Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy will be in Waterbury Friday afternoon for a press conference at NVCC. Photo by John Murray
Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a press event to announce state GEAR UP funding on Friday, June 8 at 3 p.m. at Naugatuck Valley Community College. The event will take place in the Technology Hall Atrium, West Entrance, 750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury. Speakers include Governor Malloy; President Robert A. Kennedy, Board of Regents; Mayor Neil O’Leary, city of Waterbury; Dr. Daisy Cocco De Filippis, president of Naugatuck Valley Community College; Dr. Mary A. Papazian, president of Southern Connecticut State University; Dr. Gena Glickman, president of Manchester Community College. Q&A session and light refreshments to follow.
WHO: Governor Malloy, President Kennedy, Mayor O’Leary, ConnSCU presidents
WHAT: Governor Malloy announces GEAR UP grant funding
WHEN: Friday, June 8, 2012; 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Technology Hall Atrium, Naugatuck Valley Community College, 750 Chase Parkway
The city of Waterbury learned that it would receive $11.2 million in GEAR UP funding from the State of Connecticut on May 3, 2011. GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federally-funded discretionary grant program designed to significantly increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in college. NVCC will serve as fiduciary for Waterbury’s grant award. Funding was also awarded to the city of New Haven to partner with Southern Connecticut State University and the city of East Hartford to partner with Manchester Community College in these efforts.