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Students smile after graduation. The first Hostos commencement ceremonies were held in the Cardinal Hayes High School Auditorium on June 13, 1972. Hostos President Candido de Leon conferred degrees on 152 candidates. Maria Josefa Canino, member of…

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Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams (seated) receives a dental hygiene demonstration from Wendy Wallace, who in August 1972 would become the first graduate of the Dental Hygiene Program. Looking on are Dr. Cyril Price, Dean of Health Sciences…

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Hostos Community College on the quiet morning of February 1, 1971. Later that day students would wage a strike for better campus conditions. Hostos classes had begun for the first time the previous September in this building, a rental space that…
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