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this past february. it was designed to provide Suffolk’s outstanding students with an
opportunity to engage with Honors program students from the SoLii partner colleges.
it enabled 100 students to visit with Transfer Admissions Directors from the SoLii
Partner Colleges, learn about the schools and the available SoLii Scholarships, and
discuss the symposium topic: e Democratization of information: Power, Peril and
Promise.
Noteworthy Scholarship News.
in May, the College learned that eastern Campus
student Shelby Harvey, had been selected to receive a 2012 Undergraduate Transfer
Scholarship from the Jack Kent Cooke foundation. is is the seventh such award in
our College’s history. e scholarship will cover tuition, fees, books, and living
expenses for up to a total of $30,000 annually, for up to three years. Ms. Harvey was
one of 60 scholars selected for this award from among 786 applications received from
across the nation. She will now transfer and complete her undergraduate degree at the
University of Texas at Austin.
rough our Get ere from Here Scholarship award, 33 new scholars were selected
for the 2012-13 funding cycle from among student applicants enrolled for the fall
semester. ese scholars join the 16 continuing scholars selected in previous years.
e maximum annual award for each scholar can be as much as $5,000. funds can be
used to cover tuition, fees and books. e scholarship is renewable for a maximum of
five semesters, providing the student maintains a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Ammerman’s Cheryl Kavanagh, was selected as a 2012 Coca-Cola Community
College Academic Team Silver Scholar. e Coca-Cola Scholars foundation
recognizes 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars, and provides nearly $187,500
in scholarships annually. Selection as a Coca-Cola Silver Scholar was based on scores
earned in the All-USA Community College Academic Team competition, for which
more than 1,700 students applied this year. Silver Scholars each receive a $1,250
scholarship and a special medallion.
e National Science foundation (NSf) scholarship program in Science, Technology,
engineering and Mathematics (STeM) at Suffolk County Community College
provides a unique, educationally enriched environment for students pursuing careers
in science (biology, chemistry, physics, earth and space, geology, computer science,
information technology) technology, engineering and mathematics fields. e College
seeks to fund at least 30 NSf-STeM scholars annually. Students accepted into the
program are provided with academic support services, advising/tutoring, career-related
field trips and seminars, job shadowing and internships. for over 10 years, Suffolk has
increased STeM program retention, completion and transfer rates through National
Science foundation and New York State education Department-funded programs.
Last year, the College received its latest NSf STeM grant--a total of $600,000 for the
years 2011-2016 to provide scholarships and to recruit and mentor academically
talented, financially needy students through to completion of their associate degree in
STeM disciplines. e College has had three NSf grants to support scholarships for
science and engineering undergraduate students since 2001 and is the only
community college in the SUNY system to have an NSf scholarship program funded
continuously for more than 10 years. our program was recently cited by the empire
State STeM Learning Network, which stated, “e alignment of state and county
programs focused on increasing the inclusiveness of the STeM talent pipeline with
NSf’s STeM Scholarship program exemplifies a systems approach to closing the gap
in workforce needs. Suffolk’s collaboration with Brookhaven National Lab and Stony
Brook University further models the systems thinking critical to advancing STeM
teaching and learning across New York State and beyond.”
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2011-2012 Review of Accomplishments
Suffolk’s Cheryl Cavanagh was the recipient
of a prestigious Coca-Cola Community College
Academic Team Scholar Award.