127 countries and speak 78
languages.
“At Hostos, 99 percent are
students of color. We all talk
about diversity, but they really
live it,” Mangino said.
Under her leadership,
Hostos doubled its three-year
graduation rates, expanded
the college’s online course
offerings, and increased the
number of students participating
in service-learning,
where class assignments
take students into the community,
encouraging civic
engagement.
She also increased Hostos’
faculty diversity and female
Queensborough Community College president-designate Dr.
Christine Mangino is set to become school’s sixth leader.
representation and collaborated
with colleagues to
incorporate cultural competencies
within the curriculum.
Mangino was attracted
to the “Queensborough Academics
Model for Student
Success,” a nationally recognized
student support initiative
that serves all full-time
students from the moment
they enter to graduation and
beyond.
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“One of the most important
factors in engendering
student success is keeping everyone
— teachers, students,
parents and the community
— connected and invested
in the learning process,”
Mangino said.
She will succeed Interim
President Timothy G. Lynch,
who has led Queensborough
since 2018, following the retirement
of President Diane
“Queensborough Community
College is honored
to have Dr. Mangino at the
helm,” Lynch said. “She is a
masterful educator, and unwavering
in her commitment
to providing diverse student
populations with access to
transformational educational
opportunities. Her depth and
breadth of experience is invaluable,
and I look forward
to working with her.”
In a message to the students,
faculty and staff at
Queensbough’s Bayside campus,
Mangino said she is looking
forward to joining the
community on Aug. 17.
“Transitions can be
stressful and so much more
so during these times, but
working together we will
emerge even stronger, more
resilient and equipped to add
to and celebrate your achievements,
our students’ success
and Queenborough’s excellence,”
she wrote.
Mangino is looking
forward to working with
the faculty and staff at the
school.
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