42 The Courier sun • OCTOBER 9, 2014 for breaking news visit www.couriersun.com New business school opens in Martin Van Buren H.S. BY ERIC JANKIEWICZ life,” Aamir Akhtar said. @ericjankiewicz Akhtar is one of the new Business Technology high [email protected] school students, and he said that he’s more interested in the technology side of the school. These are some business–savvy kids. A new business “I want to look at coding design software,” he said. school,co-located in Martin Van Buren H.S., held a Classes for the new school began this school year, and grand opening on Oct. 3, boasting a cadre of freshman Akhtar’s favorite class is his Business and Entrepreneur students interested in coding and software design. class. The school is designed to tailor general education “What I learn here, I’ll take with me for the rest of my classes like literature to the needs of technology and business careers, according to Queensborough College President Diane Call. Queensborough partnered with the new school to offer the B-Tech students associate degrees, for free, in internet technology and computer information systems, along with other degrees. “This is not chalk and talk. This is active engagement,” Call said. “We want to make sure that what they’re learning is exciting.” THE COURIER/Photo by Eric Jankiewicz B-Tech’s students sit in the auditorium of Martin Van Buren H.S. Latino stars to come out in Queens for awards event BY THE QUEENS COURIER STAF of Queens’ top professionals will participate in the [email protected] event. As the name suggests, the event will begin at 6 A special event honoring influential Latin New Yorkers p.m. with a business expo with networking opportunities. will be held at the Terrace on the Park in Flushing It will be followed by dinner and an awards Meadows Corona Park on Thursday, Oct. 16. ceremony. The event will conclude with a charity Honorees at the event, titled Latino Stars Awards raffle benefiting the nonprofit organization Hispanics and Networking Event, include men and women Across America. who have made a difference in New York. Some Among those expected to attend the event are Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx borough president; City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito; Geraldo Rivera, a prominent author, attorney and TV anchor; Ms. Republica Dominicana U.S. 2013 Thatiana Diaz; and Ines Rosales, FOX 5’s traffic reporter. Lifetime Achievement Awards will be given to Fernando Mateo, founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, and Stella Mateo, founder of SheRides, a car service app.
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