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Convention in orlando this July. e team successfully placed second in the nation
for the second consecutive year.
Ammerman student Dennisse Madrigal was named a recipient of the prestigious
2015 Programma Ponte Scholarship sponsored by the Association of italian American
educators. e Programma Ponte is a four-week summer program of study in rome
that offers a unique academic, cultural, and linguistic opportunity for exceptional
students of italian -American heritage. Dennisse, who is currently studying
intermediate italian, will garner first-hand experience in italy through course work,
visits to important italian and european institutions and direct contact with the
italian culture. She will be expected to make a presentation about her experience in
September.
Ammerman Campus student Amie Bernstein was selected as one of five students
to serve a one-year term as an international officer of the prestigious Phi eta Kappa
(PTK) Honor Society. Holding international office is considered the pinnacle of
leadership within Phi eta Kappa.
e College’s Student Trustee-elect, Maria Gomez, was awarded a 2015 “Unidad
Latina Scholarship” at the New York State Senate-sponsored Unidad Latina
Conference, where Dr. Sylvia A. Diaz was also honored. Dr. Diaz requested that the
New York State Senate award a scholarship to a Suffolk Community College Student
and Maria was selected from over 100 applicants.
w.w. Grainger has announced that the following students were selected to receive a
one-time $2,000 Grainger Tools for Tomorrow award to be used for tuition, required
fees, books and course-specific supplies: Nhat Duong – electrical Technology and
Juan Suarez – Automotive Technology. e students met all eligibility requirements,
including enrolling in a full-time undergraduate course of study at Suffolk County
Community College, and will receive a westward Tool Kit from Grainger upon
graduating.
A record number of the College’s STeM scholars presented research at the inaugural
Science Undergraduate research Conference held at SUNY Brockport. we had the
largest cohort of community college students at this event.
e forensics team from the College’s Michael J. Grant Campus took home several
awards from the annual emerson College speech and debate tournament in Boston.
Team President Nick Krauss took first place in informative Speaking, first place in
impromptu Speaking and second place in Persuasive Speaking. first-year competitor
Jake Salemo placed first in Persuasive Speaking and second in informative Speaking.
Suffolk placed second in the overall team awards and qualified in five events for the
National Speech and Debate Championships held at ohio University in April.
e forensics team from the Ammerman Campus competed in two regional
tournaments, receiving Championship designation for Alyssa Coia and Gregg
Kowlessar in the Duo interpretation category at the Tournament at west Chester
University and Championship designation for the team in the category of Limited Team
Sweepstakes at the Southern and Northern Atlantic forensics Union Tournament.
i am pleased to report to you the continued success of our students at the regional
Kennedy Center American College eatre festival (KCACTf) held at Cape Cod
Community College this year. Twenty Suffolk eatre actors competed for the irene
College Student Trustee-elect, Maria Gomez
Amie Bernstein was selected to serve as
an international officer of the
Phi eta Kappa Honor Society.
e forensics team from the Michael J. Grant Campus was
recognized with several awards at the annual Emerson College
speech and debate tournament in Boston.
