C.W. Post and Queensborough Community College Sign Transfer Agreement

June 20, 2003 -- To make transferring to a four-year private university as convenient as possible, the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University and Queensborough Community College (QCC) recently signed a Transfer Agreement to provide an opportunity for students who are admitted to QCC to transfer to the C.W. Post Campus in Brookville without loss of course credits. The program also allows students to earn both a QCC associate’s degree and C.W. Post bachelor’s degree within four years.

Under the new agreement, eligible students must hold an associate’s degree from QCC to continue their education at C.W. Post and will have junior year status upon registering at C.W. Post.

"This new transfer program will allow associate's degree graduates of Queensborough Community College to maintain the momentum of their education as they continue on to the bachelor's degree level," said Gary Bergman, C.W. Post’s Associate Provost for Enrollment Services. "We've developed a seamless process that employs all the advantages of earning an associate's degree and a bachelor's degree from two of the area’s finest schools."

The program gives QCC students many benefits, such as priority for on-campus housing at C.W. Post. Upon acceptance to the transfer program, students can immediately obtain a C.W. Post photo identification card, which allows them access to the C.W. Post library and computer laboratories, as well as to campus events and programs. Representatives of C.W. Post will also meet with QCC students on a regular basis to provide information on C.W. Post curriculum, financial aid and scholarships.

Applicants to the program must be first-time, matriculated freshmen or currently matriculated QCC students with fewer than 24 credits studying business administration, computer information systems, liberal arts/humanities, mathematics and science, nursing, fine and performing arts, and digital art and design. Other QCC academic programs majors will be added to the program later, and interested students should check if their majors have become comparable at both institutions.

Scholarship assistance is automatically available to QCC students transferring with a 3.0 or better grade point average, ranging from $3,000-$12,000 a year depending on academic standing. An award of $100 per credit hour is available to part-time students taking between 3-11 credits per semester who maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher. Full-time honors students, with an overall 3.75 GPA or higher, will earn a $1,000 annual honors scholarship, in addition to any other awards.

For more information call Denise Seigel, Associate Director of Admissions at C.W. Post, at (516) 299-3392 or email denise.seigel@liu.edu.

The C.W. Post Campus in Brookville is one of six campuses of Long Island University, the seventh largest private university in the United States. With more than 13,000 full- and part-time students, C.W. Post offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programs in accountancy, business (AACSB accredited), computer science, liberal arts and sciences, library and information science (ALA accredited), education, health professions and nursing, public service, and visual and performing arts. C.W. Post also offers an extensive continuing education program.