Dr. Diane Bova Call, a distinguished administrator and faculty member, has been appointed Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Queensborough Community College, a college of The City University of New York (CUNY).<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Call brings to this position vast administrative experience — including over 30 years of service to Queensborough and to CUNY –and has a deep understanding of the benefits of public higher education and how this serves our City, plus a strong commitment to diversity,\u201d commented Eduardo J. Mart\u00ed, Ph.D., President of Queensborough Community College.<\/p>\n
With responsibilities that have encompassed virtually all major areas of administration and academics at Queensborough, Dr. Call has had oversight of the Division of Finance and Administration; curriculum development; recruitment and retention of faculty; academic service programs; and enrollment management. Among her many outstanding achievements are the development of two dual-joint degree programs in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnology with senior colleges in CUNY; along with her partnership with Student Affairs to implement the Freshman Academies for all full time, first time freshmen, and the establishment of an assessment protocol to measure the success of the initiative. She instituted the Instructional Support Services Center and Learning Lab at Queensborough, and has led\u00a0 Admissions Services; Skills Assessment Testing; Academic Advisement; the Freshman Year Program; College Discovery; and CSTEP. She consolidated Tutorial Services and the Writing Center, substantially increasing the number of students served.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving been given the opportunity to serve as a faculty member and then to develop and advance as a senior administrator at Queensborough, I feel especially committed to our College and its revitalized mission to grow to be one of the leading community colleges in the country,\u201d said Dr. Call.<\/p>\n
Dr. Call holds a Doctor of Education degree, a Masters degree in Community College Administration and a second Masters degree in Student Personnel Administration, all earned from Teachers College, Columbia University. Additionally, she holds a Certificate in Curriculum Development from Harvard University, School of Education. She was an Adjunct Professor at Long Island University, C.W. Post, Graduate School of Education; and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Queensborough Community College, Department of English. Dr. Call\u2019s academic credentials, along with her publications and research presentations at academic conferences, gained her the rank of Full Professor in Student Personnel Services in 1994, having acquired tenure in 1978.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough my education and experience in college and university administration, I have had the opportunity to work with extraordinary faculty and university leaders at CUNY,\u201d added Dr. Call. \u201cThese relationships have shaped my approach to challenges faced by an institution striving for access, excellence and fiscal stability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Call has served as a member of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee of the College of Aeronautics (now Vaughn College); a Consultant to the United States Department of Education, Higher Education Programs\u2019 Division of Institutional Development; and Consultant to the New York City Public Schools on Health Occupation Vocational Programs. She served on the CUNY Welfare Advocate Council and was a Project Participant for Change and the New Jersey Community College; the Faculty Perspective<\/em>, The Center for Community Colleges, Teachers College, Columbia University. Currently, she serves on the Board of the Queens Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n Dr. Call, a native of Long Island, resides in Old Brookville, New York, with her husband.<\/p>\n Queensborough Community College, a College of The City University of New York, is celebrating its 50th<\/sup> Anniversary during the 2009-10 academic year, along with the launch of the Freshman Academies and the opening of the new Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center. Queensborough, located on a picturesque 37-acre site in Bayside, Queens, offers a rich liberal arts and science curriculum, as well as career and pre-professional courses. Over half of the faculty holds doctorates compared with 21% of faculty in other community colleges nationwide. Comprising one of the most diverse populations of any college in the U.S., over 15,000 students pursue an Associate degree or Certificate program and another 10,000 students of all ages attend continuing education programs. Among the campus\u2019s prized resources are the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center, the QCC Art Gallery, and the Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC), created to stimulate ideas and intellectual curiosity while exposing students and the public to culture and the arts. Please visit our website at qcc.cuny.edu.<\/p>\n # # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Diane Bova Call, a distinguished administrator and faculty member, has been appointed Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Queensborough Community College, a college of The City University of New York (CUNY). \u201cDr. Call brings to this position vast administrative experience — including over 30 years of service to Queensborough and to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}