Academic Partners – We Create Opportunities
The Marie Nesbitt Promise Prize® is awarded annually to graduate and undergraduate students who have achieved academic excellence as demonstrated by grade point average, leadership, initiative, service and promise. Scholars remain a part of the program, the network, and their cohort, for life. The primary purpose is to support exceptional students in completing their academic program and achieving life and career success.
Empowered and centered at the campus level, Academic Partners collaborate with the Change Create Transform Foundation to customize student focused programs to align with their specific mission, needs and goals. Sustainability and commitment are key requirements of Academic Partners.
Academic Partners create opportunities for student success
Expand Student Recruitment and Retention
by attracting and supporting underrepresented high performing students.
Strengthen Academic Excellence
by creating programs that focus on academic achievement, motivation and student outcomes.
Enhance Institutional Advancement
by creating a framework that sets an example. Develop a strong affinity between Scholars and their alma mater, while attracting and engaging donors.
Academic Partners & Scholar Programs
To view the Bronx Community College short video and learn more about the Media and Digital Film Production Program click here.
Faculty Council
Chair, Dr. Jessica C. Harris, Ph.D Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville
is Interim Assistant Vice Provost and Assistant Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at...
Read MoreChair Emeritus, Dr. Horace Porter, Ph.D, Department Chair, The University of Iowa (retired)
is Chair Emeritus of the Change Create Transform Foundation. He was the F. Wendell Miller Professo...
Read MoreJeffrey Wisotsky, MFA, Professor, Bronx Community College
is Director, CAS Media and Digital Film Production, Communications Arts and Sciences Professor. Wiso...
Read MoreDr. Erick Leggans, Ph.D Associate Professor, Grinnell College
is a Professor of Chemistry teaching General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Advanced Organic Chemistr...
Read MoreDr. Lisa Brooks Greaux, Ph.D, Montclair State University
is Instructional Specialist in Management. She is principal and founder of SYNC (Seek Your Natural...
Read MoreDr. Charles E. Menifield, Ph.D, Dean Rutgers University
is Dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University–Newark. His res...
Read MoreKaren Kaczmarski, Esq., Vice Dean University at Buffalo School of Law
has a Juris Doctorate and BA from the University at Buffalo. For the last decade she has led devel...
Read MoreDr. Jane Rhodes, Ph.D, Department Head, University of Illinois at Chicago
is Department Head and Professor of African American Studies. Dr. Rhodes is a mass media historian...
Read MoreDr. Damani Phillips, D.M.A. Associate Professor Jazz and African American Studies, University of Iowa
has earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from DePaul University and The University of Kentuck...
Read MoreDr. Nakeisha Lewis, PhD Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Accelerated Master’s Programs, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis
is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Accelerated Master’s Programs and an Associate Professo...
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