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Immediate: September 12, 2012 Media Contact: Chuck Cutolo 516.572.7811 Alicia Steger 516.572.9634 Email: chuck.cutolo@ncc.edu alicia.steger@ncc.edu ncc.edu/newsreleases

Nassau Community College Presents

The Race to the White House 2012:  Constitutional Ground Rules and Roadblocks to Governing

 September 19

Garden City, NY – Nassau Community College celebrates Constitution Day this year with the program "The Race to the White House, 2012: Constitutional Ground Rules and Roadblocks to Governing," presented by NCC History Professor James Coll and Chuck Cutolo, General Counsel for Governmental and Media Relations. The event will take place on Wednesday, September 19 at 9:30 a.m. in the College Center Building, Room 252-253.

Prof. Coll and Chuck Cutolo will answer such questions as:

• How do candidates get to the starting gate?
• What does it take to get all the way to the winner's circle?
• When can the conduct of the race challenge the ability to govern?

These questions take on special importance as the 2012 presidential race kicks into high gear.

NCC's Constitution Day program is supported by a Grant from the New York Council on the Humanities. For more information about "The Race to the White House, 2012: Constitutional Ground Rules and Roadblocks to Recovery," which is free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled, please call 516.572.7811.

About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, part 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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