College’s digital banner ads indicates that from october 2014 to May 2015, the
online banner ads have generated 5,833 clicks and tens of thousands of impressions.
rough this period, the ads have included messaging for fall, wintersession, spring
and summer session enrollment, as well as information about open Houses and
Career Focus
magazine.
Office of Grants Development
During 2013-2014, Suffolk County Community College and its associated non-
profits were awarded $3.54 million in grants and subawards – a 10% increase over the
previous year. e College’s largest awards were: (1) the Perkins iv/CTeA-Career &
Technical education Act grant ($520,403); (2) SeiS Student engagement through
informed Support Title iii-A Strengthening institutions Program grant from the U.S.
Department of education ($399,997); (3) New York State environmental facilities
Corporation Green innovation Grant Program (GiGP) - Campus Stormwater
initiative ($393,043); (4) Liberty Partnerships Program grant from the NYS
education Department ($350,000); (5) U.S. Department of education Trio
Student Support Services grant ($261,787); (6) Science and Technology entry
Program (STeP) from the New York State education Department ($217,212);
(7) educational opportunity Program (eoP) from the State University of New York
($176,210); and (8) Scholarships for Science, Technology, engineering, and Math
(S-STeM) supported by the National Science foundation ($119,133). in addition,
Suffolk County Community College received 30 other grant awards that together
totaled $1.1 million, including $237,500 awarded to the College through the Next
Generation New York Job Linkage Program.
e College hosts four projects sponsored by the National Science foundation:
the Advanced Technological education (ATe) program entitled
Leading Innovation
through Green High Tech Engineering & Sustainability
(LiGHTeS), the
Scholarships in
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
(S-STeM) program, the
Science Education
for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities
(SeNCer) program, and the
Long
Island Alternative Energy Consortium
(LiAeC) program. e LiGHTeS project was
completed this year and the final report was issued. A new proposal was submitted to
the NSf ATe program last fall to build on the project’s accomplishments and the
project team learned in the spring that NSf will fund the new effort. is three-year
program, entitled
Leading Innovation through Green High Tech Engineering,
Sustainability, & Security
(LiGHTeS2), was awarded $699,346 and began its work
in June 2015. ese NSf-sponsored projects are establishing the College as a regional
leader in alternate and sustainable energy technology and cybersecurity, building
towards the goal of hosting an ATe regional Center at the College. Such centers
concentrate on particular areas of technical workforce development and serve as
flagship programs that address key regional and national needs in strategic fields.
e National institutes of Health is continuing to sponsor two long-term projects at
the College: BioPreP and irACDA. ese two programs work in concert with the
College’s NSf-sponsored S-STeM program and New York State-sponsored Collegiate
Science and Technology entry Program (C-STeP), to provide authentic research
experiences and significant support to the College’s community of STeM students
and faculty. each year through these programs, Suffolk students travel to research
universities and national laboratories across the country to participate in research,
while post-doctoral scholars visit the College’s campuses to interact with students and
faculty in community college classroom settings. e irACDA program, entitled
Consortia for the Advancement of Postdoctoral Scholars
(CAPS), will provide the College
with approximately $140,000 over the life of the project to expose postdoctoral
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2014-2015 Review of Accomplishments
