Talent on talent on talent! Here are a few scenes from It’s a Happening: Arts in The Judy, our annual pop-up celebration of the arts at MMC. It highlights student work across disciplines, including visual art, dance, theatre, music, creative writing, film, video, animation, costume design, stage lighting, and more. A big congrats to all of our incredible student creatives who showed work tonight. The event just ended, but check back for more photos and videos, and tag us in your posts. #GoGriffins!

When the city's your campus! Classes across the College had some great outings recently, including these: 📸 1: Theatre students in Professor Rachel Reiner's The Business of Broadway class went to see @notebookmusical and got to meet its Music Director and Conductor Geoffrey Ko (center) after the show! 📸 2-3: Professor Noelle Griffis took her Contemporary World Cinema class to the @filmforumnyc to see Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s beautiful and enigmatic Japanese film "Evil Does Not Exist." 📸 4-7: Professor Vanessa Leuck's Costume Production course visited the @parsonsmeares costume production house to learn about the business of making costumes and the art and work that goes into building costumes for Broadway, tours, and Disney on Ice. The shop has been in New York for over 40 years and built all of the costumes for the original CATS musical. It's also the only costume shop in NYC with its own custom paint team. 📸 8: Professor Julie Huntington led her students on a walking tour of Harlem’s literary history. The trip tied into their readings of Claude McKay’s “The Tropics in New York,” James Baldwin’s “The Amen Corner,” and Toni Morrison’s “Jazz.” They're pictured here in front of the house where Zora Neale Hurston lived during her time at Barnard College. #GoGriffins

As we continue our countdown to Commencement on May 20, a big congrats to these students repping the Class of 2024! 💙🎓 🔵 BFA Dance and Business major Jessica Watkins, who has been named senior class speaker. One thing she plans to tell classmates: “We’re about to go out in the world, and the opportunities are endless,” she said. “... I want my peers to be fully present in the moment, to breathe, and take some time to celebrate everything we managed to accomplish in the past four years.” 🔵 Our five seniors making MMC history as the College’s largest group of co-valedictorians: BFA Musical Theatre majors Haley Jane Massey, Claire Martine Thomure, and Margarita Jane Gamarnik; Film and Media Studies major Melanie Espinal; and Politics and Human Rights major Gianna Mancuso—who’s just 19 years old! Read more about all of these incredible students at mmm.edu, and see you at Commencement!

🍓💙🍓💙 The scene at Strawberry Fest 2024. Tag us in your pics! ##GoGriffins 🎥: Addie Atkins ’25

🍓💙🍓💙🍓 See you outside! Strawberry Fest runs through 3 pm today! Eat, dance, and meet our incredible RSOs. Tag us in your pics! #GoGriffins

We've got a lot of great alumni news to share this month, starting with these three! 🔵 Jake Rizzi ’23 made his regional theatre debut in "A Bronx Tale" at @theargyletheatre in Babylon, Long Island, last weekend! He plays the role of Nicky and is a member of the ensemble. Performances run through June 16; go to argyletheatre.com/abronxtale for details and tickets. 🔵 Dance alum Ashley-Simone Kirchner ’10 is the associate artistic director, resident choreographer, and director of education at @PlayhouseStageCo in New York's Capitol District. She's currently choreographing the company's production of "Spring Awakening." Go to playhousestage.org/ for more! 🔵 Annie Robbins-Sennewald ’19 is the costume coordinator for Law & Order: Organized Crime. She'll serve as the assistant costume designer next season. #MMCProud! 💙

🍓💙 Celebrating seniors! A few pics from last night’s Strawberries and Champagne event. And, in case you’re wondering, we’ve got 3 weeks and 3 days or about 576 hours to go until commencement! 🎓 #GoGriffins

Hey, Future Griffins! Check out our Future Griffin Friday event today at 4 pm. It’ll help you explore what MMC has to offer before you make your own choices about college! Go to mmm.edu/visitcampus to register–you can sign up now and even at the event. 🎥: Addie Atkins ’25

What’s it like being an international student at MMC? Lupa Aguilar ’25, a BFA Musical Theatre and Writing for the Stage major takes us through their day! #GoGriffins #internationalstudents #NYCColleges #nycstudents

🌎 💙 It’s #EarthDay2024, and we all have a part to play in advocating for the planet. Make sure you’re using the recycling bins around campus and for more on sustainability efforts that you can participate in, follow MMC’s sustainability club @sustainmmc. 🎥: Addie Atkins 🌟: Maleyah Moses

Our Honors Day Colloquium on Tuesday celebrated student work from all three MMC learning sites—71st Street and our college programs at the Bedford Hills and Taconic correctional facilities. In the student panel captured here, "Outside/Inside," essays by Bedford Hills students were read aloud by college program alums and former students now on the outside: 🔵LeeAnn Armanini's work was read by Jessica Soble, MMC's prison education program coordinator 🔵Franiqua Patterson's work was read by Penny Martins 🔵Amari Harris's work was read by Deborah Fitzgerald 🔵Vaughn McAdoo's work was read by Jennifer Berry 🔵Jessica Nichols's work was read by Leah Gigliotti 🔵Jamie Wilson's work was read by Jamie Wilson (welcome home Jamie!) The students were sponsored by Jane Maher, a professor in the Bedford Hills and Taconic college programs. #MMCProud💙

… And more Honors Day Colloquium 📸📸📸! Here are a few pics from our honors society induction ceremony and student presentations. Tag us in your photos, and we’ll share them! #GoGriffins