New York City College of Technology

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New York City College of Technology
(City Tech)
City Tech.png
Type Public college
Established1946 (as New York State Institute for Applied Arts and Sciences)
Parent institution
 City University of New York
Endowment $12 million [1]
President Russell K. Hotzler
Provost Bonne August
Academic staff
425 full-time, 1,049 part-time [2]
Students17,000+ [2]
Location
New York City
,
New York
,
U.S.

40°41′45″N73°59′17″W / 40.6958°N 73.9880°W / 40.6958; -73.9880
CampusUrban
Colors     Blue & gold
Nickname Yellow Jackets
Website www.citytech.cuny.edu

The New York City College of Technology (City Tech) is a public college in New York City. Founded in 1946, it is the City University of New York's college of technology.

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History

City Tech was founded in 1946 as The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences. The urgent mission at the time was to provide training to GIs returning from the Second World War and to provide New York with the technically proficient workforce it would need to thrive in the emerging post-war economy. From its beginnings as an Institute—to being chartered as a community college—and subsequently transitioning to senior college status during the 1980s—it has grown from serving 246 students in 1946, to a population today of more than 30,000 degree and non-degree seeking students.

Voorhees Technical Institute
Former names
The New York Trade School (1881–1961), The Technical Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1880)
Type Private
Active1881–1971 (acq. by New York City Community College of City University)
Location
New York City
,
New York
,
USA
CampusUrban
New York City Community College
Former names
The New York State Institute for Applied Arts & Sciences (1946–1953)
Type Public
Active1946–1964 (Joined City University System)
Location
Brooklyn
,
New York
,
USA
CampusUrban
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(King1893NYC) pg280 New-York Trade-School, 1893
Social science class with Professor John Graves, at globe, who became executive director of the institute's Franklin Hall Annex in February 1950. SocialScienceClass, at city tech, Feb 1950.jpg
Social science class with Professor John Graves, at globe, who became executive director of the institute's Franklin Hall Annex in February 1950.
Professor Herman Wald with U.S. Air Force 3310th School Squadron dental laboratory technology class in 1951. Us Air Force,at city tech, Sept 1951.jpg
Professor Herman Wald with U.S. Air Force 3310th School Squadron dental laboratory technology class in 1951.

Students and faculty

City Tech has an enrollment of more than 17,000 students in over 66 baccalaureate, associate, and specialized certificate programs including several engineering technology fields as well as architecture, construction, nursing, hospitality management, entertainment technology, dental hygiene, vision care technology, technology teacher training and paralegal training. Non-degree continuing education is also offered, and serves approximately 14,000 students each year. City Tech is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Schools and departments

School of Technology and Design


Departments

School of Professional Studies

The eleven departments housed in the school provide instruction at the associate and baccalaureate levels, leading to degrees in the areas of healthcare, business, hospitality, paralegal studies, human services and career and technology teacher education.

Departments

  • Business
  • Career & Technology Teacher Education
  • Dental Hygiene
  • Restorative Dentistry
  • Health Services Administration
  • Hospitality Management
  • Human Services
  • Nursing
  • Law/Paralegal Studies
  • Radiologic Technology & Medical Imaging
  • Vision Care Technology
  • Business Technology
  • Biomedical Informatics

School of Arts and Sciences

The School of Arts and Sciences is home to a number of majors:

In addition, faculty in the school provide all students from across the institution with courses that support a well-rounded general education, with the goal of making them effective professionals, informed citizens, and lifelong learners. [3]

Departments

  • African American Studies
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry
  • English
  • Humanities
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Social Science

Library

The college hired its first library director in 1957. [4] The current college library building went up around 1987. [4] In 2012 the library staff adopted an open-access policy to make its members' professional research publicly accessible online. [5]

Campus

Namm Hall (left), The Atrium (bottom center), and Pearl St. Building (right) at City Tech campus City Tech - Building (48228107727).jpg
Namm Hall (left), The Atrium (bottom center), and Pearl St. Building (right) at City Tech campus
Academic Building at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets City Tech - Academic Building (48228106317).jpg
Academic Building at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets
The Voorhees Building The Voorhees building Night 2014.jpg
The Voorhees Building

City Tech occupies nine buildings within Downtown Brooklyn's Tech Triangle, the MetroTech Business Improvement District, and DUMBO. College Administration and Offices, the Ursula C. Schwerin Library, the School of Professional Studies, and the School of Arts & Sciences are primarily based in a complex formed by the Namm, Library (formerly Atrium), General, and Pearl buildings in MetroTech (300 Jay Street). The School of Technology & Design is primarily based in Voorhees Hall in DUMBO with Graphic Arts based in the MetroTech Complex.

A supertall skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano—which would have been known as City Tech Tower, with 65 floors for the college and 600 units of housing [6] —was proposed, but scrapped. [7] [8] [9]

In October 2013, City Tech held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m2) academic complex at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets in Downtown Brooklyn, which opened in August 2018. The new complex occupies the site formerly occupied by the Klitgord Center. The new eight-story building, known as the Academic Complex, is home to City Tech's expanding programs in healthcare and the sciences. The departments moved into the new building include the core sciences: Physics, Chemistry and Biological Sciences (including Biomedical Informatics). It is also home to the health programs: Nursing, Radiologic Technology & Medical Imaging, Dental Hygiene, Restorative Dentistry, and Vision Care Technology. The Academic Complex includes a 1,000-seat concert hall quality auditorium, the largest of its kind in Downtown Brooklyn. A wellness center and faculty office space is also located in the Academic Complex.

Athletics

City Tech teams participated as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. City Tech began CUNYAC competition in the community college section from the conference's inception in the 1987–88 season, later to join its senior college section in the 1999–2000 season. Men's sports included basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis and volleyball; while women's sports included basketball, cross country, softball, tennis and volleyball. City Tech's athletic program is in hiatus until new facilities are available.

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty

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  2. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2011-05-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  4. 1 2 CityTech Library, "Mission & History", Citytech.cuny.edu, retrieved July 24, 2018, Ursula C. Schwerin Library
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