Resources

Purple Apron Food Pantry
Spring 2024 Hours

Main Campus – 68th St.

Room B103, Lower Level of West Building
Monday: 9am–2pm
Tuesday: 9am–2pm
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 9am–2pm
Friday: Closed

Brookdale

425 East 25th Street – Main Lobby
Monday: 10:30am–6pm
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 10:30am–3pm
Thursday: Closed
Friday: Closed
Saturday: 9:30am–7pm

See Hunter College’s Emergency Support Page for more info or updates.

Leon and Toby Cooperman Library

Technology is currently available on the 3rd floor, A/V desk.

Lenovo and Dell laptops, Chromebooks and iPads are available to borrow for *3 hour, *daylong, and **semester-long. Semester long loans are available first come first served.

*Short term laptop and iPad loans are due 1 hour prior to library closing. 
**Semester-long loans are due at the end of the semester in which the laptop or iPad was borrowed.
Spring 2024 semester-long loans are due back by 7pm on May 22, 2024.

Options for AccessABILITY students can be found at the A/V Desk.

iPad minis are available for School of Education students.

Laptops borrowed while campus was closed due to Covid-19 pandemic can be returned to the A/V desk Monday – Thursday, 8 am – 10 pm, and Friday, 8 am – 5 pm.

Calculators (Scientific and TI-84 Graphing)
3 Hours (can be taken outside the Library)

Headphones
3 hours

Remote Control
3 hours

CDs
Either 2 hours or 7 days depending on the item

See Hunter College Library’s Technology Borrow page for more information.

The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.

The benefit provides a discount of up to $30 per month toward internet service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands.

Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price.

The Affordable Connectivity Program is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.

The New York City Department of Education now has a free meal plan for children and adults. The program can provide up to three meals a day and does not require registration or ID. To learn more, visit NYC Community Food Connection to learn more.

Fair Fare is a program that offers subsidized MTA tickets for: low-income households, those in-between 18 and 64, and live in New York City. You do not need to be a U.S. citizen to be eligible. Learn more and apply online through Fair Fare.

To cover the cost of your DACA or TPS  renewal, Hunter College will pay the $495.00 application fee directly to the Department of Homeland Security.

This resource is available only to currently enrolled Hunter students.

  • If you need assistance, or for more information regarding Hunter’s support for DACA or TPS renewal, email Raquel Torres at [email protected].

For general information about DACA and TPS, please visit:

If you are a Hunter student in need of legal immigration assistance, please contact CUNY’s Citizenship Now program. They provide free consultations and application assistance with your application.

Hunter College provides free short-term counseling for all students. To learn more, visit Counseling Services.

If you think you may need accessibility services, please visit Hunter College’s Office of AccessABILITY to learn about the services they offer such as:

  • Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services
  • CUNY Leads Project – Collaboration between CUNY and Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation
  • CUNY Project REACH – for students on the Autism spectrum
  • Note-taking Servcies
  • Reader Services
  • Testing Accommodations
  • Transitioning from High School

If you’re looking to get into Hunter College community, joining a club is a great way to get to know your classmates. Hunter College’s student organizations page lists many student-led clubs such as culture-based clubs:

  • African Student Union
  • Asian Student Union
  • Bengali Student Association of Hunter College
  • Black Student Union
  • Japanese Club
  • Korean Student Association
  • Latinos of the Caribbean of Hunter College
  • Mexican Student Union
  • Pakistani Student Organization
  • Philipinos of Hunter

Academic clubs:

  • Latino Medical Student Association
  • Medical Laboratory Science Club
  • Pre-Health Organization
  • Pre-PA Society of Hunter College
  • Urban Public Health

Advocacy + Outreach Clubs:

  • Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association of Hunter College
  • Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies of Hunter College (CRAASH)
  • DREAM Team – for and in support of undocumented students
  • Empowering Women in STEM

And so much more! See Hunter College’s Student Club page for a comprehensive list.

Check out this list of NYC student discounts for restaurants, retail, transportation, and entertainment.

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