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Digging Deeper with Dr. Lorna R. Lewis Ensuring Students Are College Career Ready |
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at Adelphi University Alumni House Garden City, Nassau County, Long Island, New York |
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March 5, 2015 |
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5:00 PM
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Adelphi University Alumni House |
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154 Cambridge Avenue |
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Garden City, NY 11530 |
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Digging Deeper with Dr. Lorna R. Lewis Educational Presentation Ensuring Students Are College Career Ready at Adelphi University Alumni House in Garden City, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
Dr. Lorna R. Lewis, superintendent of the Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD, will speak about ensuring that all students are college and career ready, drawing from her experiences as a leader in Nassau County education.
Lorna R. Lewis, Ed.D., will give a lecture entitled Digging Deeper: Ensuring All Students are College and Career Ready at Adelphi University on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 5:00PM in the Alumni House at 154 Cambridge Avenue, Garden City, NY. The lecture is sponsored by the Robert and Augusta P. Finkelstein Memorial Lecture Series and the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education.
Dr. Lewis is widely considered a leader in Nassau County education. She is currently the superintendent of schools in the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District. Dr. Lewis also serves as president-elect of the Nassau County Council for School Superintendents and an executive board member of the New York State Council of School Superintendents.
Within the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District, Dr. Lewis has initiated a five-year tracking survey for graduates attending Nassau Community College. The survey will monitor students in remedial classes, college graduation rates and other factors that can help Plainview-Old Bethpage better prepare their students for college and careers.
Dr. Lewis has received numerous awards and honors from organizations across Long Island, including the 2012 Educator of the Year award from both the St. John’s University chapter of Phi Delta Kappa and the Long Island Black Educators Association. Most recently, she was named a 2015 Nassau BOCES Education Partner, an award given to those who have had a profound effect on public education in Nassau County.
For more information on the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, visit education.adelphi.edu.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi is a world-class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, College of Nursing and Public Health and the School of Social Work—the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. As a nationally-ranked, doctoral research university, Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan, Suffolk County, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship. |
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516-877-4040 |
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