A Message from Dr. Milton Santiago
Interim President

Dear BCC Community,

In my second year as Interim President at BCC, I am proud of what we have accomplished and excited for what lies ahead during this 2024-2025 academic year.

Meeting each individual student’s needs and ensuring student success in a safe, supportive environment continues to be our top priority. We are offering students more support than ever before through our food pantry on campus, our Early Childhood Center (which has expanded and now accepts toddlers and infants as young as six weeks old), tutoring, counseling and a host of wrap-around support services, in addition to connection to outside support when necessary. Our low costs and assistance through financial aid, scholarships and other awards continue to make attending BCC possible on any budget.

With careful thought and planning, we have launched and expanded many of our innovative academic initiatives, including ten fully online degree programs. Programs such as our Automotive, Nuclear Medicine, Allied Health Sciences, Cybersecurity, Business and Media and Digital Film Production programs to name a few, pave the way to greater socioeconomic mobility. When our students graduate with degrees in these areas, they typically move on to high-paying careers or transfer to four-year colleges.

Our talented and dedicated faculty is providing students with the foundation and tools to compete in today’s modern labor market, enabling many of our students to earn incomes well above the average of students with a high school diploma. The average income at the career midpoint of someone with an associate degree from BCC is 35% more than a student with a high school diploma.

BCC’s new technology upgrades – including Brightspace, which has replaced Blackboard and BCC Navigate, replacing Starfish – will enhance teaching & learning by increasing the efficiency in which we retrieve and distribute information. Additionally, ready for your use is our new website ChatBot for answers to questions covering a range of areas from Academic Support, Admissions, Advising and Registrar, to Bursar, Financial Aid and Online Programs.

One of the strongest assets of BCC is our diversity. Our students – 69 % of them first-generation college students like myself – come from families that have migrated here from more than 120 countries. We find unity in our differences, and we celebrate them all.

BCC is a unique place, and we are happy you are part of our special community. Wishing you a year full of meaningful educational experiences and personal growth!

Respectfully,

Milton Santiago, Ed.D.
Interim President
Bronx Community College