Prof. Cioffi s Lifetime Achievement Dinner

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1 Prof. Cioffi s Lifetime Achievement Dinner The surprise event for Anthony Cioffi, P.E. was held at New York City College of Technology s new Academic Building on December 21, Students of the Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology Department organized the Lifetime Achievement Dinner to thank Cioffi for his 27 years of passion and dedication as both the CMCE Department Chairperson, until 2017, and as faculty to present time. His efforts have changed many lives as he encouraged students to excel in their studies, to produce professional work, and to exceed beyond their expectations. He promoted collegiate involvement in the American Society of Civil Engineers through the ASCE Student Chapter and the ASCE sponsored National Student Steel Bridge Competitions. Many recent graduates and young professionals are members of ASCE due to his leadership and example. He has Raised the Bar in the civil engineering profession through his volunteerism at various levels of ASCE. At the dinner, colleagues from academia, the construction industry and engineering field, as well as students, stood to recount the tales of Cioffi s influence on their lives and careers. Albert Pozotrigo acknowledged how Cioffi propelled him to lead as a former Met Section president, while current president, Tim Ward nodded in agreement. Pozotrigo recalled Cioffi pushing him into a packed classroom with students waiting for their new professor. Cioffi, allegedly said you ll do fine and held the door, trapping Pozotrigo in the classroom... an educator was born. Everyone enjoyed the relaxed, off the cuff evening. The memories shared brought about laughter, smiles and a few tears. Cioffi stood to hug each person whom spoke and take a photograph. As his wife, Nanette watched with tears of joy in her eyes, their daughter, Gianna presented the etched glass Lifetime Achievement Award sculpture. Immediately after, the engraved Bulova desk clock was presented. Cioffi claimed to be at a loss of words, a rare occurrence indeed. He expressed his gratitude to everyone with his customary grand smile. All of Anthony Cioffi s hard work, the crazy schedules and sacrifice did not go unnoticed. The attendees, although significant, was a mere fraction of the people whom wanted to express appreciation. On behalf of everyone thank you professor thank you colleague thank you friend.

2 Photo 1: Prof. Michael Boulis attributes his P.E. license to Cioffi's homework assignments and stack of textbooks. Photo 2: Florina Pupla describes how when she was new to the country and to City Tech, she mistook Cioffi s baseball talk for a confusing lesson. Photo 3: Prof. Boulis knows how to make them laugh.

3 Photo 4: Prof. Boulis is still making them laugh. Photo 5: (Left to right) Liana Tan, Sandra Medina, Timothy Medina, Anthony Cioffi, Kyaw (John) Htun

4 Photo 6: Joseph Riina, Gianna Cioffi, Gregory Paterno, Nanette Cioffi, Anthony Cioffi, Victor Paterno, Anthony Primiani Photo 7: Craig Ruyle, Gerarda Shields, Anthony Cioffi

5 Photo 8: Albert Pozotrigo, Anthony Cioffi, Toni Pozotrigo Photo 9: Gianna Cioffi presents the etched glass Lifetime Achievement Award sculpture.

6 Photo 10 : Sandra M. Torres presents the engraved Bulova desk clock. Photo 21: Sandra M. Torres presents the engraved Bulova desk clock.

7 Photo 3: New York City College of Technology students and professors. 1 st row: Kelly Huang, Bin Jin Zheng, Carolina Mata. 2 nd row: Gabriel Bampoe (seated), Manuele S. Ruvolo, Sophie Akbar, Prof. Gerarda Shields, Sandra M. Torres. 3 rd row: Prof. Anne Marie Sowder (seated), Francisco Contreras, Elizabeth Beltran, Prof. Anthony Cioffi. 3 rd row: Eric Elliston Jr., Dorwin Emanuel, Prof. Navid Allahverdi Pur,Denise (Pebbles) Calungsod, Khalil Rouchdy, Deirdra Williams, Marlon Bess, Kyaw Htun, Sithu Hein, Brandow Rojas, Timothy Medina, Liana Tan, Annette Cannizzaro, Brendan Smith, Henry Wong 4 th row: Abubakkar Jalloh and Harold Sacquicela

8 Photo 13: Tiago Destefani, Fernando Rodriguez, Maria Becerra, Jahilin Parada, Briken Vukaj Photo 14: Vincent Volastro, Jeffery Cajamarca, Elena Malysheva, Prof. Cioffi, Kyaw Htun, Prof. Michael Boulis, Brandow Rojas, Antony Frias

9 Photo 15: Anthony Cioffi and Alvaro Jimenez Photo 16: Anice Rochelin, Ebenezer Idowu, Anthony Cioffi, Dorwin Emanuel

10 Photo 17: Debbie Wallace and Anthony Cioffi Photo 18: Bin Jing Zheng, Carolina Mata, Gerarda Shields, Florina Pupla, Kelly Huang

11 Photo 19: Anthony Cioffi and Niurka Valera Photo 20: Anthony Cioffi and Gina Mena

12 Photo 21: Azzall Monasser, Anthony Cioffi and Effie Iliopoulos Photo 22: Todd Mayo and Anthony Cioffi

13 Photo 24: Ed Iacayo and Anthony Cioffi Photo 25: Sophie Akbar and Anthony Cioffi

14 Photo 26: Abdoulaye Bah and Anthony Cioffi Photo 27: Anthony Cioffi and Ghenadie Covaliov

15 Photo 28: Alex Ladias and Anthony Cioffi Photo 29: Anthony Cioffi and Manuele S. Ruvolo

16 Photo 30: Prof. Anthony Cioffi and Prof. Anne Marie Sowder