President's Office
 Message from the President

Greetings.  I am delighted to welcome each and every one of you to the College of Staten Island, a senior college of The City University of New York. 

As the only public institution of higher learning in the borough, CSI is committed to providing you with a variety of learning opportunities both in and outside of the classroom, which, in combination with your own hard work, we are sure will help you attain your educational, philosophical, and professional goals.

Here on our beautiful 204-acre campus, you will join other students who are pursuing associate’s degrees in selective areas, a comprehensive range of bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and doctoral degrees in cooperation with the CUNY Graduate Center. 

CSI’s administration, faculty, and staff are singularly dedicated to our students’ success, and, as we affirm in the College’s mission statement, “practice their commitment to educational excellence as they instill in students preparing to enter their chosen careers an enduring love of learning, a sensitivity to pluralism and diversity, a recognition of their responsibility to work for the common good, and an informed respect for the interdependence of all people.”

This focus on mutual interdependence and civic responsibility is nicely illustrated by the many international partnerships that the College maintains worldwide through our Center for International Service, as well as by the relationship that CSI enjoys with the larger Staten Island community: our Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development administers programs focused on developing career-related skills, our Small Business Development Center assists local businesses, and our Center for the Study of Staten Island/Staten Island Project is designed to integrate the work of the College with the public affairs concerns of the people of Staten Island.

Further, we offer programs to help our students succeed at every level: from our summer immersion program, which provides tuition-free instruction aimed towards helping students pass the CUNY skills assessment tests, to our FIRST program’s specialized academic and personal support services for freshmen who have passed all three of these tests, CSI strives to ease our first-year students’ transition into college.  Other programs, such as the CUNY Honors College and The Verrazano School at CSI are designed for gifted and highly motivated students, while the CUNY Teacher Academy educates a new generation of exceptional teachers of science and mathematics.

But these are only a few examples of what you will find at CSI: I encourage you to explore this Web site to learn more about the programs and the people of our College community. Congratulations on taking this first step into what I know will be a bright future, and welcome! 

Sincerely,

Tomás D. Morales
President