When the time came to transfer to a four-year university, Giambruno felt the choice was an easy one. She chose to enroll at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, where she was offered a full-tuition transfer scholarship. She is now a junior majoring in childhood education in the college's renowned School of Education and she is looking forward to joining the next generation of educators on Long Island.

"I have wanted to be a teacher for as long as I can remember," says Giambruno, a 20-year-old graduate of MacArthur High School in Levittown.

"When I was thinking about transferring [from Nassau], I started looking at the Ivy Leagues - Brown University, UNC at Chapel Hill," Giambruno says. "Then I realized that I could get the exact same education right here on Long Island. After all, you don't have to go to leave the area to get an excellent education."

Giambruno enjoyed her experience at Nassau Community, where she found knowledgeable professors and challenging courses. She then found that and more at C.W. Post, where she began her studies in September 2002. C.W. Post accepted all 72 of her Nassau credits in a transfer process that was surprisingly seamless. And she is again a member of the Honors Program, working on a 4.0 GPA and helping to recruit new students. She works in the Admissions Office as a "student ambassador," leading prospective students on campus tours and through the application process.

"I'm very comfortable at C.W. Post," says Giambruno. "I think its a school where anyone can feel comfortable."

C.W. Post educates approximately 12,000 per year in more than 250 undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs. Students range from traditional college-age young men and women to mid-life and late life returnees. The C.W. Post student population is ethnically and socio-economically diverse and the school awards more than $64 million annually in financial aid in its mission to provide quality education to to students from all walks of life.

For more information, call the C.W. Post Office of Public Relations at (516) 299-2333.