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Dowling College Receives $15,000 Verizon Foundation Grant
Funds Support Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training
The Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training (CMTDT) at Dowling College has received a $15,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to support activities during the Center's second year of operation at the College's Oakdale and Brookhaven campuses. The grant marks the second consecutive year Verizon has provided the Center with key financial support.
"We were impressed with the progress made by Dowling's Center for Minority Teacher Development and Training during its first year. The work being done is extremely important for the future of Long Island and its students," commented Janet F. Jones, Verizon's Director of Community Affairs for Long Island.
The CMTDT is dedicated exclusively to attracting minority students from disadvantaged circumstances to become teachers in under-served local school districts. It operates in partnership with The Urban League of Long Island, Inc., Adelante of Suffolk County, Inc. and other organizations, which work locally in under-served school districts to identify potential students for the program.
"Support from the Verizon Foundation was instrumental in our successful inaugural year, and we are thrilled they will continue their generous support," said Lizette M. Washington, Director of the CMTDT.
Among the goals of the CMTDT is to increase the current rate of minority graduates receiving a degree in Education; reduce the dropout rate of minority students; and to educate, train and recruit more minorities into teaching of early primary grades of the public school systems on Long Island and elsewhere.
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.
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