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Queensborough Community College honors ‘Partners for Progress’
Queensborough Community College’s
2018 Partners for Progress Gala on April
26 at Terrace on the Park brought together
500 guests that included corporate, community
and business leaders, alumni, faculty,
staff, students, retirees, friends and
legislators.
Queensborough President, Dr. Diane B.
Call expressed deep gratitude for the support
of our donors, our faculty, students,
staff, alumni and retirees, our elected of��icials,
business associates and friends from
the surrounding Queens community.
“Your generous contributions and
support mean so much to everyone at
Queensborough Community College. They
help to fund scholarships, grants, research,
professional development, travel abroad
opportunities for our students and bolster
our cultural and educational resources
which serve our College as well as the
greater community to which we all belong.”
The college honored Dennis Chuang,
director of consumer & business banking at
East West Bank, for supporting the QCC Art
Gallery. Ronald Appel, vice president and
general manager of the Repair Business
Group at Henry Schein, Inc., was honored
as the alumni partner of the year; he graduated
from Queensborough in 1981.
All funds raised by the Gala will be used
to support student success initiatives with
the goal of increasing student retention
and graduation rates, giving them an extra
edge to ��ind a career and earn a living
wage.
Funds will also be used to enrich the
student learning experience by supporting
faculty development, the Kupferberg
Holocaust Resource Center and Archives
(KHRCA), the QCC Art Gallery and the
Queensborough Performing Arts Center
(QPAC).
(from left to right) Mabely Salvador, president of the Student Government
Association and a delegate of the CUNY-wide Student Senate; QCC Art Gallery
Partner of the Year Dennis Chuang, senior vice president, director of consumer
& business banking, East West Bank; Alumni Partner of the Year,
Ronald S. Appel, ’81, vice president and general manag- e r
of the Repair Business Group at Henry Schein, Inc.;
Assemblyman David I. Weprin; Dr. Diane B. Call,
president of Queensborough Community College;
State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky; City Councilman
Barry S. Grodenchik; Queensborough Student
Paola Ines Beniquez Hernandez, 2017 NJCAA
Division III women's volleyball fi rst team All-
American; and Kyle Chin-How ’15, legal practice
assistant at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP and Affi liates.
Dennis Chuang, Ronald S.
Appel, '81
Liren Wei, managing partner, Wei Wei & Co., LLP; Dennis
Chuang, QCC Art Gallery Partner Of The Year, senior vice
president, director of consumer & business banking, East
West Bank; Jeff rey Hsu, senior vice president/SME banking
manager, East West Bank
Patrick Boucicault, ’15, Giancarlos Llanos Romera, ’15, Tulasha Thapa, ’17, Mohanie Bukharan, ’16
Kyle Chin-how, ’15, Nuria Laroussi And Razi Arabi,’17
Paul Wilson, fi nancial advisor, Alliance Bernstein; with Sandra Delson, Ed.D., QCC Fund Board Of
Directors And Delson Public Relations; and guests including Regina Grasso, 1980 Graduate (center)
From left: Yi Han, Daniel
Munoz, Vincent Tsoi,
Shaquille Jones, Emily El
Halouani, Mabely Salvador,
Dr. Diane B. Call, President
of Queensborough
Community College,
Danielle Heath, Nuria
Laroussi, Faith Oyecola,
Paola Ines Beniquez
Hernandez, and Razi
Arabieh, ’17
Una Clarke, Dr. Felix Matos Rodrriguez, president, Queens College,
and guests
Connie Chang, Dennis Chuang, Guest of FCBA
Razi Arabi,’17, Sarah Aguirre, Michael Fischbach and Nazia Bonor