Presenting the award to Dr. Fanelli was Robert M. O'Neil, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center and past president of the University of Virginia. The Thomas Jefferson Center, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution engaged in research, education, and intervention on behalf of the individual right of free expression. Nassau Community College has nearly 600 students with disabilities currently enrolled at the College and they are entitled to receive an education without the frustration caused by obstacles that prevent them from getting to their classes on time and earning their degrees. NCC students expressed their gratification to Senator Fuschillo, stating that new electronic doors will provide improved access around campus and help them get to classes promptly. The public is invited to attend this entertaining, educational and cultural experience.
Admission is free.
All NCC programs are accessible to the disabled. His two-year term begins in April. Prof. Paul Doyle, English, wrote a literary critique of Laurence Thornton for the 7 th edition of the library reference book Contemporary Novelists. Prof. Judy Pestronk, Art, displayed bronze medals in a traveling exhibition with the American Medallic Association's AMSA 2000, first at QCC Art Gallery, City University, and then at Iola and Milwaukee. Mikki Vicoli, Information Services , was recognized by Wilton as the Eastern US Team Enrollment Winner of the Year for the year 2000 for her cake decorating classes.