Lehman CollegeThe City University of New York

School of Education

LUTE Honors ReceptionLEHMAN URBAN TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION

May 18, 2017Faculty Dining Room4 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Opening Remarks Interim Dean Deborah Shanley

Welcome Interim Provost Harriet Fayne

Lehman Urban Transformative Education (LUTE) Award 2017

Dr. Yasmin Morales-Alexander Professor Kimberly Vanderbilt

Special LUTE Award Professor Abigail McNamee

Video Greeting President José Luis Cruz

Program

Excellence in Student Teaching Awards Ms. Elvani Pennil

Carissa Benitez, MHSE • Natasha Moore, ECCE • Kiomarie Torres, CLLSE

Special LUTE Service Award Natasha Moore

Naliza Sadik

English Education Awards Professors Tiffany DeJaynes & Amanda Gulla

Sheema Alamari • Katherine Cray • Rebecca Watkins

Aspiring Educational Leader Award Professor Janet DeSimone

Eileen T. Cruz

Ronald Ellis Award in Graduate

Science Education Professor Gillian Bayne

Nelson Caro

Excellence in Social Studies Education Awards Professor Sherry Deckman

Phoebe Nolan • Corey Sapp

Excellence in Literacy Education Award Professor Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio

Brenda Schoenfeld

Graduate Research/ePortfolio Awards Interim Dean Deborah Shanley

Eden Antalan • David Asuo • Nelson Caro • Millicent Della Posta • Alicia HeinemannShivani Lall • Tina Lewis-Elserafy • Cassandra Lynch • Doreen Manzella • Joseph Wolff

Elizabeth O’Donnell AikenCarla AguilarMarcia AllenKaren BiddulphChristopher BrownSylvia BrownMargaret Chute Davis Antoinette ConstantineBhaghya DeyFarah ElsamraAbigail FigueroaLuisa Ferreira Graham Johelissa Genao Darwin GramajoStephanie Guerrero Rivera Liann GutierrezDiana HerasJason Javier

Victoria MandaranoDenise MendozaAnabel Mendez-LizOmezie OmeokweAmanda PaganLora PaolinoMigdalia PierreCarmela PolicicchioMirosi RosarioFrank SambulaAlexander SmithAmy SpataLuisa TaverasSamantha ValcarelSabrina VallettaAlexa VegaBerny VelozAshley Walker

Initiation CeremonyChi Sigma Iota International Counseling Professor Faith Deveaux Honor Society Tau Chapter

Closing Remarks and Thanks Interim Dean Deborah Shanley

Summer 2016Melissa M. Acosta Elissa Apar Christine R. Baer Jennifer Baumler Ebony A. Belizaire Filomena F. Bellantoni Allison E. Burke Sage J. Calfe Sheldon Y. CampbellJessica L. DeCecco Stephanie Delaurentiis Cynthia S. Escudero Samantha L. Giaccio Jeremy P. Howard Theodoros Kotsonas William LaConte IIIMairenys Liriano Jozef R.A. Mackie Ilana M. McConvilleSupria Nandi William C. Olsen-Hoek Dawn V. Parodi Sandra Reyes Jennifer Rodriguez Jenny A. Scott-Davis Erik S. Sisenwein Jessica M. Sola Eleni Sotiriou Laura Susino

Fall 2016Temitope Aina Sali M. Alsurmi Joel M. Alvarado Carrissa Benitez**Ohi A. Chowdhury Jeffrey M. Costa Andreas C. Custodio

Yanery L. Cuzo Dexton A. Davis Peter M. Del Monaco Anna Diaz Tanya R. Evans-Ransom Jodi-Ann Fletcher Bianca Genovese-Ogden Lindsay M. Giorgio Priyanka Goenka Catherine V. Graham Neidi A. Herreno Eva IbraliuDominique J. Jones Hany A. KhalilAshley B. Kornfeld-Tan-nenbaum Aaron Krilov-EgbertTashaly Lovera Marleni Mallol Israel Martinez EulogioAshley L. McConnellSean A. Morrison Kenneth R. Murphy Cristina Nieves Natalie Noda Phoebe J. Nolan* Dennis Nwobodo Mary T. O’Sullivan Stephany Olivieri Sun Hwa ParkKarin Y. PerezAngela M. Piva Michelle Pottinger Rosanna F. Randazzo Loreley Rodriguez Justina V. Sandberry Stephanie F. Sheridan Jillian Sigismondo Paulette E. Sylvester

Michelle Torres Mariela Ugarte-Ramirez Asif S. Zaman

Spring 2017Caroline A. Adamo Sheema AlamariKatherine F. Amparo Danitsa D. AndaluzNathaniel Anumba Guy J. ArcuriMegan AyalaKaydene N. BlackwoodChloe BuxtonAmanda Cardona Sorivel CarrasquilloMisty ChoSamantha Davis Josefa A. De La Rosa Angela I. EspinalFanny J. EspinozaCaridad GrijalvaKelly HassoMelissa A. Hemick Aurelia HernandezAmanda HerreraLauren M. HughesJoseph Huot Hui JinNisha KalatharaMarcella KofflerRebecca G. LampelWilliam Lee Daniela Leon*Yasmin Maldonado Dana F. MancusoZayna Marjieh Ramon A. Martinez Amanda Menezes

Kenji MercadoNatasha Moore** Zainab MuhammadGodwin A. NannorEunice Nti Claudia I. O’RileyVanessa M. Paganelli Selina Paulino*Karina A. PenaAna P. Pena Jessica N. Reader Fitore RexhepiLaura Reyes Brian G. Ring Felisa Rivera* Nelson RodriguezIliana RosarioMichael RoseErika Rubio*Liza E. Saltos-Rosario Anibelca A. Santos Corey V. Sapp Shankar SarkarChristina Silva Shelly Silverstein Jeffrey StoufferDavid M. Stricks Kiomarie Torres**Ivelisse Valdez CuestaNisha VarugheseSeth Wireko-AttahDannes Zhingri Morales

*Excellence in Student Teaching Award Honorable Mention** Excellence in Student Teaching Award Recipient

Student Teachers 2016-17

Cohort IBelkis BalderaOhi ChowdhuryElias CruzMark JohnsJorge MendezIliana RosarioCorey SappJason TaylorOrlando West

Cohort IIAlex AlbertNathaniel AnumbaArthur BenjaminAllen CastanedaCatherine EsqueaShanaya Fambro Murray FriedmanFranco HernandezJamel HolmesAlex KayElvis Machuca Richard MateoGodwin NannorAngel Nunez-Castillo Michael Onimole

Taniya RahmanJennifer RosariSurajudeen SalmanJerry Solano Christopher Soto Musa Trawalleh

Cohort IIIEric Agyenim-Boateng,Angel Alvarez JrDavid BakshHeriberto CabanGueivy De La CruzEdwin DiazJessica Guzman-MoranPetre Ivan

Fuzail KhanJorge LaraNatasha LloydJustin MoralesAnthony NievesJames OliverMichael ReynosoKenneth UtateEdwin VelazquezKyshawn WhiteElone Winston

NYC MEN TEACH Scholars

A Note of ThanksThe Lehman College School of Education would like to express our deep appreciation to all the faculty and staff who have made this event so memorable and especially the following:

Karen Fairclough, with her love, attention to details, dedication, and commitment to our students sets the joyous tone for the evening.

Crystal Jackson, Vanessa Rojas, Leslie Lieman, Elvani Pennil, Ameeta Persaud, and Christine Sohan. With special thanks to Naliza Sadik for all the extra time she dedicated to creating our certificates.

Buildings and Grounds staff and to Metropolitan for handling our catering needs.

Best wishes for a wonderful summer!

Lehman Urban Transformative Education (LUTE) Award The award seeks nominations from faculty members within the School of Education to acknowledge the work of educa-tors who make outstanding contributions to urban educa-tion. This award also seeks to identify and publicly recognize “competent educators dedicated to promoting justice, equity, and caring in urban schools,” one of the core principles of the LUTE framework.

Chi Sigma lota International Counseling Honor Society Chi Sigma lota is the International Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society for counselors-in-training, coun-selor educators, and professional counselors. Its mission is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership and excellence in counseling, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence in the field of counseling. Members of the Society distinguish themselves through exemplary scholarship and professional excellence.

Professor Ronald Ellis Award in Science Educationis awarded to a graduate science education student who has demonstrated excellence in the art of teaching and learning science, and researching the field of science education, in both

formal and informal learning environments. Awardees are recognized for their potential to greatly and enthusiastically contribute professionally to the field of science education.

Excellence In Student Teaching Award

The Excellence in Student Teaching Award recognizes one outstanding School of Education student teacher from each of the following departments: Early Childhood and Child-hood Education; Middle and High School Education; and Counseling, Leadership, Literacy, and Special Education. The Office of Field Experiences and the Professional Development Network invited college supervisors and cooperating teach-ers to nominate student teachers they supervised during the 2016-2017 academic year who demonstrated an exemplary commitment to and competency for teaching, collaboration, and building relationships in their host school community.

Noyce ScholarsThe STEMELL Noyce Scholarship program is a partnership of the School of Education, the School of Natural and Social Sciences and School District 11 in the Bronx. The program, funded by the National Science Foundation and named for Robert Noyce, the founder of Intel, will prepare young, ener-getic mathematics and science teachers of tomorrow.

Awards

Lehman College and the School of Education Lehman College is the City University of New York’s senior public college in the Bronx with a distinguished 49-year history serving diverse students. Since its inception, as a senior college in 1968, Lehman College has graduated over 6000 students with undergraduate and graduate degrees in education and counseling. Graduates of Lehman College’s educator prepara-tion programs are teachers, principals, counselors, and school leaders in the Bronx and across the other 4 boroughs, the city of Yonkers, Westchester County, New York State and the country.

The faculty of the School of Education began collaborative articulation of the Lehman Urban Transformative Education (LUTE) framework in 1999. The document was recently updated. LUTE programs are founded on themes of:

• realizing potential • educating for equity

• affirming diversity • empowering learners.

Tonight’s honors reception celebrates the accomplishments of students and alumni who meet LUTE standards of excellence.

Cohort INelson Caro (Earth Science)Nicole Jeter (Biology)Shivani Lall (Biology)Sarah Martinez (Math)Alia Melvin (Math)Maisha Smith (Biology)

Cohort IIEric Boateng (Math)Iandra Cepeda (Math)Toni Champagne (Earth Science)Nicolette Georgiades (Earth Science)Paul Knotts (Earth Science)Stephani Taveras (Math)

Cohort IIIHillary Antigua (Biology)Samantha Cunningham (Biology)Mbaye Hanne (Math)Raudy Jiminez (Earth Science)Corali Lorenzo (Math)Evelin Madrid (Chemistry)Selina Paulino (Biology)Shanice Praylow (Math)Surajedeen Salman (Math)

NOYCE STEMELL Scholars