Updates and messages from Hostos Community College President, Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis. Includes announcements, memorials, and celebrations that reflect the values and community spirit of the College. Fall 2025 HAPPY DIWALI (10-20-25) Indigenous People's Day (10-14-25) Today We Mourn Professor DeForest Westry (09-29-25) 2025 ROSH HASHANAH (09-22-25) 2025 NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH (09-15-25) SEPTEMBER 11 2001 24 YEARS LATER (09-11-25) Welcome to the Fall 2025 Semester (08-25-25) Summer 2025 IN MEMORIAM ANTHONY MOHABIR (07-28-25) 2025 FOURTH OF JULY (07-03-25) 2025 DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH (07-01-25) 2025 JUNETEENTH (06-19-25) IN MEMORIAM KATHLEEN MARKERT DOYLE (06-16-25) Hostos Announces Changes in Academic Leadership (06-03-25) IN MEMORIAM NIEVES AGUILERA (06-02-25) Spring 2025 HAPPY 2025 PRIDE MONTH (05-30-25) Hostos Names Dr Althea J Sterling as New Vice President of SDEM (05-23-25) MEMORIAL DAY 2025 (05-23-25) Today We Mourn Michele Cataldi 1937-2025 (05-07-25) Message of Condolence for Chyenne Washington (04-29-25) In Memoriam Carlos Rafael Acevedo Father of Professor Diana Macri (04-23-25) HAPPY 57th ANNIVERSARY HOSTOS (04-22-25) 2025 PASSOVER (04-11-25) A Message of Mourning and Condolence for Our Dominican Brothers and Sisters (04-09-25) APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH (04-02-25) 2025 EID AL FITR (03-28-25) 2025 National Science Appreciation Day! (03-26-25) MARCH 8: 2025 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (03-07-25) 2025 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH (03-03-25) Of Presidents and Poets (02-14-25) HAPPY DOMINICAN HERITAGE MONTH! (02-03-25) 2025 BLACK HISTORY MONTH BEGINS TODAY! (02-01-25) HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR! (01-29-25) Welcome to the Spring 2025 Semester (01-25-25) Winter 2025 Hostos Wins U.S. Department of Education First Ever Postsecondary Success Recognition Program Award (01-13-25) In Memoriam of Mercè Pujol Ferran (1960-2025) (01-13-2025) In Memoriam of Pablo Augusto Cabrera Ramirez (1931-2024) (01-07-2025) Fall 2024 HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (11-25-24) 2024 VETERANS DAY! (11-11-24) HAPPY HALLOWEEN (10-30-24) 2024 Constitution Day and Citzenship (09-17-24) SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 - 23 YEARS AGO TODAY... (09-11-24) HAPPY LABOR DAY! (08-30-24) Welcome to Fall 2024 at Hostos Community College! (08-28-24) Summer 2024 In Memoriam of Elba Cabrera (1933-2024) (06-21-24) Spring 2024 We Mourn Migna Maldonado (04-30-24) Today We Mourn: Professor Sage Joyce Sevilla (04-26-24) Celebrating the College's 56th Anniversary (04-22-24) Welcome to the Spring 2024 Semester! (01-25-24) Winter 2024 Observing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day! (01-12-24) Happy 185th Birthday to Eugenio María de Hostos (01-11-24) Fall 2023 Happy Holidays! (12-21-23) Happy Thanksgiving 2023 and Optional Early Closing on Wednesday, November 22nd (11-21-23) Remembering the Father of Félix M. Monegro (11-17-23) Veteran Day 2023 (11-08-23) We Stand for the People of Israel (10-10-23) 9/11: 22 YEARS AGO TODAY! (09-11-23) In Solidarity Today and Always (08-28-23) Welcome to the Fall 2023 Semester! (08-25-23) Summer 2023 Celebrating Independence Day & Our Civic Duty (07-03-23) Today's Supreme Court Ruling (06-29-23) Celebrating Pride Month (06-22-23) In Memoriam of Barbie Díaz (06-21-23) Today We Mourn Susan Bollinger (06-21-23) 2023 JUNETEENTH (06-15-23) Spring 2023 Congratulations to Provost Shiang-Kwei Wang (06-05-23) Today We Mourn Dr. Robert F. Cohen (04-24-23) In Memoriam of Adriana García de Aldridge, Former Acting President of Hostos (04-13-23 International Women’s Day (03-08-23) Commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day (01-27-23) Welcome to the 2023 Spring Semester at Hostos Community College! (01-25-23) Winter 2023 Observing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day! (01-16-23) Happy 184th Birthday to Hostos (01-11-23) New Communications Director Ivano Leoncavallo (01-05-23) Fall 2022 Welcoming Wilfredo Burgos-Matos to the Office of Communications (12-06-22) Today We Mourn Michael A. Llorenz (11-30-22) Happy Thanksgiving 2022 and Optional Early Closing on Wednesday, November 23rd (11-23-22) American Airlines Flight 587 (11-11-22) Veterans Day Message (11-11-22) 9/11: 21 YEARS AGO TODAY! (09-09-22) Welcome to the 2022 Fall Semester (08-18-22) Summer 2022 Today We Mourn Professor Andrew Hubner (08-11-22) Remembering the Father of Victor D. Santana (08-08-22) Middle States Accreditation Completed! (06-29-22) Women’s Rights are Human Rights: On Voting and Civic Engagement (06-28-22) In Memoriam of Ty Sanders (06-09-22) Hostos Named as One of Ten Finalists for Aspen Prize (06-07-22) Spring 2022 Cybersecurity (5-27-22) Gun Violence Shooting (5-25-22) Mask Up Hostos (5-24-22) Honoring Those Lost to COVID-19 (5-17-22) Commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day (04-27-22) Celebrating the College's 54th Anniversary (04-22-22) Celebrating St. Patrick's Day (03-17-22) In Solidarity with the People of Ukraine, Wherever in the World they are! (02-25-22) 2022 Black History Month (02-01-22) Welcome to the 2022 Spring Semester (01-27-22) Winter 2022 New Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Shiang-Kwei Wang (01-24-22) New Vice President for Institutional Advancement Ms. Colette Atkins (01-18-22) Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (01-17-22) New VP of Student Development and Enrollment Management Dr. La Toro Yates (01-12-22) Happy 183rd Birthday to Hostos (01-11-22) In Solidarity - Devastating Fire in Fordham Heights (01-10-22) In Memoriam of Don Braswell (01-05-22) New Research Programs Director Dr. Sofia Oviedo (01-04-22) Fall 2021 New VP of Continuing Education and Workforce Development Evelyn Fernandez-Ketcham (12-29-21) Vaccines, Boosters, and Testing (12-22-21) Happy Thanksgiving 2021 and Optional Early Closing on Wednesday, November 24th (11-23-21) The Passing of Aheren Champa Tiga, Mother of Assistant Dean Olen Dias (11-12-21) In Memoriam of Professor Emeritus Dr. Gerald Meyer (11-12-21) Veterans Day 2021 (11-11-21) Updates on WA Grades (10-29-21) IN MEMORIAM: COLIN POWELL (1937-2021) (10-18-21) In Memoriam of Cándido de León, Second President of Hostos (10-06-21) Statement on Vaccinations (10-06-21) Appointment of New Chief Diversity Officer Latoya Semone Jeffers, Esq. (10-04-21) Vaccination Impact Table (10-04-21) Middle States Self-Study Update (09-30-21) Submit Your COVID-19 Vaccination Documents Through October 7 (09-29-21) In Memoriam of Pastor Nancy Advincola (09-27-21) 9/11: 20 YEARS ON (09-10-21) Thinking of All of Us! (09-02-21) Welcome to Hostos Community College! (08-25-21) A-Message-from-President-Daisy-Cocco-De-Filippis-Return-to-Campus (08-17-21) Summer 2021 A-Message-from-President-Daisy-Cocco-De-Filippis-Return-to-Campus (08-17-21) In Memoriam: Justice Frank Torres (08-16-21) Today We Mourn Hostos Alum David Mendez'14 (08-12-21) We Mourn Today for Celina Sotomayor ‘73 (07-28-21) Reaching Out to Our Haitian Brothers and Sisters (07-13-21) Thank You, Mil Gracias! (07-07-21) Passing of Professor Maya Sharma (06-23-21) In Memoriam of Dr. Peter B. Flemister, Beloved Husband of Professor Eunice Flemister (06-22-21) 2021 JUNETEENTH (06-17-21) A $15 Million Gift in Support of our Students and Mission (06-15-21) Passing of the Father of Graciano Matos, Senior Success Coach (06-14-21) Spring 2021 Campus Flags Half-Staff For Memorial Day COVID-19 Tribute (05-28-21) One Year Later, In Memoriam of George Floyd (05-25-21) Today We Mourn Former Deputy Borough President and NYS Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene (05-11-21) In Memory of Isabel Li (05-11-21) In Commemoration of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (04-23-21) "Let Us Not to The Marriage of True Minds..." (04-23-21) Celebrating the College's 53rd Anniversary! (04-22-21) Miguel De Cervantes (04-22-21) We Mourn Today: Dr. Carolyn G. Williams (04-15-21) Hostos Statement Regarding Anti-Asian Hate (03-18-21) Marking the Anniversary of the Equal Voting Rights Act (03-15-21) In Sorrow of Professor Riesa Toote (03-01-21) Zoom-Bombing Incident (02-18-21) Equal Employment Practices Commission (02-10-21) In Memoriam of Nilda Esther González González (02-03-21) 2021 Spring Semester Message (01-28-21) Winter 2021 Henry "Hank" Aaron 1934-2021 (01-25-21) National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman (01-21-21) Remembering Peter Roman (1941-2020) People’s Social Scientist (01-20-21) Observing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (01-18-21) In Response to the Events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 (01-11-21) Dr. Eric Radezky New Director of Governmental and External Affairs Appointment (01-11-21) Happy Birthday to Hostos! (01-11-20) Fall 2020 MTA Elevator Installation at 149th and Grand Concourse (12-28-20) Announcing Our Interim Dean of DIA and Interim Executive Director of the Foundation (12-21-20) Today We Mourn CPO Felix Berto Hernaiz (12-10-20) Happy Thanksgiving 2020 and Optional Early Closing on Wednesday, November 25th (11-24-20) American Airlines Flight 587 (11-12-20) Veterans Day 2020 (11-11-20) Passing of Former Associate Dean of SDEM, Deirdre "Dee" Aherne (11-10-20) In Memoriam, John Chardavoyne (11-09-20) Soldanela Rivera López Being Honored by Comité Noviembre (10-02-20) We Mourn Today, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020 (09-21-20) Hurricane María Three Years Later (09-18-20) Reaffirmation of Commitment to Diversity/Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action (09-15-20) In Sorrow and Remembrance of September 11, 2001 (09-11-20) Today We Mourn Dr. Alfredo Villanueva (09-10-20) On Safety (09-09-20) On Voting and Civic Engagement (09-02-20) Today We Mourn Lawrence "Dahu" Harris (08-31-20) We Mourn Today for Chadwick Boseman (08-31-20) In Memoriam of Jeanette Mata (08-27-20) Remarks for Our Students to Encourage the Journey (08-26-20) Summer 2020 Update #19 Guidance on Academic Continuity from EVC José Luis Cruz (08-14-20) Update on Positions at Hostos CC (08-12-20) Fall 2020 Semester Reopening (08-12-20) We Celebrate Today the Life of Don Eugenio María de Hostos (08-11-20) Passing of Liz Santos. (08-11-20) Welcome Message from Interim President Daisy Cocco De Filippis (08-03-20) To the Hostos Family as We Mourn Congressman John Lewis (07-20-20)
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