Eleven NCC Students Receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards

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Immediate: May 10, 2011Media Contact: Alicia Steger 516.572.9634E-mail: alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

Twelve Nassau Community College Students Receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Garden City, NY – Nassau Community College is extremely proud to announce that twelve of its students are recipients of the State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award: Tamara BrodberAlison CawleyDaniel D’MezaAdam DrobeckerGina DudleyValeria LujanLaura MenocalMordechai MilwornRobine MondesirEdward ReidLorenzo SimpsonWinnie Telemaque

To qualify for the award, students were reviewed by a College committee for academic excellence and record of service to NCC and the community. “We are very proud of our outstanding students, who have worked hard and contributed so greatly to the College and the community,” said Dr. Donald Astrab, President of Nassau Community College.

The Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence was created 14 years ago to recognize students who have best demonstrated, and have been recognized for, the integration of academic excellence with accomplishments in the areas of leadership, athletics, community service, creative and performing arts or career achievement. The average grade point average for all recipients this year is 3.8.

About Nassau Community College

Nassau Community College, a division of the State University of New York, is an institution where nearly 24,000 full- and part-time students and almost 15,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.

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