CCNY Women’s History Month 2022 events

The City College of New York celebrates Women’s History Month with virtual events focusing on female entrepreneurship including an International Women’s Day discussion with Gen Z founders shaping the future of entrepreneurship.

Following are the events:

March 4, 10 a.m. “Womxn’s Leadership Summit”
The Department of Student Life and Leadership Development
Join Student Life and Leadership Development at their 9th annual Womxn’s Leadership Summit and embrace the leader within. All CUNY students are welcome. To RSVP, click here.

March 8, 5:30 p.m. “Standard Chartered Presents: Founder Talk with Gen Z Futuremakers”
Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York
Discussion with two GenZ founders and Bossgirls’ alumnae, Yoelle Gulko and Elizabeth Shvarts, for International Women's Day. The event focuses on young women shaping the future of entrepreneurship and innovation while putting creativity at the forefront. Click here for more details and to register for the virtual event.

March 14, 5:30 p.m. “Standard Chartered Presents: Founder Talk with Kim Wales”
Zahn Innovation Center at The City College of New York
Kim Wales, founder of CrowdBureau. Will speak at the Founder Talk sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, as part of its Women's Technology Incubator. CrowdBureau is an information technology platform that offers asset and risk management tools for the peer-to-peer lending and securities crowdfunding industry. Register for the virtual event here.

About the City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi puts at $1.9 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 16,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.


 

Ashley Arocho
p: 212-650-6460
e: aarocho@ccny.cuny.edu