Every day, Pamela Besnard, the vice president of development and alumni relations, spends her time flipping through paper files, scrolling through Excel sheets, dialing numbers, writing emails, or…
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Off The Bench: The New School’s Unlikely Athletic Heroes
Last December, The New School graced the pages of The Wall Street Journal — not for its lofty graduate program, nor for its musicians and designers — but…
Diversity at The New School, Myth or Mandate?
Last October, during the question and answer portion of President David Van Zandt’s university town hall meeting at Wollman Hall, Parsons professor Tony Whitfield asked a question regarding…
The American DREAM Comes to New York
When Camilo Godoy was 10 years old, he moved from Bogotá, Colombia to a tightly-knit Hispanic enclave in Bergen County, New Jersey. As his mother had just married…
USS Looks to Avoid Vacant Seats, Moves Elections Up
For most of the academic year, The New School’s University Student Senate has functioned with three vacant seats, rendering many students without full representation in the university-wide body…
Year One : A Look At David Van Zandt’s New School Presidency
David Van Zandt in his office shortly after assuming the presidency of the New School. Yumna Al-Arashi When David Van Zandt succeeded Bob Kerrey on January 1, 2011…