New York City College of Technology
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Coordinates: 40°41′45″N 73°59′17″W / 40.695778°N 73.987974°W
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| Established | 1946 |
| Type | Public |
| President | Russell K. Hotzler |
| Undergraduates | 15,404 (fall 2009) |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York,  United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Yellow Jacket |
| Website | citytech.cuny.edu |
New York City College of Technology (NYCCT), called New York City Technical College prior to 2002 and nicknamed City Tech, is the largest four-year public college of technology in the northeastern United States, and one of four colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system to grant within the same institution both associate's and bachelor's degrees (The others are the College of Staten Island, Medgar Evers College, and John Jay College). Located in the Borough of Brooklyn, City Tech has an enrollment of over 14,200 students in 60 technical and professional programs including several engineering technology fields as well as construction, nursing, hospitality management, entertainment technology, dental hygiene, and technology teacher training and paralegal training, including specialized certification programs, two-year technical programs, and four-year baccalaureate programs. Non-degree continuing education is also offered, and serves over 15,000 students each year. City Tech is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. For five consecutive years, USNews & World Report has labeled City Tech as the most diverse college of its type in the Northeast.
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[edit] History
City Tech is one of the oldest institutions in the CUNY system, indirectly tracing its history to 1881 when Voorhees Technical Institute was founded in Manhattan.
- 1881 - The Technical Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is renamed the New York Trade School to more precisely reflect its curriculum (after the art education program is moved to a separate school).
- 1892 - Financier J. Pierpont Morgan sizably endows the New York Trade School. Over the next 60 years it gains a reputation as the nation’s leading trade school for American young men and the model upon which other trade schools are founded.
- 1946 - The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences is founded in response to the needs of business, industry and the professions for highly trained technicians and other specialists for the post-war economy.
- 1953 - The institute is renamed New York City Community College, becoming the city’s first community college.
- 1961 - The New York Trade School’s charter is amended, making it a “technical institute.” It is renamed Voorhees Technical Institute in honor of Enders M. Voorhees, a prominent industrialist and chairman of its board of trustees. Its charter now allows the school to grant associate in applied science degrees and to operate as a two-year college.
- 1964 - New York City Community College is made part of The City University of New York (CUNY).
- 1965 - Voorhees Technical Institute first begins accepting female students.
- 1971 - Voorhees Technical Institute is incorporated into New York City Community College.
- 1980 - New York City Community College is designated “a technical institute within the CUNY system" and is renamed New York City Technical College (City Tech). It offers 27 career programs.
- 1983 - New York City Technical College is authorized to grant its first baccalaureate degree in hotel and restaurant management.
- 1996 - City Tech's Graphic Arts Department merges with its Art and Advertising Design Department to form a new Department of Advertising Design and Graphic Arts (ADGA).
- 2002 - New York City Technical College is renamed New York City College of Technology, offering 50 career-specific baccalaureate, associate and specialized certificate programs in the technologies of art and design, business, computer systems, engineering, entertainment, health care, hospitality, human services, the law-related professions, career and technology teacher education, and the liberal arts and sciences.
[edit] Famous Alumni/Faculty
Frank McCourt, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Angela's Ashes, taught in the English department. In a 1997 NY Times Op-Ed essay, Mr. McCourt wrote about his experiences teaching immigrant mothers at New York City Technical College during the Spring 1990 semester.[2]
[edit] The Campus
NYC College of Technology is located in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn, east of the Brooklyn Bridge and north of Polytechnic University (New York). The main buildings are the Namm, Atrium, General, and Pearl buildings.
The Namm building houses most of the classrooms and labs for general studies such as Physics, Math, English, etc. Its height is 11 floors, and its address is 300 Jay Street. The ground floor is used by the Registrar and other academic offices.
The Pearl building houses classrooms and labs for health science, chemistry, and biology. Its height is 6 floors, and its entrance is on Adams Street.
The General Building adjoins Pearl. It is also six floors and houses labs and classrooms for Graphic Arts, open -access computer labs and computer-assisted classrooms and student activities
Atrium connects the Namm building with the Pearl and General Buildings. It houses Graphic Labs, the Library, learning center and some classrooms. At the north end, facing Tillary Street, it has a slanted glass roof.
At 285 Jay Street is the Klitgord Center, which houses sports and recreation activities and the College Auditorium. Klitgord is scheduled to be replaced with a new building, containing a large amount of additional classroom and laboratory space, as well as a new gymnasium and theatre facility. The building is designed by famed architect Renzo Piano. The land where the current building sits will also have residential towers developed by Forest City Ratner.
The Voorhees building, named for the Voorhees Technical Institute which was incorporated into the College in 1971, houses classrooms and labs for technical and engineering majors, such as Electromechanical Engineering, Construction Management, Entertainment Technology, etc. It is located north on Jay Street, very close to the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge.
[edit] City Tech Tower
City Tech Tower was a supertall skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano, which was proposed to rise at Jay and Tillary Streets in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City, but has since then been substantially changed.[3]
The building would have stood 1,000 feet (305 m) tall and contain 65 floors for the college and 600 units of housing. The building, at a height of 1,000 feet (305 m), would have been the tallest out of a proposed complex of five towers.[4] The building would have been the first skyscraper in Brooklyn to rise more than 60 stories, since the tallest completed building in the district is only 42 stories tall.[5]
Plans continue for a new academic complex to rise at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets. The project is expected to produce over 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) of space for the College and will house many of the science and healthcare programs, plus a new gymnasium and theater.
[edit] Degrees Offered
New York City College of Technology Offers various Associate Degrees (A.A.S., A.S., A.A.), various Bachelor’s Degrees (B.Tech, B.S., B.S.ed), and Several Certificates in Various desciplines.
[edit] Associate Degrees
- A.A.S. - Accounting
- A.A.S. - Art and Advertising Design
- A.A.S. - Chemical Technology
- A.A.S. - Civil Engineering Technology
- A.A.S. - Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Technology
- A.A.S. - Computer Information Systems
- A.S. - Computer Science
- A.A.S. - Construction Management Technology
- A.A.S. - Dental Hygiene
- A.A.S. - Dental Laboratory Technology
- A.A.S. - Electrical Engineering Technology
- A.A.S. - Electromechanical Engineering Technology
- A.A.S. - Environmental Control Technology
- A.A.S. - Fashion Marketing
- A.A.S. - Graphic Arts Advertising Production Management
- A.A.S. - Hospitality Management
- A.A.S. - Human Services
- A.A.S. - Legal Assistant Studies
- A.A. - Liberal Arts and Sciences
- A.S. - Liberal Arts and Sciences
- A.A.S. - Marketing Management and Sales
- A.A.S. - Mechanical Engineering Technology
- A.A.S. - Microcomputer Business Systems
- A.A.S. - Nursing
- A.A.S. - Radiologic Technology and Medical Imaging
- A.A.S. - Telecommunications Engineering Technology
- A.A.S. - Vision Care Technology (previously called Ophthalmic Dispensing)
[edit] Baccalaureate Degrees
- B.S. - Applied Mathematics
- B.Tech - Architectural Technology
- B.Tech - Communication Design
- B.Tech - Computer Engineering Technology
- B.Tech - Computer Systems
- B.Tech - Entertainment Technology
- B.Tech - Facilities Management
- B.Tech - Graphic Arts Production Management
- B.S. - Health Services Administration
- B.Tech - Hospitality Management
- B.Tech - Hospitality Management Tourism Option
- B.S. - Legal Assistant Studies
- B.S. - Nursing
- B.S.ed - Technology Teacher Education
- B.S.ed - Occupational Teacher Education
- B.Tech - Telecommunications Engineering Technology
Certificates
- Air Conditioning Equipment Technician
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse
- Building/Housing Superintendent Technology
- Construction Management
- Desktop Publishing
- Facilities Management
- Heating Equipment Technician
- Lighting Systems Technology
- Technology Teacher Education Transitional Certificate
- Scenic Construction Cert
- Show Control Cert
- Sound Systems Technology
- Sustainable Technologies
- Video Production Technology
[edit] References
- ^ Historical information from Martin Garfinkle and Stephen M. Soiffer (2007) The Campus History Series: New York City College of Technology. Arcadia Publishing.
- ^ "Mother's Who Get By". NYT.com. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/11/opinion/mothers-who-get-by.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ "City Tech Tower". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=citytechtower-newyorkcity-ny-usa. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
- ^ Frost, Mary (2007-12-05). "City Tech Tower Actually City Tech ‘Complex’". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=17089. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- ^ "Brooklyn". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bo/?id=100003. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
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