Newsletter Archive

2022

  • July/August 2022 - DDC Summer Academy Comes Roaring Back!
  • June 2022 - First Alumni Reunion in over 2 Years!
  • May 2022 - Congratulations DDC Graduates, You Did It!
  • April 2022 - DDC Announces Two Leadership Transitions: Natalie Edwards as Chair of the Board of Friends, Sasha Wells as Interim Executive Director
  • March 2022 - Creative Writing, from Essay to Poetry to Fiction & Fast Friending - How to Build Healthy Social Connections
  • January/February 2022 - From Biology Lab to Catwalk - Spring 2022 at DDC!

2021

  • January 2021 - What are some of the leading causes of poverty in NYC City and what can be done on a policy level to address them
  • February 2021 - DDC Students Discuss COVID
  • March 2021 - The Writing Center
  • April 2021 - DDC Class of 2021 - Early Results!
  • May 2021 - Spotlight on: Margaret Banks, DDC Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
  • June 2021- Intro to College Success
  • July 2021- 1943 Yearbook at Wadleigh High School in Harlem
  • August 2021 - The Science of Composting for a Greener New York City
  • September 2021 - Our fall 2021 classes
  • October 2021 - On their Way to “Best Fit” College and a Fulfilling Career
  • November 2021 - Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems – DDC Financial Literacy Course
  • December 2021 - How to Fall in Love with Physics!

2020

  • January 2020
    • Equipped to grow, flourish and touch the sky! DDC Alumni and Volunteer reflections, 1965 - 2016
    • Career Explorations: engineering and entertainment industries
    • Spotlight: Darlene Reyes, 2020 Fulbright Research Fellow
  • February 2020
    • Bridging the STEM divide
    • Student Spotlight: Yelissa Lopez DDC’20
  • March 2020
    •  Financial Literacy Program: Understanding Finances to Build Wealth
    • Student/Parent Spotlight: Shawn Mitchell Yon, DDC’23, and his father, Mr. Yon
  • April 2020
    • DDC is Now Virtual!
    • Calls for Assistance Surge and HMB Steps Up Care of DDC Families
    • Post It and They Will Come! The Instagram Relaunch of ColumbiaDDC!
  • May 2020
    • Healthy Minds & Bodies (HMB) Launches Website to Help DDC Students Cope with the COVID-19 Crisis!
    • What is the DDC College Success Mentor Initiative?
    • DDC Alumna to DDC Counselor Paying It Forward
  • June 2020
    • Congratulations to DDC’s Class of 2020!
    • DDC’s Summer Programs Address Summer Learning Melt
    • Institute - Joseph Dunker Jr., DDC’ 2024, and His Mother, Mrs. Keisha Barnes DDC 7th Grader Learns Science at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Institute
  • July 2020
    • Summer Academy
      • ​​​​​​​Cookology 101
      • Urban Planning
      • NYC Hour
  • August 2020
    • 2020 Summer Programming - Grand Finale!
      • Summer Institute - Writing Intensive
      • Summer Academy - Engineering Big Ideas
      • Summer Academy - The Art of Debate
  • September 2020
    • ​​​​​​​Back to School!
      • So Excited to Be Back! Reflections from Students, Instructors and Counselors
      • Highlights of DDC’s Fall 2020 Program
  • October 2020
    • ​​​​​​​DDC College and Career Success (CCS)
      •   Discovering their “Best Fit” College at DDC!
  • November 2020
    • Columbia University Partners
    • Columbia Students and Alumni Working as Instructional Partners
  • December 2020
    • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​DDC’s First Holiday Gift Box Event: Thank You for Your Support!
    • Reflections on DDC’s Accomplishments in a Year of Unprecedented Challenges

2019

  • April 2019
    • ​​​​​Media & Arts Course, in partnership with NBCUniversal and Young Audiences New York (YANY) 
    • College Tours
    • College Discovery Day with mentors from Columbia and Barnard
    • Student Spotlight: Clark Desire Jr. DDC’21, and his mother, Kaime Desire, PA President at A. Philip Randolph Campus High School
  • June 2019
    • Students working for social justice from behind the camera - YANY LinkNYC
    • Students attend the Freedom and Citizenship Seminar presented by professors from Columbia and Princeton
    • Students selected for LEADS, a summer internship from the Macquarie Group, the global investment bank and financial services company
    • Student Spotlight: ​Deborah Oyede, DDC’20
  • July 2019
    • DDC Summer Academy is in full swing!
    • DDC launches the Writing Intensive Institute
    • Student Spotlight: Ernesto Pena, DDC’20, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luciano 
  • August 2019
    • DDC launches Fellowship Program for Columbia Graduate students to teach community youth
    • Macquarie LEADS Summer Internship 1) The Reviews Are In! 2) Highlights
    • Student Spotlight: Jailyssa Torres DDC’20
  • September 2019
    • Students tackle the 1619 Project
    • Why Healthy Minds and Bodies (HMB)?
    • Student Spotlight: Destiny Howell DDC ‘19
  • October 2019
    • BRAINYAC, where DDC students fall in love with neuroscience
    • October was College Reps month at DDC!
    • Alum Spotlight: Laurent Delly DDC’91
  • November 2019
    • November 23rd & 24th was DDC’s first annual Gratitude Weekend!
    • Aisha Haynes joins DDC as Pedagogical Specialist
    • Alum Spotlight: Carla Luna DDC’12
  • December 2019
    • The Atlantic and Hewlett Packard!!!
    • Students showcase their fall semester accomplishments
    • Spotlight: Social Entrepreneur Nahid Uddin DDC’20