Virtual Connections for Brooklyn College Alumni

There are many ways to stay engaged with the Brooklyn College community. The following information on virtual events, activities, and resources are designed to help you stay connected.

Arts and Culture

  • Adjunct Associate Professor Jeffrey Biegel’s concerts on YouTube.
  • Student and accomplished pianist Harrison Sheckler assembled a virtual choir and orchestra with more than 300 vocalists and musicians from 15 countries to perform “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. Read about the project and watch the performance.
  • Revel in art by talented students with M.F.A. Virtual Open Studios.
  • Explore the Brooklyn College Archives to find beautiful photographs and relics of our campus and student life. Images related to the County Fairs, House Plans, Farm Labor Project, and so many other topics will brighten your day.
  • The Brooklyn College Listening Project is an oral history initiative where students interview family, neighbors, friends, and strangers about their lives, experiences, and perspectives on the world.
  • Brooklyn College is a literary powerhouse, and several writers in our community recently received accolades for their powerful works.
    • Associate Professor Helen Philips ’07 M.F.A. won a Guggenheim Fellowship for her work that includes her recent novel, The Need.
    • Adjunct Professor Sigrid Nunez won a Guggenheim Fellowship for her work that includes her recent novel, The Friend.
    • Professor Ben Lerner won the Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Prize for his novel The Topeka School
    • Professor Corey Robin’s book The Enigma of Clarence Thomas was touted by The New York Times as “rigorous yet readable, frequently startling yet eminently persuasive.”
    • Robert Jones Jr. ’06, ’08 M.F.A is the author of The New York Times Bestselling novel, The Prophets, which was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction
    • De’Shawn Charles Winslow ’11, ’13 M.A., won the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize for In West Mills.
    • Ocean Vuong ’12 won the Mark Twain American Voice Award for Literature for his novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.

Career Development

Several times a year the Magner Career Center hosts virtual group alumni career coaching sessions. Alumni can also attend the two in person job fairs held each month as well as other career events hosted for alumni. Learn more at the Magner Center.

Social Media

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Share some of your favorite memories with us for our #TBT segment on social media! Send your photos to Nicole Brown to be featured.

Support Students

Support the Student Emergency Assistance Fund, which supports the Brooklyn College food pantry and provides emergency grants to students. Make a donation on our secure website and indicate “Student Emergency Fund” in the comments field.

Brooklyn College encourages alumni to get involved to support students with their career goals! A charitable contribution, an employment/internship opportunity, a mentorship, and some sage words of advice are just some of the ways alumni can give back. Join more than 1,100 alumni who each year give back by helping students reach their career goals each year. Get involved.

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