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新澳门六合彩开奖记录 Veterans Get Boost from Rotary Scholarships

Military veterans at 新澳门六合彩开奖记录 now have more scholarship opportunities thanks to a donation from the Rotary Club of Indialantic.

The club presented a check Wednesday for just over $6,666 to college President Dr. Jim Richey to establish the Dr. James E. Hagerty Memorial Fund for veterans, named in honor of the late Rotarian.

The fund will benefit the 新澳门六合彩开奖记录 Foundation that provides 新澳门六合彩开奖记录 student scholarships.

Richey thanked the Rotarians for their generosity, saying, 鈥淚t will help the brave men and women who have served our country achieve their educational and career goals.鈥�

The college currently has about 1,100 veterans enrolled. It also has a Military and Veterans Service Center dedicated to helping them in the classroom and with receiving their educational benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The scholarship money came through ticket sales from the recent Rotary-sponsored appearance of former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper at the King Center for the Performing Arts on the Melbourne Campus.

Clapper, a retired Air Force Lt. General and Vietnam War combat veteran, served in the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

Before the presentation, Richey updated club members on the college鈥檚 continued growth and progress.

鈥淓verywhere you look, we have new initiatives underway that are making the college a vital center for higher education and workforce development along the Space Coast and East-Central Florida,鈥� he said.

The accomplishments Richey cited include:

• A prestigious Gold Rating from the Florida Board of Education for 新澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 performance in student success.
• Starting 40 new academic programs in the fields of Business, Health Care and Computer Technology.
• The programs include nearly 20 Bachelor鈥檚 Degree tracks with more than 2,000 students enrolled in the past year.
• Not raising tuition for six straight years, making Eastern Florida among the most affordable colleges in the state and nation.
• A major expansion of college facilities, including a new $20 million state-of-the-art Health Sciences Institute on the Melbourne Campus.
• A range services to help students excel, including a Career Planning and Development Center that has served more than 61,000 students since it opened.

The 新澳门六合彩开奖记录 Foundation awards about 550 scholarships annually, but the demand for financial assistance keeps rising.

To learn more about the Foundation or to donate, visit