Dowling College

Fortunoff Hall

Racanelli Center

Dowling College is an accredited private college with its main campuses at Oakdale, Shirley and Melville in Suffolk County, with more than 6,500 full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students through four schools: the School of Arts & Sciences, Townsend School of Business, School of Education and School of Aviation. Dowling's most recognized programs are in Avation Management, Education, and Computer Science.

Academic Ranking

Dowling is not ranked among the top 100 colleges in USA or abroad. It is well known in the greater New York region for MBA, Computer Science, and Education degrees. The college has a thriving community of commuter students.

Honors Program

Students admitted to Presidential Honors program are an exclusive minority on Dowling's campus. The group is composed of students with national and international accolades, supported by scholarships and grants from Dowling College.

History

Dowling College originated in 1955 when Adelphi College offered extension classes in Port Jefferson, Riverhead, and Sayville. In 1959, at the urging of community leaders, Adelphi Suffolk College became the first four year, degree granting liberal arts institution in Suffolk County, housed in an old public school building in Sayville. In January 1963, Adelphi Suffolk College purchased the former W.K. Vanderbilt estate in Oakdale and began developing as an important educational force on Long Island.^{[citation needed]}

In 1968, the College severed its ties with Adelphi and was renamed after its chief benefactor, Robert Dowling. In response to increased enrollment^{[citation needed]}, the Racanelli Learning Resource Center was constructed in 1974 to house the library, cafeteria and additional classrooms.

Shortly after the LRC opened, a devastating fire started in the mansion. The ornate ceremonial rooms of the College (the Hunt Room, the Foyer and Ballroom) were substantially damaged. A College committee, led by Dowling Trustee Alan Fortunoff, guided the restoration of the ornate woodwork, precious marble, and the elaborately carved stonework. While many of the fine details were lost, the grandeur and fine proportions remain.^{[citation needed]}

Campuses

The Rudolph Campus is located just 50 miles east of Manhattan and just minutes from the ocean beaches on Long Island, New York.^{[citation needed]} Brookhaven Campus is located 18 miles east on the William Floyd Parkway in Shirley.^{[citation needed]} A Free shuttle bus service runs between campuses.^{[citation needed]} Selected courses are also offered at the Melville Center.^{[citation needed]}

Academics

School of Arts and Sciences

The School of Arts of Sciences has 3 divisions: Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences & Mathematics.

Arts & Humanities

Faculty in this division include

Robert Berchman, Ph.D., author of Porphyry Against the Christians (Brill Academic Publishers, 2005), Mediators of the Divine (University of South Florida, 1998), From Philo to Origen: Middle Platonism in Transition (Scholars Press, 1985), and editor of History of Platonism: Plato Redivivus (University Press of the South, 2005)

Joshua Gidding, Ph.D., author of Failure: An Autobiography (Cyan Communications, 2007) and The Old Girl (Henry Holt, 1980)

Isaac Rosler, Ph.D., author of Eros Revisited: Love for the Indeterminate Other (Lexington Books, 2007)

Susan Rosenstreich, Ph.D., editor of Encounters with Quebec: Emerging Perspectives on Québécois Narrative Fiction, (Global Academic Publishing, 1998)

Elio Zappulla, Ph.D., translator of Dante's Inferno: A New Verse Translation (Pantheon, 1998)

School of Aviation

Flight simulators and aircraft including 9 Piper Warriors, an Arrow and a twin engine Seminole.^{[citation needed]} All planes are equipped with IFR certified Garmin Global Position Systems with moving map capability.^{[citation needed]} New NASA funded airport management simulation lab.^{[citation needed]} Graduates of the program may obtain all pilot certificates and ratings. One of only 14 institutions in the AT-CTI program for prospective Air Traffic Controllers.^{[citation needed]}

Townsend School of Business

Townsend School of Business offers under-graduate and graduate degree programs along with post-graduate certificate programs. Dowling's General Management MBA program is a popular option catering to the needs of Long Island for almost two decades.^{[citation needed]} Many corporations and businesses sponsor their executives' business education in the Suffolk County and Nassau County.^{[citation needed]}

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs at Dowling College provide an educational foundation for responsible business leadership. Students develop a professional point of view in the science of management with respect to organization, operation, administration, and control of a business enterprise; a decision-making capability through application of quantitative tools as a key supplement to their own value judgements; the capability of utilizing knowledge within the complex environment of our society; and experience in business affairs through an internship.^{[citation needed]} Emphasis is placed on creating a sense of responsibility to qualify the student as a prospective manager whose mission is to assume social responsibility as well as to serve his or her own economic interest.^{[citation needed]}

The Master of Business Administration programs at Dowling College are accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), and have been approved by and duly registered with the New York State Education Department (NYSED).^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

The 2006 Dowling College Men's Soccer Team won the Division II National Championship. The 2008 Dowling College Men's Soccer Team made it to the National Championship game, falling to Cal. State Dominguez Hills.

Financial Aid

88% of full-time undergraduate students received some form of financial assistance in the 2006-2007 academic year.^{[citation needed]} Sources of assistance include: college grants and scholarships, state and federal grants, loans and work-study, and funding from private organizations.^{[citation needed]}

Alumni employment

One year after graduation, 96% are employed or attending graduate school:^{[citation needed]}

26% teachers^{[citation needed]}
26% managers^{[citation needed]}
24% other professionals^{[citation needed]}
8% sales^{[citation needed]}
4% administrators^{[citation needed]}
4% other occupations^{[citation needed]}
4% graduate students^{[citation needed]}

External links

Official website

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