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2014-2015 Review of Accomplishments
details ranging from construction and renovation, to billing and refunds, information
technology specifications, student iD card production and communications. Together,
Suffolk and Aramark will be creating enhanced dining experiences by transforming
the campus dining environments, bringing in a mix of national and proprietary
restaurant brands, providing knowledgeable chefs, fresh food and healthier options.
As part of the transition for the fall, the College will be implementing a $100 meal
plan charge per semester for students taking nine credits or more on the Ammerman
and Michael J. Grant campuses. ese funds can then be used by students to purchase
food or drinks in any of the campus dining locations and campus vending machines.
Purchases made through the meal plan are tax-free, creating significant dining value.
e Babylon Student Center and Captree Commons main dining area locations will
open on the first day of the fall 2015 semester, August 27
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, with construction activity
in certain sections likely to continue through January 2016. Updates on progress
being made as part of this initiative are being shared on a special website that has
been created just for this purpose.
e Long island Shakespeare festival offered free public performances of an abridged
version of Shakespeare’s
As You Like It
during summer 2015. e festival’s 15
th
season
was presented at the College’s Ammerman Campus in Selden, both under the stars
and in the Shea eatre.
As part of the communications process during Priority registration, a series of
communications were issued to students that encouraged them to enroll for the
following fall or spring semester as quickly as possible, in order to secure the best
schedule. Messaging also suggested that students may want to consider enrolling for
wintersession or summer classes as a means for earning the credits necessary to
graduate in as timely a manner as possible. e communications plan included flyers,
posters, banners, portal announcements, display screens and mailings.
is year, students from our Honors Program had the opportunity to meet with
Dr. omas Bailey, director of the Community College research Center (CCrC) at
Teachers College, Columbia University. e CCrC is the leading independent
authority on the nation’s nearly 1,200 two-year colleges. Bailey has authored or
co-authored nine books about various topics connected to higher education. one of
his areas of expertise is student persistence, completion, and transfer. Honors students
spent a few hours discussing some of the CCrC’s research findings in these areas and
also had an opportunity to engage Dr. Bailey in a discussion about higher education
equity and funding issues. is is the third year that the Honors Program has visited
Columbia University. By visiting an ivy League college for a day, Honors students feel
more empowered and motivated to transfer to highly selective colleges and universities.
indeed, many of our Honors students have done so with assistance from the Honors
Program faculty and staff.
in an effort to help spread kindness across our campuses, student evan feliciano of
Hauppauge, created S.H.A.r.K! (an acronym for “Students Here are really Kind”)
cards. e cards were distributed whenever students or campus visitors were witnessed
being nice to someone.
e College has developed a prototype for its first mobile app. we will arrange to meet
with student focus groups to derive feedback that will further direct the look and feel
of the app.
is year, the College’s office of Student Affairs began to coordinate college visits for
e 15
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season of the Long Island Shakespeare Festival features
an abbreviated performance of As You Like It.
Grab-N-Go food options will meet the needs of
students’ fast-paced lifestyles.
