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Rachel Kerr, an adjunct instructor in the CUNY SPS General Education program, was awarded the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching for the 2023-24 academic year.

The CUNY SPS Writing Center has been awarded a Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA) Center Acknowledgement and Recognition of Excellence (C.A.R.E.) Certification. This is the sole certification administered by writing center experts for their peers. We are the 20th college or university to the receive recognition. Writing Fellows (WAC) and Tutoring Coordinator Dr. Kate Moss, Assistant Writing Fellows (WAC) and Tutoring Coordinator Dr. Erin Heiser, and the CUNY SPS Writing Center will be recognized at the 2025 SWCA Conference.

A recent episode of Café con Felo, a CUNY TV program hosted by CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez in which he interviews political, business, and civic leaders to discuss how CUNY lifts New York, featured CUNY SPS Foundation board member Beatriz de la Torre, as well as CUNY SPS alums Leonard Blades, Rachel Castillo, and LaTroya Lovell.

CUNY SPS Online Business Programs Professor Dr. Joseph Foy organized and moderated a one-day training session focused on fighting terrorism through financial investigations. The event, held in May, was a partnership between the IRS Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) and CUNY. Students from CUNY SPS, John Jay, and Brooklyn Colleges participated. Over 40 accounting and business students were sworn in as honorary Special Agents. Dr. Foy is quoted in this NY1 article describing the event.

On May 13, 2024, Dr. Joseph Foy, Assistant Professor/Associate Director, CUNY SPS Online Business Programs, presented to the Chancellor’s Office of Transformation, Career Success Fellows, “Utilizing ChatGPT to Develop Career Building Skills.” The presentation is part of his ongoing important research using AI to enhance pedagogy. The Office of Transformation accelerates and catalyzes transformation within the University to magnify the collective impact of CUNY’s 25 colleges and amplify CUNY’s position as the nation’s premier university for equitable social, economic, and civic impact. Dr. Foy was selected as a Career Success Fellow in the Spring 2023 semester.