Brooklyn College is one of the City University of New York colleges. Located in Brooklyn , New York . It was founded in 1930 by the New York City Commission on Higher Education. The college came about as a result of the merger of the Brooklyn branch of Hunter College (which was then a college for women) and the branch of New York City College (which was then male). As a result, Brooklyn College was the first state-funded higher education institution in New York. The college campus is known for its architectural beauty.
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| Motto | "Nil sine magno labore" (“Life gives nothing without hard work”) |
| Year of foundation | 1930 |
| Type of | state |
| The president | Karen L. Gould |
| Students | 16,463 |
| Teachers | 519 |
| Location | |
| Campus | urban, 10.5 ha |
| Legal address | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Site | brooklyn.cuny.edu |
Campus History
In 1932, architect Randolph Evans created a college campus plan for a large piece of land owned by his employer in Midwood, Brooklyn. He made a sketch of the Georgian-style campus, and especially highlighted the library building with a tall tower. Evans presented the sketches to the president of the college, Dr. William A. Boylan. Boylan really liked the drawings, and soon the land was acquired with funds in the amount of $ 1.6 million dollars. The construction of the new campus began in 1935 with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Brooklyn Head Raymond Ingersoll. In 1936, then US President Franklin Roosevelt visited Brooklyn College to lay a stone in a new building designed specifically for sports activities. In honor of President Boylan, the head of Ingersoll, and President Roosevelt, corps on the campus of Brooklyn College were named. Midwood Corps became Brooklyn College’s only campus after the closure of the Downtown Brooklyn campus in 1975 due to budget cuts.
Vysotsky Concert
On January 17, 1979, Vladimir Vysotsky gave a concert at Brooklyn College. An abridged version of the recording of the performance was published in the same year in the USA on 2 long-playing records (under the name “New York Concert of Vladimir Vysotsky”).