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Dowling Receives $15,000 Verizon Foundation Grant

Funds Support Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training

Dowling has received a $15,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to augment programs offered at the Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training, which operates at the College's Oakdale and Brookhaven campuses.

"The mission of the Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training is so important for the future of Long Island and we are excited to lend our support," commented Judith Schillaci, Verizon's Director of Community Affairs for Long Island.

The Center is dedicated exclusively to attracting minority students from disadvantaged circumstances to become teachers in under-served local school districts.

In Photo: Judith Schillaci, Verizon's Director of Community Affairs for Long Island, (center) presents Dowling College with a check for $15,000 to support the programs of the new Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training. Also pictured, from left, are Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY), Lizette Washington, Director of the Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training, Ms. Schillaci, Dr. Albert E. Donor, President of Dowling College, and Rhoda Miller, Director of the College's Student Support Services office.



About Dowling College

Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.