The Stated Meeting is a university-mandated report from the president to the assembled faculty about the state of the college. Held twice each year, the report includes details about the conditions the college faces, the state of construction projects, the academic achievements of the faculty, as well as the state of new programs.The new members of the faculty will also be recognized at the meeting.

Following the meeting, President Kimmich will host a reception.

New Faculty Welcomed to Borough and Campus

“You come to Brooklyn College at a time of great institutional transformation," Associate Provost Jerry Mirotznik told the thirty-nine newest members of the school’s faculty at the Thursday, August 21 reception and luncheon in the Student Center penthouse.

Mirotznik, who had earlier joined the new instructors in the now traditional bus tour across the borough, added that over 50 percent of the College's faculty have been hired after 2000—a demographic revolution, in his estimation.

"You can say I had trial by fire," noted history professor Chris Warren, who holds a Ph.D. from Brandeis University and has taught at Georgia University and Emory. After having taught four classes at the College last semester, he considered teaching at BC a great opportunity to get a tenure track position.

Sociologist Tamara Mose Brown, a former choreographer from Ontario who received her master’s and Ph.D. from CUNY, had taught one semester as a Brooklyn College adjunct when she found out about an opening in the Sociology Department. "I was very impressed by the students, and also from knowing that the department has a significant Caribbean population I could relate to," said Mose Brown, who is of Trinidadian background.

"Meeting the needs and expectations of the students who come here by choice to get their degrees and those who may be the first in their families to attend college is a challenge I welcome," Warren said.