A scholarship program conceived by Suffolk County Community College President Dr. Shaun L. McKay in 2010 to staunch Long Island’s “brain drain” by keeping talented, motivated students on Long Island and attending Long Island Colleges and Universities has awarded scholarships totaling more than $640,000 annually to Suffolk County Community College students. The program has awarded more than $5.1 million in scholarships to 190 Suffolk County Community College students since its inception, President McKay said.

 

“The Stay on Long Island Initiative (SoLII) helps our graduates achieve their academic dreams by continuing their education at quality four-year colleges and universities right here in our region,” President McKay said.

 

The initiative, McKay explained, provides full and partial-tuition scholarships to current Suffolk County Community College students who graduate and transfer to partnering four-year Long Island colleges that include: Adelphi University, Five Towns College, Hofstra University, LIU Post, LIU Riverhead, LIU Brentwood, Molly College, New York Institute of Technology, The College at Old Westbury, St. John’s University, St. Joseph’s College and Stony Brook University.  

 

The SoLI initiative was expanded by Dr. McKay to encourage our most talented students to stay in New York State for college study. The New York State Presidential Scholarship, (NYSPS) encourages Suffolk’s most talented students to stay in New York State for college study. The colleges in the NYSPS program are: LIM College, Iona, Medaille College, Nyack College, Utica College and Vaughn College.

 

This year’s scholarship winners:

Adelphi University

Robert Rutherford - Northport

 

Five Towns College

Anthony Cain – West Babylon

 

Hofstra University
Sumayyah Uddin - West Babylon

 

LIU Brentwood
Zulma Restituto - Northport

 

LIU Post

Charles Bellini- Hauppauge

Demi Jones -  Miller Place

Anthony Sorisi - Hicksville

          

LIU Riverhead

Chrysovalantou Tsoumpelis - Southold

 

Molloy College

Christopher Chiusa – West Islip

 

SUNY Old Westbury

Anna Szczepanik – Mount Sinai

 

St. John’s University

Lory Cazeau – Central Islip

 

NYIT
Alexandra Jennosa - Mannorville

St. Joseph’s College
Jaclyn Kletchka – East Islip
Joseph Milbauer – Bay Shore
Nicole Riccio – West Babylon
Olivia DeStefano
Paige Papile – Port Jefferson Station
Brandon Battaglia - Centereach

Arianna Zyates 
Ane Ambrosia - Riverhead

Brook Haber – West Islaip

Shannon Cavanaugh - Levittown
Joseph Carnabuci – West Islip

 

 

 

Stony Brook University

Alexander Szabo  - Manorville
Drew Swezey – Hampton Bays
Anthony Mercurio - Holtsville

 

Iona College

Michael Pesce - Westhampton

 

LIM College
Ece Batmaz – Rocky Point

 

Medaille College

Christina Fives- Smithtown

 

Nyack College

Joan Martinez -

 

Utica College
Alexa Pederson

 

Vaughn College
Alaina Robbins