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net EDUCATION 1983 Ph.D in Mathematics in Algebraic Number Theory - CUNY Graduate Center Schoo l, New York. 1977 M.A. in Mathematics - Belfer Graduate School of Science, New York. 1976 B.S. in Mathematics & Psychology - City College Honors. New York. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1983-present Queensborough Community College (City University of New York), Bays ide, NY 11364 A diverse community college enrolling almost 14,000 matriculated students pursui ng 35 different certificate, career-degree and transfer-degree programs. Instruc tion is offered by approximately 400 full-time and an additional 600 part-time f aculty/staff in 17 academic departments. Total budgetary planning: $41 million. 2009 Faculty Leadership Fellow for Academic Affairs Reported Directly to the Vice President for Academic Affairs * Liaised between departments in the management of the Office of Academic Affair s preparations for its Annual Honors convocation and Inter-Institutional Curricu lum Articulation matters. * Maintained high quality standard and critical deadlines while applying strateg ic planning, prioritization and project management skills to articulation and as sessment initiatives. * Demonstrated strong communication and leadership skills in effectively steerin g staff meetings to coordinated projects and defined expectations. * Played a key role as a faculty mentor responsible for integrating policy and p rocedure for academic departments and other universities in the area of articula tion. 1989-1993 Assistant Coordinator, CUNY BA/BS Program * Performed workshops for mathematics and science majors-and helped with general meetings of recruitment of students. * Reviewed transcripts, tracked progress of students and counseled students appl ying to the program and already in the program. 1991 Delivered talk at Homebound Student's Club on the CUNY BA/BS Program 1990 Delivered talk on Careers in Math at QCC Math Club meeting 1990 Delivered CUNY BA/BS talk to Nursing Students on How to Incorporate the CUN Y BA/BS Degree to the Nursing Curriculum 1990 Acting Grants Officer, Queensborough Community College * Coordinated the College's state and federal grants. * Worked with academic departments to encourage them to submit VATEA (Vocational Education Act) state grants that helped academic departments to achieve their g oals and objectives. * Worked with faculty on NSF, DOE, MISIP and foundation grants. * Brought in almost $2,000,000 in grants. 1983-present Professor Queensborough Community College * Teach engaging and educational classes. * Present lectures and conduct workshops to further educational goals and object ives. * Develop and implement individualized and innovative long-term educational plan s to best achieve student's learning objectives. * Monitor students' learning and provide in-depth and individualized instruction

to students where needed. * Proficiently provide ongoing support and advisement in order to improve studen t performance * Identify resources and opportunities for students to advance their abilities. * Develop curriculum with staff and implement targeted strategies for boosting s tudent achievement levels. * Serve in a major role in the Math and Computer Science department as a member of the departmental personnel and budget committee working closely with the chai rperson on all departmental matters, including faculty evaluation, faculty hirin g and review and personnel procedures. SUMMARY OF RELEVANT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Queensborough Community College/CUNY 1983-1988 Assistant Professor of Mathematics 1988 Assistant Professor of Mathematics with Tenure 1988-1992 Associate Professor of Mathematics 1992-Present Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Brooklyn College/CUNY 1978-1981 Graduate Teaching Fellowship A Mathematics Stern College (Women's Division of Yeshiva University) 1977-1978 Graduate Assistantship Mathematics SUMMARY OF RELEVANT ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS Queensborough Community College 2009 Faculty Leadership Fellow for Academic Affairs 2005 Review Coordinator for the A.S. Degree Program in Engineering Science 2004-Present Elected to serve on Departmental Personnel and Budget Committee 1996-1997 Planning Advisor for Academic Senate Steering Committee 1990-1991 Acting Grants Officer. Elected member 1990-1991 Elected member of Queensborough Student Association Board of Directors where student activities/clubs, facilities and other services for the benefit o f the campus community and CUNY were reviewed 1991-1992 Administrative Leader: Elected Member 1989-1993 Assistant CUNY BA/BS Program Coordinator RECENT SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION Conference Member 2010 Middle State Commission on Higher Education Team Chairs and Evaluator's Wo rkshop. 2008 Served as committee member for State Education Department in Albany to revi ew Integrated Algebra Mathematics Regents Exam for January 2009 Regents. 2005-Present Represents College on CUNY -wide Faculty Grievance Panel-Classroom Instructional Staff Select Faculty Panel. 2002-Present Elects to Department Personnel the Budget Committee-advocate for f aculty concerns in department, development of faculty hires and lines discussion , curricular decisions and budgeting for math department as liaison for chairper son. 1998 Management of Inappropriate Student Behaviors - CUNY Graduate School. 1992 Gender Studies: Problems and Opportunities - CUNY Graduate School. 1992 University Faculty Senate Conference and Planning - Workshop at John Jay Co llege of Criminal Justice. 1992 Attended CUNY Conference on1992 Attends University Faculty Senate Conferenc e and Planning Workshop at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY. 1992 Graduate Studies: Problems and Opportunities - Boro of Manhattan Community College 1992 Served as moderator of workshop on Professional Development Opportunities f or Women - Westchester Community College. 1991 Participated in QCC Workshop on Male/Female Antagonistic Relationships as E

xpressed in the Classroom 1991 Attended the National Science Foundation/Comprehensive Regional Center for Minorities Colloquium on Introductory Science Courses: New Approaches to Teachin g and Learning - Baruch College 1991 CUNY Women's Leadership Project Workshop on Team Development and Profession al Opportunities - Baruch College 1991 Participated in CUNY Women's Leadership Project Workshop on Team Developmen t and Professional Opportunities - Hunter College 1991 Member of College Affirmative Action Mentoring Subcommittee. 1991 Attended Thirteenth Management Development Seminar for Assistant and Associ ate Academic Deans at Loew's L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, DC 1991-1993 Reviewed affirmative action utilization analysis report. 1990 Attended Twelfth Annual Strategic Planning Conference at Waldorf Astoria H otel NYC 1990 Attended Seminar on Using Journals to Teach Mathematics conducted by the Se minar Program on Scholarship and the Curriculum: The Study of Gender, Race, Ethn icity and Class, Speaker: Prof. Arthur Powell of Rutgers University - CUNY Gradu ate Center 1990 Participated in a CUNY - Board of Education Curriculum Project under Dean E dwina Hamby of the CUNY Central Office. - Improving High School Mathematics Inst ruction Through a Problem Solving Approach Using Graphing Calculators and Handson Lab Experiences 1989 Attended Nineteenth CUNY Student Personnel Conference - John Jay College of Criminal Justice 1989 Attended Conference on Linking Planning with Budgeting sponsored by NCHEMS Management Services, INC., Boulder Co. 1989 Student Personnel Conference - Baruch College 1983 Women in Mathematics - CUNY Graduate School Department Liaison 2008 Applied for an assignment for the establishment of a new community college - CUNY Central Office Executive Vice Chancellor Botman 2007 Selected to participate in a university-wide meeting on Effective Strategie s to Support Student Mastery of Quantitative Abilities - committee to be chaired by Executive Vice Chancellor Botman. 2007 Collaborated on the interdisciplinary course-Math and Education. 2005 Review Coordinator for the A.S. Degree Program in Engineering Science. 2001-2009 Participated in commencement activities and graduation-represented the Math and Computer Science department in Honors Award ceremony for graduating st udents. 1994 Department Liaison to CUNY - wide Remediation Committee-Queensborough 1996-1997 Assisted with Department Planning Document. 1992 Attended CUNY Affirmative Action Training Seminar. 1991-1993 Reviewed affirmative action utilization analysis report. 1990 Member of College Affirmative Action Mentoring Subcommittee. 1991 Participated in curriculum development project on Collaborative Learning in Mathematics accepted on behalf of the National Science Foundation. It was spon sored by the Comprehensive Regional Center for Minorities. Prof. Hartman, City College Faculty Training Workshop Coordinator 1991 New Trends in Multimedia Computing - Borough of Manhattan Community Colleg e 1990 Department Representative at University-wide faculty conference - Articulat ion Now: Articulation How? - Sponsored jointly by the University Faculty Senate and the CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences 1990 Participated in QCC Conference on the Community College Students Today/Appr oaches for Success 1990 Attended Instructional Resource Center of CUNY - Conference on New Directio ns on Teaching Mathematics on Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics: New Goals and Strategies

1990 Department Representative at Articulation meeting of Mathematics and Comput er Science Departments of NYU and QCC 1989-1991 Member of College-wide Coordinated Planning Committee. 1983-1992 Represented the Math and Computer Science department in student orient ation programs for new students Tech Trek (a selective program that encouraged e ntering students to go into math, science, and the technologies)Transfer Day, Q CC Open House, taught elementary summer math preparatory course for new students , advised students in program scheduling and delivers Math Anxiety Workshop for Continuing Education Students Chairperson/Talks 2010 Mathematics Anxiety Workshop Power Point Presentation for Students Services for Disabilities at QCC 2006 A series of five Workshops on Stress and Anxiety in QCC that were co-spons ored by the Counseling and Math Programs. Delivered during Club Hours 2004/06/08 Decreasing Math Anxiety for the Mathematics Education Students - QCC 1992 Delivered Talk at CUNY Graduate School New York Number Theory Seminar on El liptic Curves and Diophantine Equations 1992 Conducted Workshops on Mathematics Anxiety Math Without Fear - QCC 1991-1992 QCC Homebound Program Math Anxiety Workshop 1991 Combating Math Fears - QCC 1990/98/02 Relieving Mathematics Anxiety - QCC 1990-1992 QCC 25+ Club: Talk on Math Anxiety and Study Skills - QCC 1990-1992 Co-Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the CUNY Mathematics Disc ussion Group - John Jay College 1987-1992 Headed the Academic Senate Planning Committee in development of admiss ions and goals statement at Queensborough through consensus building and collabo ration of different constituencies EXTRA-CURRICULAR SERVICE 2005-Present Board Member and Chair - NYC/LI Chapter of the NYS Network for Wome n Leaders in Higher Education-developed website 2005-Present Leads the NYC/Long Island American Council of Education chapter for Women Leaders in Higher Education. http://sites.google.com/site/acemetronyli/ 2003-Present Editor of the SCUP (Society for College and University Planning) Jo urnal "Planning Ahead in Higher Education" worked on Academic Planning discussio n website. http://www.scup.org/acad 2003-Present Board Member - NYS Network American Council of Education/Office of Women in Higher Education 2003-Present Active participant of the Board of the NYS Network of the American Council of Education 2002-Present Board Member/Editor AAUA Journal (American Association for Universi ty Administrators) The Journal of Higher Education Management. Editor of Communi que newsletter DISTINGUISHED ACTIVITIES Honors 1986-1993 Appointed and re-elected to serve on the CUNY, Ph.D Alumni Association Board of Directors. 1986 Inscribed in the 1986 edition of Who's Who in the East. 1976 Magna Cum Laude-City College of the City University of New York. 1973 Honorable Mention in the Washington (now Intel) Competition-Bronx High Scho ol of Science Professional Organizations * Society of College and University Planning American Association of University Administrators. * American Mathematical Society. * Sigma Xi Research Honors Society Full Member.

LEADESHIP DEVELOPMENT 2011 Middle States Evaluation Team for University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla (A pril 3, 2011 through April 6, 2011) 2010 HERS (Higher Education Resource Services) An educational program that provi des leadership and management development for women in higher education encompas sing strategic planning and finance. Summer Institute - Bryn Mawr College 2009 American Council Education. Coordinating association for higher education that advocates innovation and leadership as well as the interests of higher educ ation institutions throughout the country 2004 American Council in Education Northeast Leadership Forum 2003-2004 National Institute for Leadership Development (worked on Nassau Commun ity College's development of a weekend college 2002 Cornell Institute for Leadership Development. A leadership institute inter ested in acquiring skills for more effective leadership development and for shar ing best overall practices with colleagues from around the country 1992 Management Development Seminar for Assistant and Associate Academic Deans Washington DC 1992 Harvard School of Education for the Management of Lifelong Education 1991 Harvard Admissions Institute 1990 Administrative Fellowship - American Association of Junior and Community Co lleges, Washington DC. (strategic planning process of three community colleges c ompared) 1985 NCHEMS Management Conference on Linking Planning with Budgeting PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS (SELECT LIST) Recent Publications (selected from manuscripts and book chapters, full list avai lable upon request) Articles and Proceedings Yao, H., Wajngurt, C. Packing Infinite Cubes in a Finite Volume Box, AMATYC Jour nal 28:1, (Fall 2006) pp 32-36. Wajngurt, C., Engelberg, D., Valentino, J., Bluestone C., Wallach, P. et al Conf erence Proceedings of the America Society of Engineering Education, 2006 -518:QC C Techasend: NSF Sponsored After School Program Aimed at Potential Technicians. Wajngurt, C. and Jones, E. A Look at State Financing as it Relates to Enrollment and Tuition Rates of Public Community Colleges, Journal of Research and Practice. 17:3 (May 1993) pp. 249-256. Wajngurt, C., King, S. and Bygrave, S. Assessment and Treatment of Mathematics Anxiety Among College Students. Psychological Reports. 65, (July 1989) pp. 194. Wajngurt, C. Solutions of Specific Diophantine Equations and Their Relationship to Complex Multiplication, Canadian Mathematical Bulletin, 32:2, (June 1989) pp. 223-229 Wajngurt, C. Rational Solutions of Diophantine Equations Isomorphic to Elliptic Curves, Journal of Number Theory, 23:1 (May 1986) pp. 80-85

Book Chapters Wajngurt, C. Problem Solving Through Math Journals. In: Prentice Hall Studies i n Writing and Culture - The Thinking Book: Critical Thinking Across the Curricul um J. H. Clarke & A. Biddle, (Eds) Vol. 3, Prentice-Hall. Cambridge, (1993) pp.

231-237 Wajngurt, C. Building Math Confidence. In: The Confident Student. Houghton-Miffl in Co. Boston, 1990. pp. 373-393 Textbooks Wajngurt, C. The College Algebra Helper Supplement Manual, TSTC Publishing, Texa s 2009. Wajngurt, C. Introductory Algebra for Math 010 Students at Queensborough Communi ty College/CUNY . An Easy and Non Anxious Approach for Passing and Understanding Elementary Algebra, , McGraw-Hill Primus. New York 2004. Wajngurt, C. and Barnes, A. Textbook for Remedial Mathematics, The Complete Text book and Study Guide of Algebra and Trigonometry, New York, Whittier Publishers 1996. Conner, E., Joshua J., Parks G., Truscott B., and Wajngurt, C. The Best Test Pre paration for the TASP: Texas Academic Skills Program, Research and Education Ass ociation. Piscataway, New Jersey, 1992 Educational Materials 2009-2010 Develops mathematics questions as item writer for GRE exams for the C ollege Board 2005-2010 Writes supplements for mathematics texts for mathematics publishers 1998 Reviewed Course I textbook for the New York City high schools, Amsco Publis hers COMPETITIVE FUNDED PROJECTS & GRANTS 2000-2007 Participant in Perkins Act Grant with Physics Department- Math/Science Anxiety Workshop. 2000-2001 Participant in Columbia College Pilot Study-NSF Grant-Using the CASIO FX 2.0 Calculator in Remedial Mathematics Classroom. 1997-1998 Participated in technology grant-taught hybrid mathematics class-atten ded CUNY events on incorporating technologies into the classroom. Mathematics Ce nter Computer Classroom Development Project at Queensborough Community College-N SF Award #9551562- $35,000 (Svitak, Wajngurt, Harris, Bertorelli, Boccio, Nagark atte). COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES (ONGOING) * Mentor - Mathematics Students submitting Intel Projects at the Bronx High Scho ol of Science. * Tutor -mathematics to Neighborhood Students Attending Local Schools. REFERENCES Available on request