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SCOPE Program Aids First-Generation College Students, the Disabled, or those with Low Incomes

New Rochelle, N.Y., September 14 . Iona College has received a grant of $226,698 . one of the largest grants in its 60-year history . from the U.S. Department of Education for the 1999-2000 academic year. The funding, which represents 99 percent of the funds of the project, will support the TRIO Student Support Services Program. Known as SCOPE (Students. Comprehensive Orientation Program for Educational Success) at Iona, the program provides free services to first-generation college students, those from low-income households or who are disabled. Total cost of Iona. s SCOPE program will be $229,198; the remaining one percent ($2,500) of the required funds will be provided by Iona College.

Through SCOPE, eligible Iona students will receive personal and academic counseling, student skills assessment, tutoring in writing techniques, tutoring in math, financial aid counseling, career planning, peer mentors and tutors and cultural enrichment activities. The program will operate Monday-Friday from 8:30 am-4:30 pm out of room 203 of Amend Hall at the New Rochelle campus.

SCOPE staff includes Dr. Loretta M. Hauser, Director; Sandra D. Mikulick, Counselor; Shari Baumgarten, Counselor; Heather Ostman, Writing Specialist; Robert TenEyck, Math Specialist and Thomas Vecchione, Office Assistant.

Iona College, founded by the Christian Brothers in 1940, is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous post-graduate programs.

For further information, contact (914) 633-2184.

For questions or more information please contact:
Meghan Finn
Public Relations Office
Iona College, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10801
tel: 914 633-2005 fax: 914 637-2711

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