First on Long Island: Suffolk Named an Amazon Education Partner for Career Choice Program

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗦𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺

𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦

Suffolk County Community College has been selected as Long Island’s first education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program to provide Amazon’s hourly employees access to Suffolk County Community College, the college and company announced.

“We are delighted to be the first on Long Island to partner with Amazon to offer this important opportunity. Amazon’s Career Choice program is in keeping with Suffolk’s core mission to provide outstanding and affordable educational opportunities for all county residents. Partnering with Amazon will allow us to connect a new audience of working students with either traditional college courses or career-oriented training for in-demand jobs, that will positively impact their lives and our communities,” said Suffolk County Community College President Dr. Edward Bonahue…

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Suffolk County Community College December Spotlight Newsletter

Welcome to the second edition of “Spotlight,” the official newsletter of Suffolk County Community College.

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	Featured Articles Strategic Planning Next Steps Dr. Bonahue and the Strategic Planning Council will be engaged with the community on reimagining the college’s Mission and Vision statements. Read more
College Selected by Amazon as an Education Partner for the Career Choice Program Through this partnership, the college will welcome eligible hourly Amazon employees as they start or continue their path to career success. Read more
	Q&A with Shannon O’Neill ’00, College Director of Veteran Services Learn more about how the college supports and honors veterans. Read more
New Scholarships Ensure Enhanced Student Access This year, nine students are attending SUNY Suffolk thanks to a scholarship donation of $37,500 from Suffolk Credit Union. Read more
	Two EAC Clients Honored by New York State Two clients from the college’s Entrepreneurial Assistance Center (EAC) have been recognized as Entrepreneurs-of-the-Year. Read more
New Certificate Programs Now Available at Suffolk In response to employer demands to build the pipeline of trained workers, and the preference of Suffolk County residents, we have been actively developing a series of shorter-term, employment-oriented certificates. Read more
Information Technology Staff Recognition The SUNY Suffolk Enterprise Applications team received the Student Information and Campus Administrative Systems (SICAS) Award for innovation and collaboration at the SICAS conference this past October. Read more
	Dr. Edward Martinez Selected for SUNY 2023 Hispanic Leadership Institute Class It is the sixth class since the program began in 2018. Read more

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