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Graduation Awards

The Elias Cooper Award for History + The Mark D. Hirsch History Award
Named in honor of former BCC History faculty, the Elias Cooper Award for History, and the Mark D. Hirsch History Award recognizes two outstanding graduating students who’ve shown exceptional achievement in their History classes at BCC.

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Student Awards

The Wallace Sokolsky Scholarship is awarded to two BCC students each semester taking a History class, in the categories of best written essay and best project (ePortfolio, podcast, exhibit, etc.) By nomination only. For more information contact Dr. Raquel Otheguy

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A History of History at BCC

Since classes began at Bronx Community College in 1959, History has been a part of the college’s curricular tradition. In our first year, BCC students could take American History I and American History II within the Social Studies Department. Since then, our curricular offerings have significantly expanded to over twenty couses in Geography, History, and Philosophy within the History department that reflect both developments within our scholarly fields, and our cultural histories and lived experiences within The Bronx, New York City and beyond. Today, we remain steadfast in our commitment to developing the next generation of BCC students in historical analysis, literacy, and critical thinking. We remain a proud part of a longstanding BCC tradition.

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