Propane Gas Association in support of the Albert Stillwagen Scholarship and the
John Ganey Scholarship.
e David M. Sperling DreAM scholarship was created to provide financial
support for students who do not meet federal/state residency requirements. A
generous scholarship gift from oil Heat Comfort, inc. benefits students pursuing a
career in Heating, ventilation, Air Conditioning and refrigeration (HvAC/r).
e foundation also supported experiential learning for our Culinary Arts students
through a travel experience to florence, italy.
rough a partnership with the United way, we have created the United way of
Long island-YouthBuild Long island-Pathways to Success scholarship, which provides
support to help participants gain education and training to become self-sufficient,
contributing members of their communities. e richard and Mary Morrison
Student Hardship fund created by the richard and Mary Morrison foundation to
benefit students who have an unforeseen financial hardship – to date more than
$30,000 has been raised through the generosity of the richard and Mary Morrison
foundation, and through faculty and staff contributions. A generous grant from the
island outreach foundation will support the College’s new veterans resource Center,
a designated place with resources to address the unique needs of our student veterans.
Continued benevolence from e frey family foundation endowment supports
excellence in Math education at Suffolk and ongoing support from AT&T benefits
our Liberty Partnership Program for students who require academic services to
improve their ability to attain postsecondary education. Gifts in kind from General
Motors and Toyota provide our Automotive Technology students with hands-on
skills training.
we continue to receive support for our $7 million major gifts campaign, vision 2020,
in which i have taken a very active role. To date, we have raised $3.8 million.
in November, the foundation Board of Directors inducted a new member and
treasurer, Mr. Brian T. Petersen, CPA of Albrecht, viggiano, Zureck & Company, P.C.
(AvZ), one of the largest certified public accounting firms on Long island.
e Campus Governance leadership, the retirees Association of Suffolk Community
College (rASCC) and the Suffolk Community College foundation hosted the annual
faculty Appreciation Luncheon on November 7
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at Lombardi’s on the Bay in
Patchogue. e 2014 Governance Award recipients were: Dr. Catherine Lipnick,
Associate Professor of english, Ammerman Campus, Dr. Amy warenda Czura,
Associate Professor of Biology, eastern Campus and Dawn Tracy-Hanley, Academic
Chair; Associate Professor of reading, Michael J. Grant Campus. e luncheon
program also included recognition of Suffolk’s outstanding recipients of 2012-2013
and the 2013-2014 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards, including the College’s first award for
excellence in Classified Service, which was presented to Junius Atkins, Jr., who began
work on the College’s eastern Campus when it opened 38 years ago.
e foundation, in collaboration with the Ammerman Campus faculty Senate,
recognized exceptional graduates at the Distinguished Student Achievement Awards
held on April 29
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, where students gathered with their families, friends, administrators,
and faculty to celebrate their achievements. Donors had the opportunity to meet
their scholarship recipients and see the impact of their philanthropy and their role in
helping these students achieve educational success.
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e Foundation proudly sponsors the Ammerman Senate
Annual Distinguished Student Awards.
Brian Petersen, Treasurer
Suffolk Community College Foundation Board
