New land-lease legislation spearheaded by Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. and Assemblyman Robert Sweeney will enable Broad Hollow Bioscience Park (BHBP), located on campus, to enter an agreement with OSI Pharmaceuticals to keep the firm on Long Island. The expanded BHBP envisioned by the legislation is being hailed as a model of public-private partnerships and a further indication of Farmingdale’s value to the region in economic development and job creation.

President Keen praised the efforts of the legislators in creating the legislation which will provide operational flexibility to existing BHBP tenants and also enhance the ability to attract additional tenants. The legislation was signed into law by Governor Cuomo last month.

"Thanks to the efforts of Senator Fuschillo and Assemblyman Sweeney, this legislation greatly strengthens our efforts to ensure that a leading biotech firm will not only remain on Long Island, but also will be able to grow its research operations and contribute to the economic prosperity of the region,” Dr. Keen said. “The synergies between the Broad Hollow Bioscience Park and the campus have enhanced greatly the exponential growth of our bioscience program, added to the research achievements of our faculty and students, and provided scholarships that

enable meaningful opportunities for the next generation of scientists — all great plusses for Long Island.”

Since 2002, Farmingdale State College has held a strategic partnership with OSI

Pharmaceuticals to operate a high tech bioscience facility at BHBP. BHBP works in partnership with the College to train Long Island’s next generation of young scientists by offering internships to students in the College’s bioscience degree program and providing money for scholarships.

“The Broad Hollow Bioscience Park is a key component of Long Island’s economic engine,” Senator Fuschillo said. “It has helped build up Long Island’s biotech industry, created jobs, and provided educational opportunities to students. At a time when over 116,000 Long Islanders are unemployed, this is a measure that would lead to hundreds of new jobs for

local residents and tens of millions of dollars in new revenue for our economy.”

“With this legislation, we move one step closer to making Long Island a leader of the biotechnology industry,” Assemblyman

Sweeney said. “In these difficult economic times, creating high paying, permanent jobs, is paramount. The passage of this legislation will help energize the local economy and give Farmingdale State College students the opportunity to enter this growing field through internships, research and collaboration.”

BHBP is a biotechnology research park developed on the campus in conjunction with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, which is widely known as one of the premiere

research institutions on genetics in the world. The interactions of BHBP tenants—especially OSI Pharmaceuticals—has helped the College’s bioscience program grew from 30 students to 300 in just eight years.

The legislation anticipates the creation of a total of 787 direct and indirect jobs and an annual payroll of approximately $50 million for the region.

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New Land Lease Legislation Aids Broad Hollow Bioscience Park

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Volume IX, Issue VII · May 2011

Assemblyman Robert Sweeney (L) and Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr.

Clean-Up DayNine teams collected over 2,100

pounds of trash the week before

the Spring 2011 Open House. The

team from the Financial Aid Office

finished first, with the teams from

Nursing and the School of Engineering

Technology coming in second and

third, respectively. The first place

winners will be treated to a free lunch

by Aramark. The event was supported

by Campus Housing, Phi Beta Kappa,

Criminal Justice’s Kappa Chi, Professor

Laila Bichara’s marketing class,

Administration and Finance, and

Institutional Advancement.

SBDC Receives Regional Award

Under the Leadership of Lucille

Wesnofske, the Farmingdale State

College Small Business Development

Center has received the U.S. Small

Business Administration’s 2011 SBDC

Excellence and Innovation Award for

Region II, which includes all districts in

New York State, New Jersey and Puerto

Rico and the Virgin Islands. The SBDC

had also previously won the New York

district award for excellence.

The Campus Keeps on Giving

Led by Russell Patterson and

the Student Nurses Association, the

Spring 2011 blood drive brought in 117

donations, which will help to save the

lives of over 350 people. The campus

has reached an all time total for the year

of 390 donations. The College’s previous

record was 370 donations and included

the summer drive. Please participate

in the Summer Drive when the College

hopes to exceed its goal of 400.

Dylan Sullivan, a Visual Communications- Art and Graphic Design major who graduated in December, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Estonia for the next academic year, becoming the second Fulbright winner

in the College’s history.

Dylan has been admitted to the Estonian

Academy of Arts in the capital city of Tallinn. He intends to complete an MFA degree there with the support of the Fulbright Scholarship.

President Keen congratulated Dylan and thanked Professor Beverly Kahn “for her work in initiating the process of identifying and preparing candidates for the Fulbright Scholarships. Beverly and the members of the committee with which she works have done excellent work, and the results of getting two awards for our students during the last two years is obvious evidence of the success.”

Another Fulbright Winner – Our Second

The April performances of the Vagina Monologues at Farmingdale State College raised $1,070 to benefit the work done by Amahoro Women through What BETTER Looks Like ( www.whatbetterlookslike.com ). Headquartered in

Hempstead, What BETTER Looks Like works with women in Africa to improve the quality of life and is determined to revitalize Rwanda and bring awareness to the plight of women in the Congo to help rebuild lives.

Money Raised for What BETTER Looks Like

L-R: Farmingdale State College staff and faculty: Kathryn Burke (bioscience), Marcia Littenberg (English), Sandy Lory-Snyder (Undeclared Major), Kathleen Casserly (Health and Wellness) and Audrey Krapf (Health and Wellness). Photo by Jennifer Wilbur

The Annual Alumni Awards Dinner attracted a record 240 attendees in March. President Keen and Alumni Affairs Director Eileen Hasson welcomed awardees from L-R: Mary Stedman, Karen Coutrier, Diane Bachor, Eileen Magri and John Collins, CEO of Winthrop University Hospital.

Twenty–three applications were submitted

and 14 were funded through the Department

of Education – Strengthening Institutions Title

III grants. Grants were funded in the areas of

teaching, co-curricular, and assessment.

In the area of teaching, grants were

awarded to George Fernandez, Visual

Communications, and Laurie Rozakis,

English and Humanities; Orla LoPiccolo,

Architecture & Construction Management;

Larry Menna, History, Economics and

Politics; Marie Pullan, Computer Systems;

Ann Shapiro, English & Humanities; and

Sarbjit Singh, Business Management.

In the area of co-curricular, grants were awarded to Amy Colvin, Admissions, and Dolores Ciaccio, Career Services; Adam Filios, Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology and Yeong Ryu, Mechanical Engineering Technology; Sarah Gross, Biology;Jonathan Lehrer, Ornamental Horticulture; Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma and Marjaneh Issapour, Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology; and Mohamad Zoghi and Dimitrios Maltezos, Mechanical Engineering Technology.

In the area of assessment, grants were awarded to Jennifer Bryer, Nursing; Robert Crocker, Biology; and Christine Sacco-Sanchez, Writing Center.

Grants Funded through Title IIIStudents Learn First-hand Operations of State Government

Recipients of the 2011 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence are: Andrew Hesse, Bioscience & Applied Mathematics, of Wantagh, Lauren D’Alessandro, Dental Hygiene, of Setauket and Aristoteli Dorizas, Technology Studies, of Farmingdale.

Two New BS Degrees Offered for Fall 2011

The college is accepting students to two new BS degrees in Telecommunications Technology and in Sport management. The Telecommunications Technology program will focus on the Internet, social networking, e-mail, mobile communications, TV and radio broadcasting, video conferencing and related telecommunications systems and networks.

For more information on the Telecommunications Technology degree, please contact Professor Socrates Thanasas at x2084.

The Sports Management program will focus on the rapidly expanding field of the sports business, including sport marketing and journalism, event management, college athletics, sport law, fitness facility management, and camp director. Farmingdale will be the only public college only Long Island to offer this degree, which will be administered by the School of Business in collaboration with the Athletics Department.

For more information on the opportunities in the field of sport management, please contact Mike Harrington, Director of Athletics, at x2053. For Sport Management degree information students may contact Dr. Francine Federman, Acting Associate

Dean, School of Business, at x2786

Mazzie Named Player of the Year

Senior Joe Mazzie (Security Systems) was named the ACHA Division III player of the year and a 1st team all-America after recording 45 goals and 24 assists in 23 games. Junior Frank Florio (Business Management) of Floral Park and senior Tristen Heidenrich (Technology Studies) of Amity Harbor were named ACHA Division III academic all-America.

Faculty answered questions from prospective students at the Spring Open House held last month in Hold Hall

Reminder: The Campus Times will return in September.

People in the News■■ The Nursing Department inducted

46 students into the Nursing Honor

Society on February 24. ■■ Dr. Laura Joseph has been

appointing Acting Assistant Dean of

the School of Health Sciences. ■■ Dr. Lucia Cepriano will receive the

Brooklyn College Alumni Association

Distinguished Achievement Award in

the Fall. ■■ Robert Saunders, HEP, was featured

in an episowde of You Are Here on

WERS Radio at Emerson College.

Robert commented on the humor

of Sacha Baron Cohen. It can be

accessed online (about 24 minutes

into the program) at: http://itunes.

apple.com/podcast/median-category-

you-are-here/id294674729.■■ Professor of Security Systems

M. Nazrul Islam will be honored

as a Senior Member of the SPIE,

the International Society of Optics

and Photonics. Dr. Islam has been

specifically honored for achievements

in optical communication, optical

pattern recognition, and security

systems. Islam becomes the 72nd

SPIE member who has received this

promotion since the Senior Member

distinction was introduced in 2008.

A Publication of the

Office for Institutional Advancement at Farmingdale State College

Patrick Calabria, Vice President

Kathryn Coley, Director of Communications

Toni Fodera, Secretary to the Vice President

Jonathan Goldstein, Creative Director

Eileen Hasson, Director of Alumni Affairs

Amy Michelin, Communications Associate

Sylvia Nicosia, Alumni/Web Manager

Jennifer Wilbur, Graphic Designer

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Organized by Drs. Marya Howell-Carter and

Jennifer Gonder the Department of Psychology

held the annual Conference on the Teaching of

Psychology last month. More than 115 people

from across the country attended the 25th

edition of the event, including 29 attendees

from the College. President Keen offered

congratulations to Dr. Indenbaum “for his work

over many years in bringing the department

to produce this conference. The department

clearly turns out to give its full effort in

organizing the conference.”

Applied Psychology student Brittany Valenti

(working with Binghamton University student

Emily Goodstone and mentored by Dr. Gonder),

captured second place in the student poster

competition, winning a $100 prize from the

Westchester Psychological Association.

Teaching of Psychology Conference a Success

Farmingdale’s STEP team won two

statewide awards at the 13th Annual STEP

Statewide Student Conference in March and

Farmingdale’s CSTEP team won two statewide

awards at the 19th Annual Statewide Student

Conference in April. More than 50 colleges and

universities from New York State took part in

this competition. Prema Muthuswamy is the

Science and Technology Assistant Director and

Project Mentor and both Dr. Uma Balaji and Dr.

Hazem Tawfik serve as Project Mentors.

STEP and CSTEP Sweep Statewide Awards

L-R: James Halsall, Diamela Duverge, Neil Ramos, Juan Perez, Carla Torino, Dr. Kamal Shahrabi, Julio Sanchez, Ms. Prema Muthuswamy and Jose Taveras.

■■ Dental Hygiene Pinning Ceremony May 11, 6 PM to 9:30 PM Contact Sharon Struminger x2534 for further infomraiton.

■■ Nursing Annual Pinning Ceremony May 12, 7:30 PM - 10 PM Nold Hall, Gymnasium Contact Mary Ann Goldrick or Dr. Joanne Lapidus-Graham at x2229/2390 goldrim@farmingdale.edu for further information.

■■ Mandatory Commencement Rehearsal May 13, Friday 9:30 AM, Nold Hall Pick up commencement tickets. Individuals who present counterfeit tickets will mot be permitted to enter the gymnasium.

■■ Commencement May 15, Sunday 10 AM, Nold Hall Reception to follow, Great Lawn Note: Students must arrive at 8:15 a.m. for line-up.

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