Norwalk Community College Norwalk Community College Foundation Annual Report2015 -2016 President’s Message

students for success, but also enrich And, we look forward to a major the community and boost the economy. campus renovation to expand and upgrade NCC shares its knowledge and the PepsiCo Theater and build a Student resources with local, state and federal Commons that will be the vibrant center agencies, including the U.S. Department of student life. of Education which recently chose NCC to I thank you, and all of the College’s be a site for its financial aid pilot program. constituents and partners, for making NCC Other NCC collaborations help fam- an outstanding and engaged institution. ilies achieve economic security, provide employers with workforce solutions, in- troduce students to the arts, and develop Norwalk Community College is the educational career pathways in fields ranging from digital journalism to genomic medicine. David L. Levinson, Ph.D. center of the community, providing opportunities For example, NCC is priming the President, Norwalk Community College, Dear Friends and Colleagues, talent pipeline for Science, Technology, and Vice President, Connecticut State for intellectual inquiry, open dialogue, multicul- America’s college graduates owe Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs through Colleges and Universities more than $1.2 trillion in student loan the Norwalk Early College Academy (NECA), debt. That’s a massive load for today’s a dual enrollment partnership with IBM tural awareness and lifelong learning. Recognizing young people to carry. and the Norwalk Public Schools. NECA But Norwalk Community College prepares high school students for entry the diverse needs of its students, the College graduates start their working lives virtu- level jobs at IBM and provides the oppor- ally debt-free. That is because the state tunity to earn a high school diploma and keeps tuition affordable, and the College’s an associate degree within six years. strives to provide an environment in which they public/private relationship with the NCC is proud to be the only commu- Norwalk Community College Foundation nity college in Connecticut to earn are empowered to achieve their highest potential. provides more than $1 million in scholar- elective Community Engagement Classi- ships annually. NCC also has relationships fication from the Carnegie Foundation with four-year colleges that ensure seam- for the Advancement of Teaching, and less transfer without loss of time or credits. to be included in the President’s Higher Our students graduate faster, with more Education Community Service Honor money in their pockets. Roll four times. Partnerships like these benefit the In the coming year, NCC will expand College and the country. its educational partnership with J.M. A few years ago, a McKinsey and Wright Technical High School in Stamford, Company report on Breaking the U.S. and continue to grow its STEM programs Growth Impasse noted that “business preparing students for high-growth occupa- leaders can give the U.S. economy a shot tions in science, technology, engineering in the arm by pursuing innovative public/ and math. private partnerships and developing NCC will be playing a key role in the human capital through education and revitalization of South Norwalk’s Washing- workforce training.” ton Village, the oldest public housing Norwalk Community College is doing development in Connecticut, by creating Norwalk Community College Vision Statement Norwalk Community College just that. NCC leads more than 100 collab- educational and career programs for orative relationships that not only position hundreds of residents there.

1 NCC in the News

The College Named a Dual access and increase college completion smooth and affordable pathway from Enrollment Site for our nation’s students,” said U.S. Under NCC to a B.A. degree. Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell. NCC students can select from more The U.S. Department “We’re thrilled these institutions have than 20 TAP course concentrations that of Education has joined us in answering the President’s call articulate with Central Connecticut State launched a Dual to reimagine the high school experience University, Western Connecticut State Enrollment Experi- and create stronger linkages to college University, Southern Connecticut State ment program that coursework.” University, Eastern Connecticut State will allow high school University and Charter Oak State College, students to use financial aid to enroll in New CSCU Transfer the state’s online college. college courses, and has chosen NCC as a Framework Students interested in transferring partner in the initiative. Getting from NCC to a bachelor’s degree to the University of Connecticut benefit “Norwalk Community College is got easier this year. The Connecticut from the Guaranteed Admission Pro- honored to have been selected as an State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) gram (GAP) articulation pathway. NCC Experiment Site. NCC has a long history launched its new Transfer and Articula- students who plan to major at UConn of partnering with area secondary tion Program (TAP) in fall 2015. TAP ensures in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, schools to offer college courses to high that Connecticut community college Health and Natural Resources, or Busi- school students,” said NCC President graduates can seamlessly transfer to the ness are guaranteed admission after David L. Levinson, Ph.D. “The success of Connecticut state universities and Charter completing their associate degree at NCC the Norwalk Early College Academy, Oak College without either losing or and meeting grade and prerequisite and other NCC high school partnerships, gaining excess credit. This makes for a requirements. demonstrates that students excel with dual enrollment options.” In 2014, Norwalk Community College co-founded the Norwalk Early College Academy (NECA), a dual enrollment initi- ative with IBM and the Norwalk Public Schools. More than 150 high school students attend NECA and work with IBM mentors while taking college courses taught onsite by NCC professors. This repli- cation of the first Pathways to Technology (P-Tech) school in partnership with IBM is the first of its kind in Connecticut. By 2020, approximately 65% of job openings will require postsecondary education and training beyond high school. However, many high school stu- dents—especially those from low income backgrounds—lack access to the vigorous coursework and support services that prepare students for success in college. “Innovation is an important under- pinning in our efforts to expand college

3 Latest Techno-Marvel

This year, NCC became one of the first colleges in the state to have a Sim-Woman computerized patient mannequin that delivers a baby. The Division of Nursing and Allied Health uses the mannequin to teach students about childbirth and the care and evaluation of newborns. The mannequin “Victoria” exhibits contrac- tions and can be programmed to have a fast or slow delivery and birth twins. (She even complains about labor pain.) Simulation is one of the nation’s leading trends for teaching medical pro- cedures without risk to human patients. NCC is an incredible place to get an education. A A statement of hope and inclusion, “May Peace Prevail on Earth” adorns the East Campus in eight languages. major contributor to its success has been a willing- Professor Susan Montez, a nationally the strengths that reside in our diversity, renowned poet who passed away in April. and underscores NCC’s stature as a National Public Radio showcased community-based institution,” said NCC ness to innovate and reflect the changing needs NCC’s Food Pantry in a program on hunger President David L. Levinson. among college students in America. In the future, the Council will engage of its students ... the Dual Enrollment Experiment The New York Times “Sunday Book the community in interfaith events, dia- Review” ran an editorial by History and logue and activities; and facilitate collab- Political Science Professor Steven Berizzi oration on community service projects. is another step in this tradition ...we need these comparing the economic fallout of the Great Recession with the “huge economic Make Way for Campus kinds of forward-thinking strategies at institu- Synced to the Sim-Woman “patient,” a command console is operated by a nursing professor in a private disparities” following the Civil War. Improvements room within the Simulation Lab. The instructor controls the mannequin’s heart rate, respiration and Interfaith Council Formed The State of Connecticut is providing tions of higher learning all across Connecticut specific symptoms, and speaks into a hidden micro- bond funding for Phase III of the College’s phone, becoming the live “voice” of the mannequin. In December, NCC formed an Interfaith renovation plan. Architectural plans have and the country. Council­—an initiative created in response been drawn up for a major renovation of National Spotlight on NCC (CT-04) to President Obama’s Interfaith and Com- the 298-seat PepsiCo Theater on the East The College’s initiatives and faculty made munity Service Campus Challenge issued Campus, and the creation of a Student national news again this year. in 2011. At that time, he urged presidents Commons on the West Campus. The Wall Street Journal featured NCC of all higher education institutions to The expanded theater will include an in a news story on institutions selected engage people from all religious and sec- enlarged stage, improved lighting, a bal- for the U.S. Department of Education’s ular backgrounds to come together to cony, and a green room where performers Dual Enrollment Pilot Program. tackle community challenges. and guest speakers can prepare back- NCC’s tradition of selecting students NCC’s Interfaith Council is made up of stage. The Student Commons will provide Congressman Jim Himes Congressman to speak at graduation instead of celeb- administrators, faculty, staff and students a large space for students to congregate, rities or dignitaries was applauded in who encourage acceptance of people of enjoy meals and host club activities. The the Community College Daily (CCD) annual all faiths and belief systems. The Council architectural firm is Mitchell Giurgola roundup of commencement speakers. dedicated a special room on the West Architects LLP. CCD is a publication of the American Campus for those seeking a private place Association of Community Colleges. for meditation, prayer or quiet reflection. The Chronicle of Higher Education “The Council is a group that cele- printed a tribute to the late NCC English brates the diversity of us all, reinforces

4 Community Partnerships

Norwalk Community College collaborates Educational Partnerships Washington Village Implementation with the larger communities it serves— for Student Success Coordinating Council (ICC). NCC will local, regional/state and national—for the create eduational and career programs, NCC makes education accessible to learn- mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and English as a Second Language ers of all ages, from preschoolers to high and resources in a context of partnership instruction for up to 700 Washington school students to seasoned workers and and reciprocity. Village residents. learners in retirement. These formal and informal relation- NCC is co-founder of the Norwalk The College’s student success part- ships enhance NCC’s visibility and enrich Early College Academy (NECA) with IBM nerships include initiatives offered both the experiences of its students. They also and the Norwalk Public Schools. This on campus and in the community. These make living and working in Fairfield County public/private partnership is based on collaborations ensure that as students a richer experience, create a more skilled the Pathways in Technology Early College move through the education pipeline, they workforce, and give families economic High School (P-TECH) model. Within a obtain the academic, social/emotional stability. That’s the power of partnerships. six-year time frame, students earn a and health and wellness tools necessary NCC was the first community college high school diploma and an Associate in to transition to the next level. in Connecticut (2010 and Applied Science degree from NCC. NCC’s Summer Bridge Math Intensive 2015) to achieve Com- program provides a four-week summer munity Engagement enrichment class in Introductory Algebra Classification from the for incoming freshmen who have scored Carnegie Foundation poorly on the math placement test. As for the Advancement of a result, more than 67% of participants Teaching. This prestigious recognition improve enough to become eligible to is awarded every five years. NCC has take college level courses. also been named to the NCC is a founding member of Norwalk President’s Higher ACTS for Children, a diverse partnership Education Commu- of more than 100 civic leaders, educators nity Service Honor and organizations working collectively Roll (in 2009, 2012, to enrich and improve the lives and futures 2013 and 2014). of all Norwalk’s children, from cradle NCC has been the venue for many to career. The organization has convened public forums on topics of critical interest Phil Guido, General Manager for IBM Global Techno- community teams to help narrow the logy Services and IBM Senior State Executive for to the community, including homeland achievement gap in Connecticut. Connecticut (left), is shown with NECA student Angel security, social justice, federal funding for Reyes (right) at its Year-End Celebration. The College is collaborating with child care, and frauds targeting Norwalk ACTS and the Norwalk Housing senior citizens. NCC hosts the Horizons Student Authority to develop support services The College’s public/private partner- Enrichment Program each summer in for residents at the soon-to-be renovated ship with the Norwalk Community College the Child Development Laboratory School. Washington Village in South Norwalk. Foundation taps expertise from the Foun- This program helps low-income children The housing complex is being revitalized dation’s board and provides funding in a build self-esteem and develop a lifelong thanks to a $30 million U.S. Department of variety of areas, from scholarships to interest in learning. Sixty children in Pre-K Housing and Urban Development Choice through fourth grade enjoy a full day of college advancement grants. This funding Neighborhood grant. “NCC will play a pivotal classes and activities for six weeks. is made possible through the generous role in the project and is a key partner,” The College is home to the Family and support of individual, Foundation and said NCC President David L. Levinson, Ph.D. Children’s Agency ASPIRE Afterschool corporate donors. Dr. Levinson serves as chair of the Program. This collaboration provides

7 a safe and structured environment for in automotive technology, facilities man- introduces freshmen to careers in nursing, Health and Wellness more than 50 students in grades 6 to 8 in agement, healthcare, and culinary arts. allied health and exercise science. Partnerships an effort to improve academic perfor- NCC provides dedicated space for the In partnership with Norwalk NCC’s collaboration with the mance, develop character, and promote Future 5-NCC Stay Connected Collabo- Hospital, NCC offers an Emergency Med- Norwalk brings the healthy lifestyles. ration, a nonprofit that helps motivated, ical Technician (EMT) program, which Community Health Center NCC, Fairfield County’s Community low-income high school students from prepares students to take the National center’s Health on Wheels bus to campus Foundation’s Fund for Women and Stamford graduate NCC and move on to a Registry examination. on Tuesdays to provide free medical care Girls and the NCC Foundation together four-year institution or career. Future 5 Students in the Physical Therapist to students and their families. The 35-foot developed the Family Economic Security students are able to meet on campus with Assistant program get the chance to study van provides a range of medical, dental Program (FE$P) to support low-income volunteer coaches to get assistance with the unique anatomy of human cadavers and behavioral services. students with children as they attend col- financial, time-management and other through a partnership with Orthopaedic The College’s Food Pantry for stu- lege. FE$P provides students with career, challenges. Neurosurgery Specialists (ONS) of dents keeps its shelves stocked thanks to donations from the community and from financial, academic and achievement NCC is a member college of the Laurel Greenwich. ONS surgeons instruct students coaching to help them stay in college. on musculoskeletal, nervous and vascular Costco and Stop & Shop, both of Nor- Aqua-Farm to Table House Supported Education Program, NCC provides a home to the Lifetime which helps people with psychiatric ill- systems using lecture and dissection. walk. Throughout the year, the Norwalk Kelp is on the menu at NCC, where the Learners Institute (LLI), an independent nesses to enroll and succeed in college or to prepare students for the STEM jobs Thanks to collaborations with The Symphony collects canned goods and nonprofit organization for lifelong learning. needed to keep our country competitive. and the nonperishable foods for The Food Pantry Hospitality Management and Culinary career training. Laurel House staff work Workplace Inc. Southwestern LLI offers non-credit, educational programs in close collaboration with NCC faculty, NCC students are introduced to Connecticut CareeRx Academy, NCC at its concerts. Arts program has partnered with Univer- for 900 area residents aged 50 or older. counselors and staff to facilitate students’ careers in bioscience and genomic medi- provides free tuition, fees and books NCC collaborates with the Jordan sity of Connecticut marine biologist An NCC partnership with J.M. Wright enjoyment and success in post-secondary cine through a partnership with Jackson to eligible unemployed and low-income Porco Foundation to present Fresh Check Technical High School in Stamford is in Laboratory for Genomic Medicine in Day each year, a Suicide Prevention and Charles Yarish, Ph.D. to harvest this edible education. NCC provides tutoring, mentor- students enrolled in their choice of 11 the early stages of development. This ing, peer support and information about Farmington. In March, students were nursing and allied health programs Mental Health Awareness Fair for students seaweed for research and promote its regional center for career technical educa- disability accommodations. invited to a BioSciences Career Forum, (credit and non-credit). featuring activities and educational games nutritional benefits. tion has recently re-opened after a five- which covered genome editing technolo- to reduce the stigma of mental illness. year, $90 million renovation. NCC and the gies and recruiting women for science NCC is a regular stop on the American Dr. Yarish has been studying kelp for STEM and Healthcare Business Council of Fairfield County careers. In April, NCC hosted a panel Red Cross bloodmobile circuit, holding 40 years. NCC students help him harvest Partnerships are serving as advisors to help recruit discussion on Genomic Research and multiple blood drives throughout the year. it throughout the year from waters near students and plan new curricula. NCC has Approximately 200,000 people in Con- Personalized Medicine (customizing med- Westchester Medical Center partners developed a Culinary Arts/Hospitality necticut work in health and life science Sheffield Island in Norwalk. They also icine to a patient’s precise DNA), featuring with NCC to offer training in Cardiopul- Management articulation agreement with industries, with another 11,000 additional guest speakers from Jackson Labs and monary Resuscitation (CPR). serve kelp in a variety of dishes at campus the high school. Plans are underway to jobs expected in the next eight years. Mount Sinai Hospital. More than 25 organizations partici- events. Kelp is a powerhouse of vitamins develop new associate degree programs NCC is a national model of partnerships One of NCC’s largest partnerships pate in NCC’s annual Health and Wellness and minerals and contains the highest is the Connecticut Health and Life Fair. They dispense information on nutri- Sciences Career Initiative (HLSCI). NCC tion, exercise and disease prevention natural concentration of calcium in is the lead institution in a consortium of and hold disease screenings. This year, any food source. seven colleges developing targeted certi- partners included the American Heart “In May, we harvested several hundred fications, industry-recognized credentials NCC Vet Tech students work with goats at the Stamford Association, Norwalk Grows/Food Museum and Nature Center. and associate degree programs in fast- , the pounds for the summer kelp processing Corp, Silver Hill Hospital Renfrew growing health and life sciences careers. Partnerships with area veterinary Center for Eating Disorders, the River- class to work on,” said NCC Professor Jeff At NCC, 13 new academic courses have practices, farms and animal hospitals are brook Regional YMCA, and Greenwich Trombetta. “We are processing this kelp been created. NCC’s Nursing, Physical essential to the success of the Veterinary and Norwalk Hospitals.

for sale in the New York and Connecticut Therapist Assistant and Exercise Science Technology program as NCC does not Throughout the academic year, the programs have been revised and a new house live animals on campus. At Fairfield College’s Wellness Committee and Exer- markets. This is cutting-edge and the non-credit Healthcare Coach Certificate Equine Associates in Newtown, students cise Science program hosted lectures for epitome of ‘aqua’ farm to table.” has been developed. In addition, a new work with horses and learn about equine the public on topics about enhancing Trombetta said that by distributing advising sequence in Environmental surgery and pharmacology. They care for health at NCC and in the workplace. Science is being finalized and the College goats, cows and sheep at the University Topics included the restorative power of kelp to potential users and employers is awaiting national accreditation of the of Connecticut Animal Barns in Storrs sleep, medical marijuana and the bene- of NCC students, “we show how innova- Veterinary Technology program. and at Heckscher Farm at the Stamford fits of standing more and sitting less. tive, dynamic and forward-thinking High School students considering Museum and Nature Center. At the South NCC’s Simulation Center recently healthcare careers participate in NCC’s and partnered with in NCC can be.” Wilton Veterinary Group George- Waveny Care Center 10-week Medical Academy. This collabo- town Veterinary Hospital, NCC students New Canaan to provide customized train- ration with Brien McMahon High School work with dogs, cats and other pets. ing on patient mannequins for Waveny

8 9 nurses who care for patients in short- NCC and College Steps, a nonprofit term rehabilitation. organization, have begun a partnership to NCC created the Waveny Assessment support students with autism and social, Training Collaboration Healthcare program communication or learning challenges. for Waveny. This program is designed NCC teams up with social service to refresh nursing and patient assessment agencies to provide mental health aware- skills, and promote communication and ness and education programs to both teamwork skills in order to identify and students and the community. In collabo- treat early changes in patient worsen- ration with Family Centers/Centers for ing conditions. Hope, NCC’s Campus Resource and Crisis Teams offered a suicide awareness and Business and Career prevention workshop in April. Partnerships NCC partnered with the Center for For the second year, NCC offered a Summer Sexual Assault Crisis Counseling and in March to launch a statewide Entrepreneurs Institute in partnership Education initiative called Where Do You Stand? This Welcome to the with the NCC Foundation and the Ewing forum for male community leaders pre- Media Biz Marion Kauffman Foundation’s FastTrac® sented strategies for preventing sexism Professional journalists, editors and NewVenture™ program for new and emerg- and sexual violence. ing businesses. The 10-week institute film/TV experts serve as advisors to the Service Learning students earn college for NCC students and graduates provides Norwalk Community College appreciates the credit in the community by volunteering Communication Arts program, providing a solid foundation in business planning at nonprofit organizations such as elemen- insight into employment trends and and implementation. In 2015, 12 entrepre- tary schools, health facilities, senior value of collective impact. To create large-scale, neurs completed the institute and several suggesting curriculum updates. centers and more. have already launched businesses. This year, NCC members of the Student As a result of this partnership, NCC NCC’s Division of Extended Studies lasting change, we leverage our knowledge and World Assembly collected and delivered launched a new Digital Journalism and Workforce Education provides tuition bottled water and water filters to residents to low-income and unemployed students degree program and has developed more of Flint, Michigan and raised money for chil- resources with more than 100 organizations. through partnerships with workforce course content geared to online and dren with asthma to attend an American education organizations. Lung Association summer camp in upstate social media platforms. The NCC Center for Career Develop- Our goal is multi-pronged—to enhance learning New York. They also collected water filters, Media professionals also volunteer ment provides comprehensive services sleeping bags and portable lamps for that help students, alumni and commu- experiences, to instill a sense of civic responsibility each year as workshop leaders for the earthquake victims in Ecuador. nity members find internships and jobs. NCC Journalism Symposium. Wall Street Local employers partner with the Center and to help students succeed. Journal reporter Michael Hsu (shown each year to lead resume writing and interviewing skills workshops and teach above) was the keynote speaker for the students about job-search strategies. 2016 symposium held in October, which

drew 175 students from area high Community and Social Service Partnerships schools. Attendees participated in three In 2016, students in NCC’s free rounds of workshops covering layout, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program Robert Emigh, NCC Professor (lower left), is shown editing and multi-media storytelling. The helped over 663 Connecticut residents file with members of the Student World Assembly deliver- ing water in Flint, Michigan. event was funded by the NCC Foundation, their state and Federal tax returns—twice

and The New York Times and News12 as many as the previous year. VITA is a In November, NCC’s fifth Annual Day community partnership with the Internal of Thanks collected more than 2,000 Ph.D. David L. Levinson, President NCC provided giveaways to participants. Revenue Service and Connecticut Asso- items for donation to local social service ciation for Human Services. The program organizations. Students, faculty and offers free tax help to people who make staff collected food, winter clothing, and $54,000 or less, senior citizens, the elderly, books for distribution to the Open Door the disabled and taxpayers with little Shelter, Person to Person and Family English language proficiency. and Children’s Agency.

10 Campus Events

Jelani Cobb Speaks at NCC The Power of Forgiveness

Jelani Cobb, Professor of History and Daniel Trust, a Rwandan motivational

Head of the Africana Studies Institute at speaker and philanthropist, came to

the University of Connecticut, and staff campus in October to discuss how he sur-

writer for The New Yorker magazine, visited vived the Rwandan genocide and was left

NCC in October to share his thoughts on an orphan in a country leveled by blood-

the Black Lives Matters movement. shed. Trust’s family were among the 80,000

A graduate of Howard University and Spare Parts author Joshua Davis (left) signs books Rwandans killed by Hutu marauders Rutgers, Professor Cobb is an award-win- for students after the event. during the 1994 genocide. “I help people ning historian, essayist and author of The understand that love is greater than hate, Using $800 worth of scrap car parts, Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the and forgiveness sets us free,” he said. they went on to triumph over college stu- Paradox of Progress and To the Break of dents from some of the best engineering Dawn: A Free-style on the Hip Hop Aesthetic. schools in the nation, including MIT. At Cobb spoke on racism and inequality, NCC, Davis signed copies of Spare Parts, and how important history is in explain- which was made into a motion picture. ing recent race-related events in the U.S. Fred Lavjardi, the robotics instructor fea- He offered ideas for shaping the future: tured in the book, joined the NCC event “Do incremental things to make progress, via Skype conference. contribute where you can and don’t be

easily discouraged.” Happy Birthday Arthur Miller Daniel Trust speaks to the NCC community. Professor Jelani Cobb NCC observed the 100th anniversary of speaks at NCC the birth of Pulitzer Prize-winning play- How Do Writers Write? on racism and inequality. wright Arthur Miller with an October sym- Bangladeshi-American writer Sharbari Z. posium celebrating his life and career. Ahmed, author of the short story collection Faculty members and NCC President David The Ocean of Mrs. Nagai and a writer for the Levinson presented topics related to ABC television series Quantico, visited NCC Miller’s prolific career. The event included in November to read from her work and a screening of Miller’s play, The Crucible, talk about the writing process. The event and students received free tickets to a included a book signing for attendees. production of Miller’s Broken Glass at the Ahmed is also the author of the novel The Little Robot That Could Westport Country Playhouse. Bombay Duck, and wrote, produced and starred in the play, Raisins Not Virgins, Joshua Davis, the author of this year’s which she later adapted into a screenplay NCC Common Read selection, Spare Parts: that was made into a film shown at the Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Tribeca Film Festival. Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream , came to campus in October to talk An Oasis for Veterans about the students who inspired his book. Spare Parts tells the true story of NCC welcomed Sean M. Connolly, four Latino students from Carl Hayden Connecticut Commissioner of Veterans Community High School in Arizona and Affairs, to campus to tour the Oasis Symposium panel members included (from left their quest to build an aquatic robot for Lounge for student veterans in November. to right) William O’Connell, William Grodman, a national robotics competition. Jan Bowes-Marek and President David Levinson. The lounge is a haven where student

13 veterans can study, relax or meet with The filmmakers led a Q&A session 2016 Academic Festival: friends. Commissioner Connolly and with the audience following the screening. Justice for All state representatives met with students In May, the married couple received hon- to discuss their concerns about re-enter- orary degrees at NCC Commencement for Four renowned advocates for social ing civilian life after military duty. their contributions to film arts. justice were the keynote speakers at the annual Academic Festival in April. This Greening the Planet three-day event invited the community to campus for a celebration of NCC’s NCC celebrated Earth Week in April with academic programs and resources. activities to raise awareness of climate This year’s theme was “Justice for All.” change and provide information on creat- Eighteen free events were held on campus ing a sustainable environment. The week including lectures, panel discussions, film kicked off as students and the public screenings and live performances. signed poster boards pledging to walk, Social activist Carmen Perez spoke carpool or use public transit more often. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (foreground) holds forum about “Youth Activists Fighting Racism, Connecticut Commissioner of Veterans Affairs Sean on aquaculture at NCC in May. The Student World Assembly presented a Police Violence and Incarceration of Juven- M. Connolly is shown at NCC with Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling, an NCC alumnus. free screening of A Dangerous Game, a Public Forum on iles.” Perez and actor Harry Belafonte are documentary about real estate develop- Aquaculture co-founders of The Gathering for Justice, NCC theater students perform an excerpt from the spring musical production of Little Shop of Horrors for Academic Festival attendees. The production was held in its entirety later in April. Black History Month ers who are turning the planet’s most a nonprofit organization devoted to In May, a few weeks after announcing Celebrated precious locations into luxury golf resorts. ending child incarceration. his Long Island Sound Investment Plan, Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, a special- The community Senator Chris Murphy chose Norwalk ist in Latin American and Caribbean was invited to Community College as the venue for a literatures and culture, discussed “The several Black Public Forum on Aquaculture. He met Power of the Unsaid: Black Gaze, Black History Month with local environmentalists, fishermen Flesh and Counterhegemonic Knowledge events and activ- and farmers of oysters and clams to in the Arts.” ities throughout February including film discuss ways to preserve the waterways Attorney Soffiyah Elijah spoke about screenings, lectures, poetry readings and that provide food, recreation and jobs “Mass Incarceration or Mass Criminaliza- musical performances. for many people. tion Crisis?” Elijah has taught at Harvard Filmmakers Karen Thorsen and Doug Senator Murphy has proposed $860 A student attending the “Psych of University and is director of the Correc- Women” forum voiced his opinion K. Dempsey screened their PBS documen- million in funding to support programs about racism and sexism. tional Association in New York City. tary classic, The Price of a Ticket: James promoting job growth and ecological “Turning Your Oppressions into Baldwin, featuring interviews with the diversity within the Sound. NCC was Expression: The Repurposing of Sexuality legendary author who was “born black, selected because of the College’s numer- Discrimination for Our Own Good” was impoverished, gay and gifted” and strug- ous environmental initiatives and role Above: Social activist the topic of Doug Lyons’ talk at NCC. Carmen Perez discussed gled to find acceptance and happiness. in promoting kelp as a sustainable food A Broadway singer and composer, Lyons the plight of children The film, originally released in 1989, source. Forum participants discussed the sent to jail. discussed issues facing black males and intercuts rarely-seen archival footage from problems of garbage dumping, silt and Art Makes History at NCC held an open conversation with NCC more than 100 sources and nine different chemical run-off, and excessive nitrogen students. Left: Attorney Soffiyah countries, to provide private glimpses of In May, NCC’s Movie-of-the-Month series levels in the Sound which threaten Elijah lectured about mass The Academic Festival also included James Baldwin. premiered the documentary Enough to aquatic habitats. incarceration’s impact a screening of 1964: The Fight for a Right, on society. Live On: The Arts of the WPA, about the art- In June, the NCC Culinary Arts a PBS documentary about voting rights in ists who worked for the Works Program department hosted a luncheon at NCC 1960s Mississippi. The film was introduced Administration (later known as the Works to discuss the scientific benefits of kelp by NCC alumnus and NCC Foundation Progress Administration) during the Great as the latest manifestation of the Col- Above: Performer Doug scholarship recipient Aaron Fields, a Depression. These artists produced paint- lege’s partnership with marine biologist Lyons held a conversa- recent graduate of Harvard Law School. tion with students about ings and murals that are still displayed in Dr. Charles Yarish of the University of This year’s festival was dedicated to self-expression. many schools, libraries and public build- Connecticut. Local aqua farmers, NCC the memory of English Professor Susan ings throughout the country—including culinary students and invited guests Montez and her contributions to NCC over NCC which has several WPA murals in its were treated to a meal featuring locally 23 years as a faculty member. Everett I.L. Baker Library. NCC’s WPA harvested kelp ingredients. Right: Members of the Doug Dempsey (left) and Karen Thorsen (right) are murals formerly hung at the Norwalk High Humanitarian Peace presented with honorary degrees at NCC’s Commence- Club discussed global ment ceremony by Nicholas Donofrio, former Board School building on East Avenue, which health threats including of Regents Chair. is now home to Norwalk City Hall. the Zika virus.

14 15 Awards and Achievements

Going Places with Poetry a healthy workplace and assist their employees to live healthier lives. Recog- English Professor Laurel Peterson was nition is awarded on the basis of program named Norwalk’s first Poet Laureate in components and outcomes. April. During her yearlong tenure, she will NCC Professor work to disseminate poetry in spaces and Steven Glazer locations, including buses, throughout the city. Peterson is the author of several poetry collections. Her mystery novel, Shadow Notes, was published by Barking NCC Named Top College Rain Press in March. NCC Professor The Military Advanced Education and Laurel Peterson Transition Guide named NCC a 2016 Top Professor to Develop College for military members returning to Economic Policies civilian life after completing tours of duty. Steven Glazer, an Economics Professor NCC was chosen for its military-friendly and Chairman of the Social and Behavioral culture, financial aid, flexible scheduling Sciences Department, was appointed in and extensive campus support services September to the Connecticut Commission for veterans. on Economic Competitiveness. Professor Here’s to Good Health Glazer teaches courses in Principles of For the second year in a row, NCC was Macroeconomics and Principles of Micro- honored with Platinum distinction by economics, and advises NCC’s Phi Theta the Business Council of Fairfield County’s Kappa Honor Society. As a commission Healthy Workplace Employer Recogni- member, he is analyzing the implications tion Program. The program applauds area of state tax policy on Connecticut’s busi- employers who have implemented a ness and industry and will develop policies diverse range of approaches to promote that promote economic growth.

NCC Alumnus Guy A. Fortt

Alumnus Invited to the White House

In February, NCC alumnus Guy A. Fortt (Class of 1995) was invited to The White House in Washington, D.C. for the second anniversary celebration of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative (MBK). Fortt was named Connecticut Ambassador for the MBK initiative, for his work encouraging young people to reach

their full potential, regardless of their so- NCC President David L. Levinson, Ph.D. (fourth from right) accepts the Platinum award on behalf cioeconomic status or life circumstances. of the Wellness Committee pictured.

17 NCC is the only two-year college to have competed in this event, in which students from 20 colleges and universities demon- strate their knowledge of kinesiology, exercise physiology and anatomy and physiology. In June, they went on to participate in the National College Bowl Event at the ACSM’s National Meeting in Boston, and finished in fourth place overall on the national level.

From left to right: CTrides representative Marsha Aarons, student Joe Hylenski-Uzar, NCC President David L. Levinson, Ph.D. and NCC Professor Robert Emigh.

We Walk. We Bike. The team bested nearly 50 finalists to win We Carpool. the $5,000 prize. The contestants were among the top In November, NCC won the Connecticut 48 performers from throughout the state Norwalk Community College was instrumental in College Week Spotlight Award for encour- Professors Lisa and Steven Maronian (right) shown who qualified to compete after winning with their winning creation. aging the use of environmentally friendly previous rounds. NCC hosted one round helping me advance my career. Not only did I ben- transportation to campus. of the competition in January. Professors Bake Winning Cake During College Week in October, Th The Connecticut Skills Challenge NCC culinary arts instructors and pro- members of the NCC community pledged provides students who have outstanding efit from lessons learned in the classroom, I gained fessional bakers Lisa and Steven Maronian to commute via train, bus, carpool, bike, computer skills the opportunity to be won the Rachael Ray Show’s Wedding or foot at least one day. Subsequently, recognized in an online directory for tech Week Competition in February. They com- work experience through internship opportunities. NCC was the top pledging two-year college employers seeking proven, local talent. in the state. The competition was spon- peted with two other nationally renowned sored by CTrides and the Connecticut College Bowl Winners bakers to have their custom designed NCC is powered by a community of caring and Department of Transportation. wedding cake chosen by an engaged NCC Exercise Science students won couple whose wedding took place on the top honor at the 2015 College Bowl spon- show the very next day. dedicated educators who push their students sored by the New England Chapter of The Maronians are married and own the American College of Sports Medicine Sweet Lisa’s Exquisite Cakes in Greenwich. toward academic and career success. (ACSM) in October. The popular event The couple are members of the Culinary 2009 features a Jeopardy-style competition, Institute of America, the International showcasing students’ sports medicine Cake Exploration Society and the American Class of and exercise science knowledge. Culinary Federation. NCC Shown from left to right: NCC students Melissa D’Agostino, Andre Aiken and Antoine Steward. Brian Patino (left) and David Schadlich (center)

Champions of Coding Matthew Quinones, Graduate of NCC’s Computer Science program Brian Patino, and current NCC Computer Science major David Schadlich, were among the three winners of the Connecticut Skills Challenge, a computer coding competition held in April at Yale School of Management in New Haven.

18 College Financial Summary

Funding Sources Fiscal Year 2015-2016 (ended 6/30/16)

Norwalk Community College received funding through six major sources: the Annual Budget Allocation General Fund, tuition, auxiliary services, the Educational Extension Fund, and private and federal funds. The General Fund and tuition appro- 22 % priations are authorized by the State of Connecticut Legislature. 10 % Auxiliary services and the Educational Extension Fund are self-supporting. The revenue from auxiliary services is primarily generated by Child Development Labora- 9 % tory School fees and bookstore commis- sions. The Educational Extension Fund revenue is composed of extension program 8 % fees and summer session fees. 46 % Private and federal funds consist 5 % mainly of grants and student financial aid. The Norwalk Community College Foun- dation actively seeks private grant funding for scholarships, student success initia- tives, faculty development and program support. n Instructional Programs, Library and Academic Support $ 24,073,000 Tuition n Scholarships, Financial Aid 11,401,000 n Institutional Operations 5,354,000 The State Legislature sets tuition and fees n Student Services 4,746,000 at reasonable levels to promote access to education. In the 2015-2016 academic year, n Campus Facilities Operations 4,670,000 Connecticut residents paid $542 for a n Auxiliary Operations 2,663,000 three-credit course, and full-time students paid $2,026 for 12 credits or more. Annual Grand Total: $52,907,000 tuition was approximately $4,052. The Legislature has waived tuition for qualified veterans and seniors aged 62 and older. Federal, state and private scholarship aid packages are available to help students.

21 From the Foundation

The Foundation continues to trans- Advancing NCC’s Vision form lives, one student at a time, through our many scholarship programs for current With the demand for STEM related jobs NCC students as well as NCC graduates in our community, our Science, Health pursuing their bachelor’s degree. During and Wellness programs are thriving. The the 2015-2016 academic year, the Founda- Foundation is investing over $1 million tion awarded nearly $1 million in scholar- in the next three years to support five ships to 493 students. Transformation faculty positions which are instrumen- is often hard to measure, but 96% of our tal in delivering NCC’s rigorous STEM LEAP transfer students have graduated curriculum. Stuart C. Weismiller, President (left) and Ann P. Rogers, The Foundation also provided funds Norwalk Community College Foundation is focused Executive Director (right) or are still pursuing their four-year degree! And, our scholarships applicant pool to NCC’s Center for Teaching and Learning Dear Friends, grew 30% in the last year alone. This fall, allowing faculty and adjuncts to attend on student success—it is critical to everything we Norwalk Community College is truly we will launch a new Entrepreneurship a workshop to teach writing across the our community’s college. More Fairfield scholarship for students enrolled in both curriculum. In addition, we are funding a do. We support the people, programs and ideas County high school graduates attend for-credit and certificate programs, allow- new student-centric NCC website! NCC than any other college or university. ing us to reach students who are focused In fact, more adults also seek personal on acquiring job skills to start their own Community Engagement that enable students to overcome barriers and enrichment, second careers and lifetime businesses here in Connecticut. In the true sense of partnership, the learning at NCC than any other institution. The second Idea Pitch competition Foundation is joining with the College in become productive members of our communi- During the most recent academic year, was held in April, with a focus this year on the development of its Strategic Plan 8,897 students pursued for-credit classes team participation, representing students for 2016-2021. Together, it is our goal to while 5,206 students were enrolled in from many academic disciplines including enhance community partner relationships ties. Our donors give NCC students the opportunity certificate based workforce development nursing, pre-engineering, economics and ranging from local high schools to after- and other non-credit classes. technology. We sponsored the NCC Summer school programs to the corporate com- The Norwalk Community College to achieve their dreams. Entrepreneurs Institute again this year, munity. We are excited about this shared Foundation is honored to be an essential offering 15 students the opportunity to initiative so we can help to transform the partner in providing the critical resources attend a 10-week 30-hour intensive busi- lives of more NCC students. to foster the success of students while ness planning course at no cost. Without your support, we could not attending NCC, transferring to a four-year To help our students realize their full be successful doing what we do! Thank institution or working and living locally. potential in the workplace, the Foundation you for being an advocate for NCC, the We believe that if a student is successful at continues to support NCC’s Center for Foundation and our community. NCC, they will become responsible, hard- Career Development. We facilitated the working contributors to our community. creation of a new community job posting network as well as funded a position to Transforming More increase the number of jobs and paid Stuart C. Weismiller Students’ Lives internships. Now, students can post their President We are proud to say that through the resume online and avail themselves of support of our donors, the Foundation resume writing and interviewing tips, job- has made a difference in the lives of more search strategies and a deeper understand- Ann P. Rogers students this year, than ever before. ing of the college to career pathway. Executive Director Norwalk Community College Foundation Board Foundation Norwalk Community College

23 Fifty Years of Service Foundation Leadership Since its inception in 1965, over 200 com- munity leaders have volunteered to serve on the NCC Foundation Board of Directors. In the Foundation’s 50th Anniversary year, we wanted to pay tribute to both former and current Directors and celebrate their collective impact on student success. Current Officers Lenore C. Mintz The May 5th event featured tours of Lea Mintz & Associates the Center for Science, Health and Wellness President and the testimonial of an NCC graduate, Stuart C. Weismiller Vincent A. Murphy Marketing Tactics, LLC ProCeritas Consulting LLC Breno Donatti, a former scholarship stu- dent and our caterer for the event. Vice President Theodore J. Nussbaum Left to right: Peter O’Hara, Betty Snellings, Marianne Scipione-Lepre, Charlotte Suhler, John Garofalo Deborah C. McLean Mercer Adjunct Professor, Martha Poulter Columbia (SIPA) Starwood Resorts & Hotels Secretary Worldwide, Inc. J. Howard Stecker George A. Reilly General Re Corporation Siegel, Reilly & Kaufman, LLC Treasurer Eleanor S. Riemer, Ph.D. Ellen H. Petrino Hunt Street Associates Mercer Investments Lesley I.B. Schless Shipman & Goodwin LLP 2016 Directors Board Directors: Vince Murphy and Vasso Kelly, R.N. Susan G. Weinberger, Ed.D. Joan Barksdale Mentor Consulting Group Pictured Board of Directors: Front row (left to right): Stuart Weismiller, Ann Rogers, Darien Lea Mintz. Second row (left to right): Lexi Andros, Ted Nussbaum, Ramon Ceron, Julie Johnson, Vince Murphy, Eleanor Riemer. Third row (left to right): Susan Erin M. Catapano Emeritus Directors Weinberger, Ana Chadwick, Martha Poulter, Carl Goodnow. Top row (left to right): Praxair, Inc. Howard Stecker, George Reilly, David Levinson. Edwin A. Bescherer Former Board Directors: First row (left to right) Nancy Doyle, Betty Snellings, Lea Mintz, Ramon J. Ceron Dun & Bradstreet (ret.) Marianne Scipione-Lepre, Charlotte Suhler. Back row (left to right) Dick Harrington, Peter Pitney Bowes, Inc. O’Hara, Dr. David Brown, Ed Bescherer, Michael Hobbs, Carl Goodnow, Chris Bruhl Carlton T. Goodnow Robert A. Cerminaro* Goodnow Builders, Inc. First Niagara Bank Ann S. Mandel Ana Chadwick Darien GE Capital Valerie A. Cooper* Ex-Officio Directors Picture That, LLC Left to right: Betty Snellings, Nancy Doyle, Beverly Jordan-Murphy, Jean Ely, Beverly David L. Levinson, Ph.D. Orthwein, Julie Johnson Joseph W. Donaldson President, Norwalk McClain Value Management, LLC Community College Robert M. Dixon NCC Foundation Staff (left to right): Ann Rogers, Sue Rigano, Catherine Lucia, Ann P. Rogers Norwalk Terri Nackid, Ann Marie Winsch Executive Director, Norwalk Jon Gold Community College Left to right: Culinary Arts Professor Jeff Trombetta, Eleanor Riemer, Breno Donatti Edgehill Partners, LLC Foundation Staff Members Manager, Scholarship and Donor Relations Jeffrey L. Kenausis Julie M. Johnson Executive Director N G F I F Terri Nackid T I T Executive Leadership Coach NCC Faculty Representative A Y Ann P. Rogers R Y Office Manager B E Lexi Andros A Vasso Gyftopoulos Kelly, R.N. Director of Finance E NCC Student Representative Catherine Lucia L R E Norwalk Community Ann Marie Winsch S

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College, 2010

Director of Development E Left to right: Michele Barber, Science Department Chair; Nicole Hafner, Exercise 5 S 6 Science Faculty; Paul Gallo, Director of Exercise Science and Wellness; students *Retired from Board of Directors Susan E. Rigano T A 9 Jeannette Dudda, Donaree Stephenson B 1 L N I S H E D I 24 25 Mission Support of the College

Norwalk Community College Foundation Mission

Our Mission is to raise funds in support

of students, faculty and programs of

NCC with the following objectives:

• Award scholarships and provide

support to help students meet their

education and life goals.

• Support faculty development and NCC Idea Pitch finalist teams, mentors and presentation coach.

innovative teaching methods to benefit businesses in Fairfield County, the NCC a diverse student body. Entrepreneurship at NCC Center for Career Development focuses The Foundation’s vision is to create • Fund College programs and facilities. on finding paid internships and per- a diverse entrepreneurial community of manent employment for both current students, faculty, staff and alumni that • Create greater public awareness of students and alumni. encourages creative and innovative ways The Foundation is supporting the Norwalk Community College and pro- of viewing and improving the world. NCC Center for Career Development with This is the second year that the Foun- mote participation in its educational, funding for critical resources and staff- dation has created an Idea Pitch Contest cultural and community activities. ing. One of these resources is NCC Career open to all current NCC students. Thirty- Connections, an online database that one students competed to be part of five • Provide fiscal management and stew- connects NCC students and alumni to finalist teams that presented their new ardship of donated funds. prospective employers in the community business ideas to a panel of judges from who are interested in taking advantage of the College and community. Each team our educated workforce. In addition, the had an NCC Foundation Board Director Foundation funded the Student Career as a mentor along with an NCC professor Development and Business Engagement who served as their presentation coach. position along with a Student Scholar- Bank of America was the lead sponsor ship Internship to support the Center for and a total of $3,000 in prize money was Career Development. awarded to these NCC entrepreneurs. In her Career Development and NCC Center for Career Business Engagement role during the Development 2015-2016 academic year, Amy Murphy, worked actively with potential employers Two-thirds of NCC’s degree seeking stu- to generate career opportunities for NCC dents attend the College part-time because students. A key part of Amy’s role was to they are simultaneously working, many ensure that students were identified and in a full-time position, in our community. matched with these opportunities. She By engaging corporations and small worked closely with faculty, department

27 Faculty Support for rate, especially in the field of meta-data CSHW Continues analysis, for biomedical engineers, biological technicians, and medical lab The NCC Center for Science, Health and technologists. Wellness (CSHW) is a state-of-the-art A panel of leading experts from Jackson center that houses the College’s Exercise Laboratories, a world leader in genomic and Wellness Center, Nursing and Allied medicine, and Mount Sinai Hospital, one of Health and Science Departments. In Nov- the largest integrated health care systems ember, the Simulation Laboratory received in the country, came to NCC as part of our provisional accreditation from the Society 50th Anniversary Speaker Series. Panel for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and members, moderated by NCC Engineering Cathleen Caufield, RN, MS, MSM, Simula- professor, Mobin Rastgar Agah, shared tion Lab Coordinator, is working with an their expertise in genomic research and SSH mentor to support full accreditation. precision medicine, and the skills needed Each Sim station is furnished with the to pursue a career in this exciting field. Left to right: Ziggy Sakalauskas and Amy Murphy current equipment used in each of our local hospitals to give our students hands-on heads, various student clubs, and honors real world experience (see photo at right). societies to increase the profile of the Without highly credentialed and Center across the campus, as well as experienced faculty, NCC would not be sponsored career and transfer panels, able to maintain the educational standards and speed interviewing events. that are paramount in today’s competi- In addition to focusing on profes- tive health care industry. With significant sional opportunities, she worked with and sustained cuts in Connecticut state students on resume development, inter- funding, the NCC Foundation Board of Left to right: Todd E. Arnold, Ph.D., Mount Sinai; view preparation, career and academic Yu-Hui Rogers, MS; Sharon Turcotte, BS, The Jackson Directors has agreed to support five faculty counseling, networking and follow up. Laboratory; Mobin Rastgar Agah, Ph.D., NCC. positions with over $1 million in funding In a recent interview Amy said, “Real over the next three years. We cannot NCC Student Musical world work opportunities, which connect afford to compromise the education of With emphasis on supporting the talent our students directly with businesses in our NCC students during the state’s and diversity of NCC’s student body, our Fairfield County, are a win-win. Our stu- budget crisis. Foundation funding extends to supporting dents have the opportunity to apply what the arts on campus with outreach to they have learned in the classroom and Educational, Cultural and our community. Directed by Dr. Christine our local businesses realize the excep- Community Activities Mangone, Professor of Music and Theater, tional resources we have at NCC.” NCC students presented the 1986 Amer- Amy received a Bachelor of Science In alignment with our mission to create ican rock musical comedy, Little Shop from Cornell University, School of Indus- greater public awareness of NCC and of Horrors. Managing classes, work, family trial and Labor Relations and her MBA engage the community in its educational and rehearsals in order to participate in from The Wharton School at the University and cultural activities, the Foundation the production, students also volunteered of Pennsylvania. sponsored a variety of events including a their time to build sets, create costumes, Zygimantas “Ziggy” Sakalauskas, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and handle all of the important details to our Center for Career Development Intern, and Mathematics) panel and the NCC make this show a hit production. has been an NCC Foundation scholarship student musical, Little Shop of Horrors. recipient for the past two years. Ziggy’s STEM Panel goal is to transfer to a four-year university Expanding research on fighting cancer to pursue his bachelor’s degree in eco- and other chronic diseases, along with the nomics. He has already launched his first demand for biomedical advances from business as an NCC student. Ziggy is also the aging baby-boomer population, have active as a Vice President of Leadership led to increased opportunities in biotech in the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, careers. Much of that research is being Vice President in the Business Club and conducted right here in Connecticut. Over he works in NCC’s Tutoring Center as a the next 10 years, career opportunities will mathematics and economics tutor. continue to grow at an unprecedented Cast of Little Shop of Horrors

28 Foundation Financial Highlights

The Norwalk Community College Founda- Fiscal Year 2015 (ended 12/31/2015) tion is a qualified 501 (c)(3) organization The Foundation’s financial statements were audited by Dylewsky, Goldberg & founded in 1965. It distributes more Brenner, LLC. The complete audited financial statements are available on than $2 million annually for scholarships, our website; highlights are shown below. programmatic support and college advancement initiatives. $2.6 Million in Support for Norwalk Community College in 2015 Statement of Financial Condition 37% Several years ago, we predicted that young men Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 3,363,263 n Scholarships $ 986,673 Investments 21,810,975 and women would assert themselves and begin n College Advancement 961,577 Other Assets 980,138 14% n Development 370,149 n Stewardship 321,542 changing the world. Look now at the dazzling Total Assets $26,154,376 Total: $2,639,941 array of innovations and inventions they have 37% 12% Liabilities Grants Payable $ 1,082,134 contributed … are you communicating, doing Other Liabilities 286,239

Total Liabilities $ 1,368,373 business and receiving medical care the same Investment Policy and Asset Mix Our investment policy states: the primary emphasis of the investment policy Net Assets is to safeguard and preserve the principal of the endowment after inflation and way you were 10 years ago? Of course not, thanks Unrestricted $ 798,857 a payout to be approved annually by the Finance Committee and the Board. Temporarily Restricted 7,681,169 Additionally, a real return on the portfolio is desired. These investment objectives Endowed Funds 16,305,977 to their creativity. must be achieved within acceptable risk parameters. Total Net Assets $ 24,786,003 The endowment return was -3.4% in 2015 and the five-year average annual investment return was 5.4%.

Total Liabilities and Net Assets $26,154,376

18%

n US Equities n Fixed Income 12% n International Equities 58% n Alternatives n Cash 9% 3% Robert L. Dilenschneider, The Dilenschneider Group L. Dilenschneider, Robert 31 Scholarship Programs

Awarded for academic merit and financial From High School to NCC need, NCC Foundation scholarships assist Charles Royce Merit Scholarship: Open current students and high-achieving to incoming NCC students who graduated NCC graduates who transfer to four-year from public high schools in Fairfield County. institutions. This support can be truly life-changing. David and Eunice Bigelow Foundation The Foundation has nearly 100 named Scholarship: Open to incoming NCC scholarship funds that provide eligible students who graduated from a Norwalk full-time students with as much as $3,000 high school. for the academic year, with an additional $500 to take a Winter Session class, and up Students at NCC to $1,000 for Summer Semester classes. Full-Year Scholarship Program: The During the 2015-2016 academic Foundation’s largest scholarship program, year, the Foundation awarded $950K in funded by our endowment and other scholarships to 493 students. The average specified funds. Approximately $650K per NCC Foundation scholarship recipient year is awarded to 300 students. has a 3.4 GPA, enrolls in three classes per Dream: Awards scholarships to childhood semester (nine to 11 credits), and will Spring Scholarship: For students who immigrant students who graduated from begin the Fall semester with 39 credits. have earned 12 to 24 credits at NCC by high school in the United States, but are Those who are eligible for federal finan- the end of the Fall semester. not yet U.S. citizens or permanent resi- cial aid typically receive $5,600 in state dents, transferring to four-year institutions. Child Development Lab School Schol- and federal grants each year, and still The Foundation provides a mentor for arship: For NCC students with children in have an additional annual “unmet need” each recipient. the College’s childcare program. of almost $9,700 on average for expenses RN to BSN: Awards scholarships to such as housing, transportation, and Entrepreneurship Scholarship: A fund students who earn an RN at NCC and are childcare. created in 2016 for NCC students who are attending a four-year institution to achieve launching or running their own businesses. their BSN. Our first recipient completed her BSN in one year at Western CT State From NCC to a Bachelor’s University and has started graduate Degree: Transfer Scholarships school to become an APRN. LEAP: Awards scholarships to NCC gradu- ating students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher For more information on any program, who transfer to four-year institutions. please visit the scholarship section of our Since the program began in 2008, 96% of website at www.NCC-Foundation.org or LEAP recipients have earned a Bachelor’s call Terri Nackid, Manager of Scholarship Degree or continue to make progress and Donor Relations at (203) 857-7139. toward graduation. Donors can contribute to an existing schol- arship or create their own named fund. President David Levinson LEAP Scholar- ship: A new 50th Anniversary addition to the LEAP program in 2016 through a matching grant challenge from the Wind- mill Foundation to honor NCC’s current president.

33 NCC Foundation Scholars Scholarship and Crane Scholarship Jules Lang Scholarship Charles M. and Jessica B. Shaeffer Are the May 2016 Program Funds Virginia and Malcolm Crawford Toni Anne Laufer Scholarship Nursing Fund Commencement Speakers Scholarship Le Bal d’Ecole Scholarship Professor Michael Shub We are grateful to our donors Croaning/Van Dyke Scholarship Frank C. Lee Memorial Scholarship Developmental Mathematics Recognized by the American Association for establishing and supporting for Child Development Lab Marcia Jane Le Moult Memorial Transfer Scholarship of Community Colleges, NCC faculty and the following endowment and Students Scholarship Joseph I. Shulman Memorial temporarily-restricted funds: staff maintain a tradition of selecting James E. Deaver Memorial LEAP Transfer Scholarship Program Scholarship Leonhardt Scholarship two graduating students to speak at com- 50th Anniversary Campaign Scholarship Student Emergency Fund Max R. & George J. Lepofsky mencement rather than well-known • Student Success and Katy and Professor John Dolhun John and Charlotte Suhler Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship personalities. This year, both were NCC Scholarship Sachiko S. Liebergesell Scholarship • Faculty and Program Support Nancy Doyle Scholarship Summer Bridge Math Intensive Foundation scholars: Ingrid Magalhaes Lifetime Learners Institute • Transfer Scholarships for Dream Transfer Scholarship Program and Mackenzie Raub. Scholarship High-Achieving Graduates Program Jean Svalgard Memorial Women’s President David Levinson LEAP Ingrid Magalhaes • Entrepreneurship and Dugan Family Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship With a nod to Dr. Martin Luther King, Workforce Development Jamie Earle Memorial Scholarship J. Tierney College Advancement Matthew LoRusso Scholarship Ingrid Magalhaes opened her address to The 460 Foundation Scholarship Early Childhood Education Fund Calvin Loss Scholarship Access to Education Scholarship Program Pauline A. Toner Nursing her fellow graduates with “I have a dream.” Lumina String Quartet Anonymous Scholarship English as a Second Language Scholarship Originally from Brazil, Ingrid dreamed Mandel Family Scholarship Elizabeth Raymond Ambler Trust (ESL) Program Dr. Harry L. Trambert Memorial of obtaining an education in the United Margaret Jane McAuliffe Scholarship Entrepreneurship Scholarship Scholarship States. She spoke with genuine affection Scholarship The America 911 Scholarship Exercise Science Student Charles J. Trantanella, Jr. for NCC as “a remarkable and unforget- James R. McCormack Memorial Foundation scholars Mackenzie Raub and Ingrid Magalhaes Lois and Harlan Anderson Scholarship Memorial Scholarship table institution” and recalled that, “a Scholarship Scholarship Fernandez Family Scholarship Nicholas Trivisonno Scholarship Carolyn and Gerry McGrath dream that seemed to be impossible to an associate degree.” Ingrid will be contin- Now that he has accomplished his first Robert and Jeannie Kay Armstrong Family Economic Security George C. Turner Memorial Scholarship achieve, today is a reality.” uing her journey at Smith College studying Scholarship Program (FE$P) Scholarship academic milestone, an associate degree, McLean-Kearney Family When Ingrid came to the United Everett Baker Library Dr. John K. Fisher Scholarship UBS Scholarship Government and International Relations Mackenzie feels that NCC has given him Scholarship States in 2011, she was 22 years old and Development Fund Robert Garland Memorial Karen L. Veitch Memorial with her full tuition covered through Smith’s a work ethic he couldn’t get anywhere else. Benson Meth Scholarship John A. Ball Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship spoke no English. Living with her cousins Ada Comstock Scholarship. This fall, he will be attending UConn Donald and Virginia Miller Joan and Ed Barksdale Scholarship GE Capital Scholarship Veterinary Technology in Naugatuck, she faced many challenges Storrs, to achieve his next academic goal, Scholarship Mackenzie Raub Mary Bauer Nursing Scholarship Josephine Gierer Scholarship John and Catherine Vigilante after arriving in this country, but her a Bachelor’s Degree in Math. Lewis R. Mintz Scholarship From Mackenzie’s earliest childhood mem- Rose S. Becker Memorial Marion and Justin Glickson Scholarship greatest challenge was to learn the lang- Molly Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Olivia Vlahos Scholarship uage. She enrolled in English as a Second ories sitting in the backseat of his parents’ William M. Mommaerts Memorial Bigelow Foundation/Briggs Maurice Godin Scholarship Morrise Wagner Memorial Language (ESL) classes through NCC’s car, NCC has always been part of his life. Scholarship Goodnow Scholarship Scholarship One of six children, he had a window into Scholarship Dr. Lia Mondo Scholarship Extended Studies Program and in just two Darlene Ryan Goodwin Scholarship Geneva Walsh Scholarship the college experience from his father, James Bissell Memorial Susan Montez Memorial years became proficient in English. Scholarship Albert L. Hadley Scholarship Michael G. Weyer Scholarship mother and five brothers as each attended Scholarship A recipient of the Goodnow Scholar- John Fiske Boorom Memorial Hammant Memorial Art Helen C. Whitten Scholarship NCC. “Not one of us have made it out of Thomas G. Norko Memorial ship while earning her degree at NCC, Scholarship Michael Wilens and Carolyn Scholarship Scholarship our college years without classes at NCC Richard T. Hansen Memorial Longacre Scholarship Ingrid was especially grateful that the Dr. Mary W. Brackett Scholarship Nursing/Allied Health under our belts,” he said. Scholarship Women in Management Foundation makes “possible our journey Katherine Hall Browne Memorial O’Hara Family Scholarship When it was Mackenzie’s turn for his of accomplishing our dream to complete Scholarship Harrington Family Scholarship Beverly Miller Orthwein Scholarship own NCC experience, fueled by his family’s Doris Bucky Scholarship Mark Hattenbach Memorial Scholarship Various Academic Departments stories, he hoped NCC was the place to Ilene and Irving G. Calish, Sr. Scholarship The Food Pantry at NCC at NCC truly discover himself. As Brien McMahon Scholarship Harry H. Hefferan, Jr. and Panwy Foundation, Inc. Service- High School principal, Susan Koroshetz, Mickey and Brooke Callanen Catherine Hefferan Scholarship Learning Scholarship wrote in her scholarship recommendation, Scholarship John H. Heher Memorial Hobart P. and Alice B. Pardee “There is no better investment in the Frank and Anne Cary Fund for Scholarship Scholarship Mackenzie Raub delivering his speech at the Student Success Claire L. Helsing Scholarship PATH Scholarship Program future than Mackenzie Raub.” When he was May 2016 Commencement. Charlotte Chen, Esq. Scholarship Eileen Heckart Respiratory awarded a two-year Bigelow Scholarship Raindancer Scholarship Ann Chernow Art Scholarship Therapy Scholarship RN to BSN Transfer Scholarship that covered the majority of his tuition Connecticut College Access & Hiranandani Scholarship Program and books, Mackenzie now had the support Success (ConnCAS) Leon and Fanny Hirsch Scholarship Charles Royce Merit Scholarship of the Foundation and our community. Carle C. Conway Scholarship Anne Ireland Memorial Scholarship John E. Schmeltzer IV Memorial Mackenzie recognizes the Bigelow Center for Career Development Stacy M. Israel Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship as “making my first two years Jane Corbo Scholarship Joseph Karpowich Memorial Sylvia Schudy Scholarship NCC Dean of Students, Dr. Calvin J. McFadden, introduces student speaker Ingrid Magalhaes at the of college possible and with enough confi- Charlotte Cowie Human Services Scholarship Dr. William H. Schwab Chair in May 2016 Commencement. dence to face anything that came my way.” Memorial Fund Blanche Kent Archaeology Fund Technology

34 35 NCC Scholarship Miss Johanna Brito Mrs. Teri Lombardi Mr. Brandon Mota Mr. Robert Romero Ms. Nell Taylor Recipients Miss Taryn Brown Miss Ashley Lopez Ms. Lauren Musilli Mr. Daniel Rosenthal Ms. Claudia Telesco Miss Lisa Buccieri Miss Laura Lopez Ms. Tetiana Nadkernychna Miss Michell Ruiz Miss Juliana Tessaro Miss Keyla Abreu Mr. Tyrone Bullock Mr. Rudy Lopez Miss Vira Nadraga Mrs. Nedra Rutherford Ms. Martine Thelusma Ms. Natalie Accardi Ms. Victoria Burgess Ms. Lindsey Lozyniak Mrs. Nancy Nava Miss Renaude Sajous Ms. Denese Thomas Miss Senan Agblonon Ms. Andrea Butler Mrs. Ludmila Lungu Rev. Steven Nelson Mr. Zygimantas Sakalauskas Miss Lais Timoteo Mr. Elvis Aguilar Ms. Luzzette Cabral Miss Crystal Lyle Miss Samantha Neuman Ms. Carly Salvato Mrs. Mariem Tolba Miss Estephania Aguilar Miss Anabel Cabrera Mr. Thomas Lynn Miss Barbara Niezborala Mr. John Salzbrunn Mr. Jonathan Torres Ms. Laura Aguilar Mr. Fabio Calderon Ms. Kevyn Louise Macalino Miss Ayeshia Nurse Miss Jennifer Sanchez Miss Ellen Twum Ms. Victoria Agyei Kyem Miss Mirline Calixte Ms. Patricia Macalino Miss Kimberly Ojedis Ms. Andrea Santos Miss Andrea Uquillas Ms. Karen Alcaraz Mr. Sha’Sha Callaghan Ms. Cristin Macchiarulo Mr. Babatunde Olanibna Miss Marilyn Santos Reyes Miss Katherine Uzar Ms. Marjorye Alday Mr. Raul Camino Miss Ingrid Magalhaes Mr. Shomari Oliphant Ms. Suzanne Scott Mrs. Sirin Vahora Mr. Robert Alonzi Ms. Audrey Camino-Jara Mr. Nicolas Mancheno Mr. Anthony Orellana Miss Diamond Sead Mr. Frankely Valdez Mr. Rafael Amorim de Almeida Mr. Jhan Campos Mrs. Wendy Marroquin Mr. Robin Orellana Ms. Caylie Sheridan Miss Daniela Vanegas Ms. Juliana Anderson Mr. Michel Caproni Ms. Donna Martinek Mrs. Pamela Orr Ms. Sharmin Shuma Mr. Ralph Smith Vante Mr. Milton Andrade Mr. Luke Cardamone Mr. Patrick Duff Mrs. Natalia Holovyn Ms. Marieliz Martinez Miss Carolina Ortiz Ms. Jill Siladi Sister Jollymma Varghese Ms. Sindy Andrade Miss Isabel Cardona Mrs. Nahomie Duquene Mr. Ethan Horne Mr. Walter Martinez Miss Larysa Oryshchyshyn Mrs. Vera Silarova Mr. Bryan Vartuli Miss Solange Anoh Miss Monica Castaneda Miss Nadia Ema Miss Anna Horoszczak Miss Larissa Martins Miss Kornelia Oszkinis Ms. Dina Silberman Mr. Steven Vasquez Ms. Alejandra Grisales Arboleda Ms. Priscila Castro Mr. Johnathan Esaw Miss Loretta Horton Miss Rachel Mascitelli Miss Delmy Palencia Ms. Kacia Simpson Mr. Hugo Vera Mr. Gareyng Castro Del Rio Ms. Marjorie Escala Mr. Tyler Housey Mr. Samuel Massa Ms. Jassenia Palma Ms. Cara Singer Mrs. Maribell Vergara Miss Anne Cavoto Mr. Nicholas Evans Ms. Haley Hupal Mrs. Agnieszka Matuszkiewicz Miss Oyuki Palomino Rios Ms. Yekaterina Sinyagina Mrs. Carmen Vertula Ms. Annamaria Ceci Miss Vanessa Exantus Miss Kim Huynh Ms. Sasha McCay Ms. Wonjin Park Mr. Nicholas Skjelmose Mr. Sinsois Vincent Miss Luisa Chacon Ms. Sharonda Felder Miss Stephanie Hyppolite Mr. Christopher McDonald Mr. Sergio Parra Miss Alexandra Sloane Mrs. Nia Walcott-Ruffin Miss Dana Chamale Mr. Jean Felix Ms. Nicole Ilagan Mr. Christopher McLaughlin Mr. Ashaki Parris Mrs. Catherine Smith Mr. Alexander Waring Miss Julia Chambers Miss Jazcrisha Toni Ferriols Miss Krystal Interiano Mr. Akeem McNaught Miss Sonia Pascual-Lahuerta Ms. Renee Smith Mr. Jacob Waring Miss Marie Charles Ms. Jennifer Finley Mr. Lawrence Jackson Ms. Essence McVay Ms. Kayla Patricelli Mr. Jude Souffrant Mrs. Carol Watson Mrs. Cindie Charles Ms. Elizabeth Fleckenstein Ms. Julieth Jaramillo Ms. Janeth Mendiola Miss Isadora Patrizi Ms. Elizabeth Springer Ms. Cameyo Weir Ms. Katherin Chaverra Miss Macarena Flores Mrs. Rose Bianca Jean Mr. Andy Paul Mr. Sean Stennett Mr. Dajuan Wiggins Ms. Lillian Chavez Mrs. Lizbeth Flores Ms. Georgia Jemison Mr. Herby Paul Miss Rebecca Steward Ms. Myesha Williams Miss Zoila Chele Ms. Natoy Fowler Miss MiReu Jeong Miss Choralie Paurice Mr. Andy Suarez Ms. Sheila Williams Ms. Paulle Marie Cherise Mr. Peter Galazka Miss Remanee Jones Miss Tania Perez Mr. Konstantin Suvorov Ms. Ashley Wood Mr. Dylan Cherry Mr. Anthony Garcia Mr. Nicolas Joseph Mrs. Audry Peterson Mr. Diego Swayne Riofrio Ms. Kristal Woods Miss Eliana Arboleda Miss Shinyoung Choi Miss Clarissa Garcia Miss Charntell Joubert Miss Anastasia Phillips Miss Norda Sweeney Ms. Yu Wu Miss Claudia Arrunategui Ms. Ceren Citak Mr. George Garrison Mr. Miguel Juarez Miss Aura Pineda Miss Kristine Swingle Miss Emilsa Yanes Miss Parthena Athanasiades Miss Alexandra Claudio Miss Angela Gentile Miss Leila Jules Mr. David Plank Miss Molly Szot Mr. Alvaro Zapata Ms. Tina Avery Miss Crystal Colon Ms. Brittany Gibson Miss Mandeep Kaur Miss Eunice Polanco Mr. Bryan Tacuri Mr. Patrick Zimmermann Ms. Daisy Avila Miss Betsy Colucci Mr. Devin Gilbert Mr. Joseph Kayembe Mr. Ludwig Poliard Miss Sarah Talarico Ms. Ivanna Zubal Mr. Octavio Avila Ms. Claire Concannon Miss Lydia Gjuraj Miss Linda Keo Ms. Kristin Poly Miss Enelin Tatar Ms. Samantha Baczynski Mr. Oscar Condori Ms. Cecilia Gomez Ms. Rachel Kessler Mrs. Maryna Pomuts Ms. Madina Bagova Ms. Sheylla Contreras Ms. Ninfa Gonzalez-Ochoa Mr. Kevin King Miss Jessica Mendiola Gordillo Mrs. Annalisa Pope Ms. Alison Baker Mrs. Claudia Correa Mr. Lars Gorczyca Miss Alexis Koch Miss Katerin Mendoza Mrs. Ana Posada Ms. Noel Baldwin Ms. Lauren Cotton Mrs. Julian Gordon Miss Zhanna Kotliar Mr. Sonny Mendoza Mrs. Hency Princelal Mr. Baruch Barauce Ms. Carolinne Dacosta Miss Valeria Granada-Gomez Mr. Dimitris Koutoumbas Miss Marlene Merino Ms. Tatiana Quinzi Ms. Farah Barrau Miss Melissa D’Agostino Mr. Steven Grimm Mr. Michael Koutoumbas Mr. Sadrac Michel Miss Vesna Radivojevic Miss Courtney Barreira Ms. Ylanda Dancy Ms. Cherry Ann Guilford Mr. Mate Kovacs Mr. Samuel Michel Ms. Jennyfer Ramirez Mr. Eric Barrero Mrs. Kainat Dar Mr. Yuri Hamlet Miss Linda Ku Miss Kimberly Miller Ms. Yazmin Ramos-Cardenas Mrs. Natalia Bates Ms. Jasmine Dautruche Mr. Ramoi Hammond Ms. Tara Kulis Ms. Marlene Millington Mr. Mackenzie Raub Mr. Necky Beckford Miss Olga Davila Miss Rachel Hara Mr. Bal Lamichhane Mr. Hardik Mistry Ms. Monica Restrepo Mr. Khalid Belhabib Ms. Ashley Davis Mr. Chaz Harris Miss Holly Larsen Ms. Eliana Mizrahi Mr. Benjamin Reyes Ms. Camieka Bethea Miss Lana de Avila Pinheiro Ms. Kathleen Hauman Ms. Deborah Laurentino Miss Jaunide Mongerard Mrs. Isabelle Ribeiro da Costa Mr. Chaz Blanks Ms. Ketaki Desai Miss Courtney Hayes Ms. Lusby Lazo Miss Venide Mongerard Miss Kayla Ridgeway Miss Svenja Bolten Mr. Dariel Dickson Mr. Javier Henao Jr Mr. Allan Lenard Miss Brittany Monte Miss Maria Rinco Ms. Natasha Bond Miss Melissa Donohoe Mr. Jacob Henny Miss Anne-Marie 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36 37 LEAP Transfer Scholarship Recipients

NCC Scholar Four-Year Institution Mr. John Aldana Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ms. Mariana Emilia Basilio Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ms. Marilyn Corzo-Araoz University of Connecticut Mr. Erind Disha Bard College Ms. Anna Dlugokecka Manhattanville College Ms. Madison Duffy Boston University Ms. Sarah Emigh University of Connecticut Ms. Cherdonna Epps Fordham University Mr. Yvor Falcon Charter Oak State College Ms. Stacylee Finocchio University of Connecticut Ms. Mary Rose Garych Southern Connecticut State University Mr. Sebastian Gomez University of Southern California Ms. Luisa Granada-Gomez University of Connecticut RN to BSN Transfer Scholarship Mr. John Istona Bard College Recipient Ms. Fatou Jobe University of Connecticut Mr. Ekram Karim Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCC Scholar Four-Year Institution Mr. Josh Kleinwaks Western Connecticut State University Ms. Yasmin Santos Western Connecticut State University I’m really grateful for the support given by the Ms. Anna Konecna Manhattanville College Ms. Shannon Lally University of North Carolina - Asheville Path Transfer Scholarship NCC Foundation. The LEAP scholarship opened Mr. Michael Lambton Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Recipients Ms. Derya Lane University of Pennsylvania NCC Scholar Four-Year Institution Mr. Matthew Lane University of Pennsylvania up opportunities for me to take a more proactive Ms. Maria Alzate University of New Haven Ms. Ana Carolina Lasalandra University of Connecticut Ms. Arlene Blum University of Connecticut Ms. Maria Laughlin Baruch College, CUNY Ms. Jasmin Contreras John Jay College of Criminal Justice Ms. Malgorzata Lipartowski John Jay College of Criminal Justice approach during my academic pursuit. I was able Mr. Thomas Donohoe University of Connecticut Ms. Detzly Louissaint University of Connecticut Mr. Daniel Gough University of Connecticut Mr. Aliaksei Makarevich New York Institute of Technology Mr. James Huang University of Connecticut to participate in hands-on scientific research, pro- Mr. Jimmy Mendoza University of Bridgeport Ms. Brittany McIntyre Charter Oak State College Ms. Olga Mistry University of Connecticut Mr. Daniel Monahan Western Connecticut State University Ms. Tiffany Montoya University of New Haven fessional leadership programs, and even start my Miss Roya Moore Charter Oak State College Ms. Michelle Morris Henry University of Bridgeport Miss Favzija Music Sacred Heart University Ms. Helen Nieves University of Connecticut Ms. Maria Peraza University of Connecticut Ms. Shaumane Paulk The Ohio State University own technology startup through a program with Ms. Rose Pierre New York University Ms. Catalina Ricaurte-Vanegas University of Connecticut Ms. Anny Polanco University of Connecticut Mr. Daniel Rosenthal University of Connecticut Ms. Daniela Posada Carmona Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute the Air Force. Ms. Noemi Salas Western Connecticut State University 2013 Miss Kimberly Rabita Western Connecticut State University Mr. Jonathan Smith University of Connecticut Ms. Yazmin Ramos Southern Connecticut State University Ms. Victoria Tabacchini University of Connecticut Ms. Samantha Razzaia University of Connecticut Mr. Ronald Telemarque Columbia University Class of Mr. Ravinder Singh University of Connecticut Ms. Nicole Valentine University of Bridgeport Ms. Myesha Williams Southern Connecticut State University NCC Ms. Herfalyn Williams University of Bridgeport Mr. Omar Zaigirdar Quinnipiac University Other Transfer Scholarship Dream Transfer Scholarship Recipients Adam Klich, Recipients NCC Scholar Four-Year Institution Ms. Yenyfer Betancourt Eastern Connecticut State University NCC Scholar Four-Year Institution Ms. Christy Caidor-Molin Western Connecticut State University Ms. Renata De Melo University of New Haven Ms. Jamile Garcia Eastern Connecticut State University Ms. Isabel Melean University of New Haven Mr. Michael Perea St. Johns University Mr. Yuri Vilas Boas University of Connecticut Ms. Agnes Weber University of Connecticut

38 F. Gerard McGrath Foundation Leo and Diane Schlinkert Denise J. Daych Theodore J. Nussbaum Hon. Michael E. and Marilyn L. Shay Ms. Mary F. DeKlyn A Year of Giving Eleanor O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Spence Ann Martin DiLeone Mr. and Mrs. William P. Pardee Charles and Charlotte Stabinsky Bart Donahoe and Cathleen C. Jefferson A. Parker Trust Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Stack Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Peterson Fortunato and Alba Stanziale Mark and Deb Dulsky Pitney Bowes Inc. Hudson and Patricia Stoddard Ellen Ehrenkranz Mr. George B. Post Tom and Dana Sulger Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Elliott ProCeritas Consulting LLC Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Tregurtha Rose R. Ellis, Ph.D. Marilyn Puder-York, Ph.D. Pat and Ab van den Broek Enterprise Holdings 50th Anniversary Pledges Praxair, Inc. Mrs. Martha Rhein Daria and David Verelley Nancy and Kevin Fahey Jean K. Lebedeff Ed and Jane Bescherer Ritter Family Foundation Dawn Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Gary Vervoort Dr. and Mrs. J. Thomas Failla Linda Lerman and Rabbi Jeffrey First County Bank Foundation, Inc. The Schloss Family Foundation, Inc. Ann P. Rogers Ms. Emily Weiss Family Care Visiting Nurse and Silberman Anne and Carl Goodnow Ernie and Anna Steiner Debi and Jay Shaw John and Priscilla Woyke Home Care Agency, LLC Ms. Amanda Lingg Inisfad Foundation, Inc. Mr. Michael Shub Mr. and Mrs. Eric Fast Catherine Lucia and Chris Durante Exceptional Fellows Medallion Ms. Julie Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Steele Fastenal Therese Marrocco ($10,000+) ($100+) Mr. Doug Reid Mrs. Claire M. Swinnerton Ms. Elsie L. Ferrara Andrea and Raymond Martin Anonymous (2) Anonymous (4) Dr. and Mrs. David L. Levinson Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Tapella Marti Fischer Phil McClain and Janet Hartery Bank of America Charitable Advanced Computer Mr. Matthew LoRusso Norman Toy Brandis E. Flash Robert McNamara and Bonnie Foundation Technologies, Inc. Ann S. Mandel Kathy Walsh and Gene Bernstein Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Flynn McEneaney David and Eunice Bigelow All Pointe Care, LLC Ms. Deborah McLean and Dr. Susan G. Weinberger ForestCity Peter F. McSpadden Foundation Linda and Gene Autore Mr. Keith Kearney Juanita James and Dudley Williams Kitty and Paul Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Meany Louise B. Blackman Family AXA Advisors Ellen Petrino Robin Frederick Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Messanelli Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bain, Jr. Shipman and Goodwin Mentors Dr. Kathleen S. Fries Pamela S. and Albert G. Miller Mrs. Richard N. Cohen ($500+) Mr. and Mrs. Guy Everett Baker J. Howard and Jo Stecker O’Herron Family Foundation Friends of the College Julius F. Friese, Jr. Lenore (Lea) C. Mintz GE Capital Ronald C. Bell Chip and Stuart Weismiller Ellen Petrino ($1,000+) Mr. and Mrs. David F. Ball Carol B. Fucigna Claire Mocarski The Maurice Goodman Ann Bello The Windmill Foundation, Inc. Martha and Glen Poulter Anonymous (2) Mr. William Banks Joseph and Barbara Fucigna Thalia Moshoyannis Foundation, Inc. Nancy and Allan Bernard Dorothy and Frank L. Savage John Allis III John B. Caron Michael and Ellen Funck Valerie Muller Regents The Goodnow Fund Family Fund Anne and Peter Ardery Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cavanna Scott and Traci Gentry Atty. and Mrs. Frank W. Murphy ($100,000+ ) Ms. Julie Johnson and Eric and Lesley Schless Thomas J. Aylward Ms. Valerie A. Cooper Ms. Elizabeth Gibbs Mary Lou and Stephen Murphy Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Bucky Mr. Doug Reid J. Howard and Jo Stecker The A. James Bach Vona Hopkins Ed and Theresa Cosden Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Given, Jr. Mutual of Omaha (Legacy) Blanche F. Kent (Legacy) The Richard and Barbara Foundation Malcolm and Virginia Crawford Jeanne and Tom Gnuse NCC Nursing Class of May 2015 Fairfield County’s Community Lifetime Learners Institute, Inc. Whitcomb Foundation Sandra Bell and Bradley Johnson Charitable Fund Mr. A. Peter Goldner Dennis and Mary Ellen O’Connor Foundation Ms. Deborah McLean and Woolford Family Charitable Mr. James Berger Christine and Daniel Delmar Philip W. Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. James O’Leary The Per and Astrid Heidenreich Mr. Keith Kearney Foundation Steven S. Berizzi Mr. Robert M. Dixon Andy and Debbie Gordon Mr. Philip Oppenheimer Family Foundation James and Barbara Moltz Ed and Jane Bescherer Elizabeth S. English Edward Gratz Mr. and Mrs. Peter Orvis Ann S. Mandel Oppenheim Family Fund Honorable Fellows Judith B. Block John and Lile Gibbons Claudia Gruss Panwy Foundation, Inc. Marilyn and Jim Parke ($2,500+) Patricia E. Hadden Ms. Christa Hartch Joan and Jesse Parris President’s Circle Mr. William F. Brock and Budd S. Schwartz (Legacy) Lucy and John Baney Barbara J. Hansen and Judith B. Heins Dick and Marianne Paterniti ($50,000+ ) Mrs. Susan E. Brock Starwood Capital Group Mr. and Mrs. Ramon J. Ceron Mark R. Hunt Esther Bess Samuel B. Hollis, Sr. Christopher Patsilelis Anonymous Stephanie Brown John and Charlotte Suhler Ana and Tomas Chadwick Robert and Dolores Harris Ann J. Bowling Mr. Paul F. Horan Margaret Pederson and Cornelia T. Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Campbell Dr. Michael Clain and Family Fund Angela McNamee and Ms. Anne Hummel Martin Weinberg Carle C. Conway Scholarship Distinguished Fellows Mrs. Henry S. Coleman Dr. Debra Clain Wendy and Richard Hokin David Boyhan Shelley Ivanko Paulette Peterson Foundation ($5,000+) Donna J. Dean Nicky and Vince D’Agostino Jackson, Grant Investment Brightstart of Greenwich/Stamford Jalna Jaeger Phillips Family Fund Bruce and Diane Ritter Anonymous (2) Janet and Robert Fiske Fuller Family Foundation Advisers, Inc. Drs. Charlotte and David Brown Christine A. Japely Elizabeth A. Pisaretz Mr. and Mrs. Mark Blackman Clay Fowler Dean’s Society Anne and Carl Goodnow Ms. Heather James Ms. Marion L. Burke Alice E. Jennings Precise Prompting, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Dart Jennifer Frazer and Steven Phillips ($20,000+ ) Mr. and Mrs. Andre L. Guilbert Kynamatrix Research Network LaVerne Burzynski Dana Karpowich and Price Financial Group, LLC Robert and Janet Dilenschneider Garden Homes Fund The 460 Foundation, Inc. The Haffenreffer Family Fund Marsh and McLennan Michael and Maureen Cacace Raymond Mainville Ann Purcell Robert and Elizabeth Ellis Family Rita and Leo Greenland Family Harlan and Lois Anderson Family Dr. and Mrs. David L. Levinson Companies, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Calder John and Michele Karpowich Ms. Sarah A. Qualman Foundation Foundation Foundation Liebergesell Foundation, Inc. Mr. Timothy G. Massad and Nancy and George Cammann Matthew and Linda Karpowich Erik and Nancy Jo Rambusch First County Bank Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Leslie M. Hardy Joan and Ed Barksdale Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maglathlin Ms. Charlotte J. Hart Bonnie Mae Capell Leon and Marie Karvelis John Rayner Jim and Darlene Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. H. Darrell Harvey Everett Bulkley Trust Moran Towing Corporation McClain Value Management, LLC Mary Frances Carmell James and Shannon Kear Antoinette Reed and Herb and Ann Granath Charles Hinnant Erin and Joseph Catapano William and Barbara Murphy Rich and Janice Juchniewicz Mitchell/Giurgola Architects LLP Cornelius F. Carroll Jeffrey L. Kenausis Gregory Ohman Claire L. Helsing Foundation First Niagara Bank Foundation The J.M. Pierpont Charitable Fund Joan Karpowich Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Cathleen Caulfield Richard Koch Susan Rigano Lone Pine Foundation, Inc. General Re Corporation George and Lynn Reilly Vasso and Hugh Kelly Mountcastle Elizabeth Cervantes Mr. and Mrs. Anatole E. Konstantin Robert Half International, Inc. Mr. Matthew LoRusso Inisfad Foundation, Inc. Deborah and Chuck Royce Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Kugler, Jr. Karl and Lisa Nelson Kathy Coppola Professor Ada Lambert Rock Ledge Institute, Inc. MBI, Inc. Mr. William Malone Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Rubin Mr. and Mrs. William Maley Tom and Marianne Reifenheiser Cynthia Crimmins Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson Lamdin III Joan Ross Near & Far Aid National Emphysema Foundation The Sexton Family Foundation Bonnie and Gene Markowski Meredith Sadler Dr. and Mrs. Mark L. Dam Kate and Steve Larson The Eric and Laurie Roth New Canaan Community The William H. Pitt Foundation, Inc. Whitney and Kyle Wilcox Family Fund Susie Salomon Mr. and Mrs. David S. Davidson Richard and Mary Lavatori Charitable Fund Foundation Alison Martin Rob Schlein and Emily Kroenlein Jo Ann W. Davidson Leadership Development Inc Gunnar Sahlin

40 41 David M. and Wendy W. Guda Mr. Giovanni Sammarco In-Kind Gifts Ms. Elsie L. Ferrara Ann S. Mandel In Honor Joan M. Henderson Mr. Lawrence Sandness In memory of Anne Cary In memory of Anne Cary Linda and Gene Autore Ms. Rita Horan William M. Saunders We sincerely appreciate the Edward Gratz Ms. Cynthia R. Mullins In honor of Ann P. Rogers in-kind gifts received from the Housing Authority of Stamford Ms. Michelle Sawyer In memory of Ron Bealer In memory of Beulah Mullins Mr. Michael A. Howard Dr. Kathryn Senie following donors: Mr. and Mrs. David F. Ball Claudia Gruss Barbara B. Quincy In honor of Ann S. Mandel Sandra D. Hrnciar Matthew A. Sgritta Todd Arnold, PhD In memory of Marvin Gruss In memory of Robert Garland Mr. Peter J. F. Hussey Elaine, Lester and Harry Sharlach Joan and Ed Barksdale Mrs. Richard N. Cohen Stephanie Johnson Ruby Shaw Robert and Janet Dilenschneider Robert and Dolores Harris The J.M. Pierpont Charitable Fund In honor of Ann P. Rogers Ms. Carmel Marie S. V. Joseph Mrs. Doris Shulman Family Fund In memory of Josephine Bosco Joseph and Allison Donaldson Mark and Deb Dulsky Karen M. Kelly Mr. Gary Silberberg In memory of Dolores N. Harris Massoni Julie Jason In honor of Helen and Bob Dulsky Dennis Kemp Ms. Marjorie Simpson Vasso and Hugh Kelly Samuel B. Hollis, Sr. Ms. Mary B. Preston Ms. Deborah A. Kidd Ms. Ruth Fiore Ms. Lisa Slade Ken Lalli In memory of Richard N. Cohen In memory of Olivia Vlahos In honor of Lenore C. Mintz Ms. Anne M. Klein Ms. Melissa E. Slattery Ellen Petrino Elinore Kochis Ms. Anne Hummel Erik and Nancy Jo Rambusch Professor Carol Smith Harker Yu-Hui Rogers First County Bank Foundation, Inc. In memory of Olivia Vlahos In memory of Ron Bealer Ms. Bette K. Kolodney Ms. Angelina D. Spanoghe In honor of Ann P. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Schellenger Marianne Antezzo Gene and Carol Kopfmann Louise A. Stix Jalna Jaeger Susan Rigano Gifts in Memory Jeanne and Tom Gnuse Christina E. Schoen Dennis and Stella Korchinski James and Antoinette Syrotiak In memory of Connie Jaeger In memory of Mary Cooper Andrea Arnold and Honor In honor of Allison and Joseph Sylvia and George Schudy Richard Kotchko Pamela and David Teitelman Mr. Richard Auwarter John and Michele Karpowich Ann P. Rogers Donaldson Jane Kowaleski We appreciate the following Carolyn Schwab Madeline Barillo Mary Ann and Frederick Tessier In memory of Joseph Karpowich In memory of Mary Cooper Rita and Richard Seclow Mr. Fred M. Barr Ms. Lillian S. Lampros Al Thomas contributions generously given in Mrs. Leslie M. Hardy Dana Karpowich and Raymond Dr. Henry Rosenberg and In honor of Myron P. Hardy Charles and Margaret Shaeffer Elaine M. Baruno Gil and Mary Dale Lancaster Ms. Jean Thomson memory of or to honor a special Mainville Dr. Katherine Hicks Peter and Floy Shaeffer Anita V. Behnken Mr. and Mrs. Lennart B. Landelius Chef Jeff Trombetta person: Mr. and Mrs. William Maley In memory of Joseph Karpowich In memory of Calvin Loss William E. Shaeffer Joe and Nancy Beresh Mr. and Mrs. Samuel LaRosa III Carl Urbania In honor of Ann P. Rogers In Memory Ms. Susan S. Shulman Janet Bowes-Marek Charles and Dorothy Lay Ms. Carmelita Valencia-Daye Matthew and Linda Karpowich Carolyn Schwab Marsh and McLennan Carolin Isaacs Sigal Elaine Braus Mrs. Carol Lubin Patrice Wagner and Mrs. Janet Aly In memory of Joseph Karpowich In memory of William H. Schwab In memory of Olivia Vlahos Companies, Inc. Mr. Robert V. Signore Eileen Brown, Ed.D. Walter and Lynn Maginnis J. Chris Kidney Ms. Bette K. Kolodney Elaine, Lester and Harry Sharlach In honor of Ellen H. Petrino Alexandra M. Smith Mary P. Malafarina Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Brown Jennifer Weekes-Osinowo Thomas J. Aylward In memory of Jamie Earle In memory of Connie DeAngelis Elizabeth Snellings Juliet A. Cain Ms. Christine Mangone Jeffrey Wells, RN In memory of Karen Aylward Ms. Cornelia Mass Mr. and Mrs. Anatole E. Konstantin Ingeleiv J. Stovner Megan Callahan Ms. Cornelia Mass Danielle J. Weston Doris Shulman, Marjorie Simpson, In honor of Lenore C. Mintz Mr. John C. Metaxas Esther Bess In memory of Olivia Vlahos Carol Lubin, Susan Shulman Ms. Nancy Strong Jenine Carlson Rebecca Wilson Lenore (Lea) C. Mintz In memory of Ralph Bess In memory of Ceil Marie Biscoglio Diana Sussman Cindy Casper Terran and Lisa Miller Ms. Jennifer Wood Heslin Gene and Carol Kopfmann In honor of Ann P. Rogers and Adele Shulman Anne Swallow Napoleon S. Chenard Judith T. Mocciola Mary Frances Carmell In memory of Kathy Croaning and J.M. Pierpont Charitable Fund K. Patricia Thrane James L. Christenson Mr. and Mrs. Milton G. Moon In memory of Olivia Vlahos Marcia LeMoult Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Steele In honor of Ellen H. Petrino TMP Worldwide Dr. Vanessa S. Morest and In memory of Roy V. Hughson Michael Paul Cichowicz Napoleon S. Chenard Professor Ada Lambert Cordelia C. Ursone Marilyn L. Collis Mr. D. Claude S. Morest Marilyn Puder-York, Ph.D. In memory of Leslie Chenard In memory of Dr. Herbert Antell Louise A. Stix Stephen Vale Frank and Georgiann Morgan In honor of Julie Johnson Megan Colvin In memory of Ron Bealer Kevin Morin Mrs. Henry S. Coleman Professor Ada Lambert Valet Park of America Mr. Ralph Costanzo, III Ms. Michelle Sawyer Jill and Paul Morton In memory of Henry S. Coleman In memory of Bill Backalenick Ms. Nancy Strong Viridian Ms. Diane Dalessio In honor of Ann P. Rogers In memory of Marcia LeMoult Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Vitolo Mary Damato Ms. Cynthia R. Mullins Mary Ellen and Jim Fahy Jean K. Lebedeff Terri and Thomas Nackid Ms. Susan S. Shulman Vos Family Fund Raphael R. D’Ambruoso, Ph.D. In memory of James J. Fahy, Jr. In memory of Dr. Sergei Lebedeff Pamela and David Teitelman In honor of Doris L. Shulman’s W.B. Mason Mr. Steven Dashefsky Patricia Najamy In memory of Robert Shulman Kathleen Farrell Mr. William Malone Birthday Carol Wakeman Ms. Diane Donovan City of Norwalk In memory of Richard A. Warner In memory of Jane Foulkes Malone K. Patricia Thrane Maida and Bill Webster Dr. Lisa Dresdner Ms. Ora G. Peart Fortunato and Alba Stanziale In memory of Olivia Vlahos Joyce Weiser Ms. Vicki J. Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Piggott In honor of Angeles Dam Nancy T. Whitney Karen F. Pingarron Matching Gift Daria and David Verelley Edward Fabrizio Carol Wakeman Carl R. Piserchia Companies In memory of Joseph Karpowich Whole Foods Market Mary Ellen and Jim Fahy In honor of Angeles Dam Mr. and Mrs. David Polacsek Louise and Michael Widland Family Reentry, Inc. Eversource Energy Patrice Wagner and J. Chris Ms. Mary B. Preston Jeffrey Wells, RN Lance Winer Kathleen Farrell GE Foundation Kidney Kathleen M. Prince In honor of Dr. Susan Puglisi and Ann Marie and Stephen Winsch Ms. Phyllis Featherston General Re Corporation In memory of Olivia Vlahos Mr. and Mrs. George E. Prokupek the NCC Nursing professors Terrie and Jay Wood Ms. Ruth Fiore IBM Barbara B. Quincy Ms. Emily Weiss Lynn Worland Phyllis Fitzpatrick Jefferies and Company, Inc. Barbara and Hugh Regan In memory of Carlos Nates Jean W. Zaccardo Mr. and Mrs. George E. Fuechsel, Jr. Nellie Mae Education Foundation Respiratory Care Class of 2016 Marlene and Francois Gaberel Procter & Gamble Nancy T. Whitney Founder Mr. Gregory Riley In honor of Bonnie Brown Ms. Susan Gebhardt-Burns Pitney Bowes Inc. If we have inadvertently omitted (up to $99) Nancy Roath Mr. Arthur B. Gnaedinger or misspelled your name, Anonymous (5 gifts) Praxair Jean W. Zaccardo Goodwill of Western and Michael Rodell Mrs. Janet Aley Rockefeller Foundation In memory of Ron Bealer please accept our apologies and Northern Connecticut Dr. Henry Rosenberg and Alvord/Proksa Family Verizon call the Foundation office at Mr. Steve Gordon Dr. Katherine Hicks AmazonSmile (203) 857-7260 so that we may Ms. Maria Grayson Ms. Camie L. Rothermel Ms. Gretchen Anderson correct our records. Mr. Eric Gribin James J. Rozsa

42 43 community are important to me regard- less, but the scholarship will give me an Spotlight on Donors extra push knowing that my education matters to others.” In addition to funding the Joan and Ed Barksdale Scholarship for nearly 20 years, Joan has been a Director on the Norwalk Community College Foundation since 1996. She has served on the Board First County Bank/First for the past 12 consecutive years. Seeing service skills can join the Bank as an in many capacities, including as Board County Bank Foundation a need in the community for immigrants entry level, full-time teller and qualify for President for a total of three consecutive to improve their English skills and observ- $3,000 in tuition reimbursement annually. years. Joan currently sits on the Executive This year, the Norwalk Community ing the difference NCC’s program made The tuition reimbursement can be used Committee and is the Chair of the Schol- College Foundation is proud to showcase on their own employees, the English as for undergraduate or graduate classes, or, arship Committee. As well as funding our partnership with First County Bank a Second Language (ESL) Bridge to Credit in some cases, job related education. For traditional NCC scholarships, Joan and and the First County Bank Foundation. Ed and Joan Barksdale program was a natural fit for the Bank part-time tellers, the bank will adjust work Ed have also funded LEAP Scholarships, As Rey Giallongo, Jr., Chairman and CEO, and aligns well with the Foundation’s hours to accommodate changing class allowing top NCC graduates to transfer $50 for the 50th First County Bank; President, First County Joan and Ed Barksdale focus on college education for families schedules. At the current time, approxi- to four year colleges and receive funding Campus Campaign Bank Foundation said, “The activities of and their children. mately a dozen First County Bank employ- Joan and Ed Barksdale met when they for their junior and senior years. As a part of our 50th Anniversary celebra- the First County Bank Foundation are the were both graduate students at the With 15 branch locations in six ees are, or have been, NCC students. Joan and Ed have three grown cornerstone of the Bank.” We agree. University of Pennsylvania. Joan was tion, the Foundation created a permanent Fairfield County towns, First County Bank For us, at the NCC Foundation, we children and 11 grandchildren. During earning an MA in Mathematics Education employees are well aware of the needs love having a partner who knows us and the summer months their home is filled tribute at the College for NCC faculty, staff, of the local communities. Giving back makes an effort every year to provide Research and Ed was earning an MBA with family, fun and laughter and in students, alumni and Board Directors who in Finance from the Wharton School of through volunteerism is encouraged and funding for a program that is helping the winter, they enjoy skiing with their Finance. Both received scholarships contributed $50 or more to our campaign. supported. Teams of employees in branded students improve their English, earning grandchildren in Colorado. which allowed them to earn their degrees teal t-shirts teach financial literacy semi- potential and become active, engaged We are truly grateful to our won- One of the cornerstones of the Foun- without incurring debt. Their gratitude nars, run races, mentor, read to children participants in the community. Thank derful, warm and generous friends, the dation’s relationship with the College is for the financial assistance they received and much, much more. you First County Bank and First County Barksdales, and thank them for their through scholarships has led to a com- engaging all who educate, work and study The relationship between First County Bank Foundation. passionate and transformative support mitment to help students at Norwalk Bank/Foundation and NCC extends be- of NCC students and the NCC Foundation. at NCC. Whether by payroll deduction, Community College to graduate yond donations and sponsorships. A high individual or group donation, we are grate- school graduate with excellent customer debt-free. In their eyes, providing access to ful to all those who have contributed to higher education for students who are our 50th Anniversary Campus Campaign.

struggling financially is a community The donor recognition wall, located From left to right: June N. Walker, Senior Vice Presi- responsibility. With full-time NCC tuition dent and Chief Human Resource Officer, First County in the East Campus Atrium, is a constant Bank, Reyno A. Giallongo, Jr., Chairman and CEO, First at $4,200 per year, and books an addi- County Bank; President, First County Bank Founda- tional $600, a scholarship increases the reminder of how the NCC community tion, Karen M. Kelly, Senior Vice President and Chief likelihood of a student attending NCC Marketing Officer, First County Bank; Vice President, is dedicated to transforming lives… one First County Bank Foundation full-time and it reduces the pressure of student at a time. having to work multiple jobs to make Joan and Ed Barksdale with NCC Foundation President Stuart Weismiller (right). In 2001, First County Bank celebrated ends meet. The very act of giving a stu- Donor names are included in the its 150th Anniversary and established the dent a scholarship increases their motiva- “A Year of Giving” section. To contribute First County Bank Foundation, Inc. which, tion and the desire to show their donor to “$50 for the 50th,” please visit the in the past 15 years, has distributed more that they made a good investment. than $7 million in grants to local non- And a good investment indeed. As Foundation Office or the NCC Payroll profits in Greenwich, Stamford, Darien, one recipient of their scholarship notes: Department. New Canaan, Norwalk and Westport. “This scholarship will bring me closer to

The Norwalk Community College a future that is so close to my heart. The Foundation received its first donation from scholarship is not only money, but also First County Bank more than 20 years ago an incentive that will help me to become and, more recently, has received funding even more focused as a student. Getting Joan Barksdale (left) with fellow Board Member Betty Snellings (right) at the NCC Commencement from the First County Bank Foundation Rey Giallongo, Jr., Chairman and CEO (far right) with a team of First County Bank volunteers good grades and volunteering in my ceremony in 2005.

44 45 The Legacy Society

Ms. Dorothy Caldwell-Marella David and Evan Levinson Leaving a Lasting Mr. Richard N. Cohen Join the Legacy Society Impact on Student Mr. Henry Coleman This Year Success Mr. Leroy Corbo Mr. Donald Cowie Norwalk Community College The Legacy Society has been established Mr. Frank Ellis Foundation (NCCF): Why is Support of to honor and recognize those who have Mr. Emerson Emrich the Foundation Important?

made a commitment to the Foundation Mrs. Florence Foster DAVID: The key, of course, is the scholar- Mrs. Helen-Louise Fullman ships. The Foundation provides close to through their estate plan. Participation Legacy Society Members (left to right): NCC Found- ation Board Emeritus Director Ann S. Mandel, Mrs. Neal Gilliatt $1 million in scholarships per year to NCC is through a variety of vehicles including NCC President David L. Levinson, Ph.D., and NCC Mrs. Evelyn Whitlow Hansen Foundation Board Director Lenore C. Mintz students. What strikes Evan and me is bequests in wills or designation of the Ms. Jean Bradley Harper the passion that the Foundation team, the Ms. Stacy M. Israel NCC Foundation as a beneficiary of an Current Members Board and the supporters of the NCC Mrs. Blanche F. Kent Foundation bring to their support of the insurance policy, retirement fund or chari- Stephen and Susan Bates Dr. Edward Littman College. The community engagement is Mrs. Richard N. Cohen table trust. Our Legacy Society members’ Mrs. Libby Nevas impressive and very powerful. Mrs. Henry Coleman Harriett Sink Prophet and vision and generosity exemplifies a Dr. Kathleen S. Fries Wilson Brown Prophet, Jr. NCCF: Why Did You Decide on a dedication to student success. Mr. William Collins and Mr. Theodore Schachat Planned Giving Strategy? Ms. Elizabeth Gibbs If you have already included the Budd S. Schwartz Mrs. Ellen Sue Hattenbach DAVID: What we found compelling was Mrs. Jessica B. Shaeffer NCC Foundation in your estate plans, we Ms. Betty F. Herman that planned giving allows us to leave Ms. Pauline A. Toner sincerely thank you! Please consider Mr. Frederick E. Kellogg, Jr. a lasting legacy. What could be better Ms. Marion Underhill Evan and David levinson, Legacy Society Members Jules Lang, Esq. and more meaningful than to be mem- notifying us so that we can acknowledge Olivia L. Vlahos Mrs. Martha Layman orialized in an academic setting! The your generosity as a Legacy Society Ms. Morrise R. Wagner EVAN: David and I have raised our Become a Legacy Society David and Evan Levinson legacy of the contributions that we and Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Walworth, Jr. children to be socially conscious, an Member Member (if desired, your anonymity will Elaine Littman others leave behind will live on at the important ethic that guides our lives. Catherine Lucia College (through the Foundation) in be preserved). By participating in the Legacy Society, Connecticut currently has the largest edu- Ann S. Mandel perpetuity—helping many generations cation gap in the nation. NCC Foundation Find out more on our website at we will impact future generations of Mrs. Lenore C. Mintz of students to achieve their goals. students, and also we are serving as role Legacy Society members make a perma- www.NCC-Foundation.org, or contact Mr. Charles Monaghan models for our daughters with the hope nent commitment to student success that Mr. John W. Roberson NCCF: Have You Designated Your Sue Rigano, Director of Development, at that they will replicate this act. is priceless! Ann P. Rogers Contribution to a Specific Purpose? There are a variety of ways you can (203) 857-7261 or [email protected]. Mr. Jeffrey A. Rubin make a planned gift and join the Levinsons DAVID and EVAN: We’ve designated this About the Levinsons: David L. Levinson, Gary Vervoort in the Legacy Society: Bequest in Your Will, bequest for general purposes. It’s hard Ph.D. has been President of Norwalk Retirement Fund Beneficiary, Life Insur- to know what the needs of the College College since 2004; Evan Levinson, M.Ed., Members in Memoriam ance Policy Beneficiary, Charitable Trust will be in the future, so we don’t want to was most recently an Administrator of Beneficiary, or Other Deferred Gift. To best Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Arrol restrict the Foundation. We’d like the Special Education in the Norwalk Public support the future, donors may want to Mr. Everett I.L. Baker College to have the freedom to apply our School System. designate their bequests as unrestricted. Mary Bauer legacy to the greatest need. Legacy Society Member in Memoriam Everett For more information, please visit our Mary Brackett I.L. Baker (c. 1974), for whom the NCC Library website at www.NCC-Foundation.org. Ms. Grace Beckmann is named. Mr. Baker was President of NCC Mr. Harry W. Berkowitz from 1966 to 1982 and later an Honorary Director of the NCC Foundation Board until Dr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Bucky his death in 2005.

46 47 Where Our Students Transfer

Norwalk Community College students Pennsylvania State University are accepted to public and private four- Pratt Institute year colleges and universities, including Purchase College/SUNY many highly competitive and Ivy League Quinnipiac University institutions. Below is a partial list of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where our students transfer. Rochester School of Technology Roger Williams University American Academy of Dramatic Arts Sacred Heart University American Intercontinental University Sarah Lawrence College Bard College Savannah College of Art & Design Baruch College School of Visual Arts Berkley College Skidmore College Boston Architectural College Southern Connecticut State University Boston University Smith College Carnegie Mellon University St. Johns University Central Connecticut State University Temple University Charter Oak State College University of Bridgeport City College of New York, Groove University of Connecticut School of Engineering University of Massachusetts Columbia University University of Michigan Concordia College University of New Haven Connecticut College University of North Carolina Cooper Union, School of Engineering University of Pennsylvania Cornell University Utica College Culinary Institute of America ©2016 Norwalk Community College Villanova University De Paul University Virginia Commonwealth University Photography: Eastern Connecticut State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute Madeline Barillo: pp. 14 (upper right), 15 (top), 15 (bottom) Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and State University Rich Freeda: cover, pp. 1, 2, 4 (left), 6, 8 (bottom), 9 (top), Fairfield University Wellesley College 12, 14 (lower left), 16, 17 (middle), 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, 33 Fashion Institute of Technology (both), 34 (all), 36-38, 40-43, 45 (upper right), 48 Wesleyan University Florida State University Radu Gheorghe: pp. 15 (middle right), 24, 28 (middle right) Western Connecticut State University Fordham University Karen Hart: pp. 10 (top), 13 (top), 13 (bottom), 13 (right), Yale University Georgetown University 17 (right), 18 (upper left), 45 (bottom) Harvard University Rick Leonard: pp. 15 (middle left), 15 (lower middle) Howard University Sue Rigano: pp. 27, 44 (left) John Jay College of Criminal Justice Catherine Lucia: pp. 28 (upper left), 28 (lower right) Johnson & Wales University Bernie Weiss: pp. 25, 45 (middle), 47

Manhattanville College Cynthia Zaref: pp. 3, 4 (top), 13 (left), 14 (upper left), 46 Marymount College (upper left) Mercy College Contributed photos: pp. 7, 8 (top), 9 (bottom), 10 (bottom), Michigan Technological University 15 (lower left), 17 (left), 17 (bottom), 18 (middle left), 18 (right), 18 (bottom), 44 (bottom), 45 (upper left), 46 Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland (lower right) New York Institute of Technology Cynthia Zaref New York School of lnterior Design Design: New York University Editorial: NCC, Madeline Barillo; NCC Foundation Staff Northeastern University Printing: GHP, Inc., West Haven, CT Northwestern University Norwalk Community College does not discriminate on Ohio State University the basis of race, color, creed, gender, sex, age, religion, Pace University criminal record, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, national origin, military status, citizen- Parsons School of Design ship status, gender identity and expression or genetic information. Please contact Cheryl C. De Vonish, Esq., Chief Diversity Officer/Special Advisor to the President at (203) 857-7016 or [email protected] for inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies. Norwalk Community College 188 Richards Avenue Norwalk, CT 06854-1655 (203) 857-7060 www.norwalk.edu

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