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Researched out-of-County tuition chargebacks and reasons students from Suffolk choose
to attend Nassau Community College; adjusted program offerings and marketing to address
issues brought forth from the survey.
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Initiated and fulfilled first major gifts effort in College’s history, raising over $7 million in
revenue.
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Publically announced first bridge campaign to raise a total of $10 million by 2020.
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Cultivated a $1 million gift – the largest ever received from a Suffolk graduate.
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Led College’s Foundation in raising over $1 million per year over the past five years; the
Foundation currently disburses more than $650,000 in student scholarships annually.
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Created the Stay on Long Island Initiative (SoLII), now partnering with 12 regional
colleges/universities and responsible for more than $5 million in scholarships for Suffolk
students.
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Established NYS Presidential Transfer Scholarship currently being supported by eight
partnering institutions.
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Our Dual Enrollment Program with high schools is up 81.5% over the past four years,
and our Early College Program has grown by 250% over the same period; together, these
programs generated 18,200 college credits this past academic year alone.
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Increased the College’s emphasis on the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
(STEM) fields ahead of the national trend. Today, Suffolk is one of only a handful of
community colleges nationally that have been awarded grant funds totaling over
$2.6 million, covering a 15-year period of funding for STEM student scholarships. During
that period, hundreds of students have also received paid research internships.
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Implemented a new scholarship management software program; this online option has
consistently generated an increase in the number of student scholarship applications.
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