News Release
Feb 6, 2009
1,000 Students were in Albany to Advocate for Access to Higher Education on February 10
Note to editors and journalists: 2/10/09 broadcast satellite coordinates and information below.
WHAT: Students from more than 70 colleges and
universities will attend Student Lobby Day to support student and
institutional aid programs that ensure access to higher education.
Student Lobby Day is sponsored by the Commission on Independent
Colleges and Universities (CICU) in partnership with the Association
Program Administrators of C-STEP and STEP, and the Higher Education
Opportunity Program Professional Organization.
More than 1,000 students will meet with hundreds of lawmakers and staff
to seek restorations to the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), Grad TAP,
Direct Institutional)(“Bundy”) Aid, and the Science and Technology
Entry Program (C-STEP); generate support for the Higher Education
Opportunity Program and Liberty Partnerships Program; and encourage the
passage of the New York Higher Education Load Program (NYHELPs) to
provide low-cost student loans.
WHEN: Tuesday, February 10, 2009
10:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (information briefing and rally)
12:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (legislative visits)
WHERE: Legislative Office Building, Well - Concourse Level of Empire State Plaza
WHO: Students, administrators, faculty, and alumni from the following campuses:
Associated Medical Schools of New York, Bard College, Buffalo State
College, Canisius College, City College of New York, City University of
New York - Brooklyn College, College Of Mount Saint Vincent, The
College of New Rochelle, The College of Saint Rose, Cornell University,
Daemen College, Dominican College, Dowling College, D'Youville College,
Fordham University, Hamilton College, Hilbert College, Hobart and
William Smith Colleges, Hofstra University, Houghton College, Iona
College, Ithaca College, Le Moyne College, Long Island University,
Manhattan College, Manhattanville College, Marist College, Mercy
College, Molloy College, Monroe Community College, Mount Saint Mary
College, New York Institute of Technology, New York University, Niagara
University, Nyack College, Pace University, Polytechnic Institute of
NYU, Pratt Institute, Purchase College, SUNY Queensborough Community
College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Roberts Wesleyan College,
Sarah Lawrence College, Siena College, Skidmore College, St.
Bonaventure University, St. Francis College, St. John Fisher College,
St. John's University, St. Thomas Aquinas College, St. Lawrence
University, Stony Brook University, SUNY at Buffalo, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY
Potsdam, Syracuse University, The College at Brockport, The Sage
Colleges, Trocaire College, Union College, University at Albany,
University at Buffalo, University of Rochester, Utica College, Vassar
College, Villa Maria College, Wagner College
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BROADCAST MEDIA INFORMATION
SATELLITE TIMES: Tuesday, February 10, 2009:
Program Start 03:30:00 PM ET
Program End 03:45:00 PM ET
Ku-band ANALOG Satellite Rx Coordinate Information:
Satellite.......................... AMC 16 (Ku Analog)
Location......................... 85 degrees west longitude
Transponder.................. 21
Receive frequency......... 12120 MHz
Audio.............................. 6.2 or 6.8 MHz [discrete wide]
Polarity........................... Vertical
Ku-band DIGITAL SCPC Satellite Rx Coordinate Information:
Satellite.......................... AMC 16 (Ku Digital)
Location......................... 85 degrees west longitude
Transponder.................. 23- Slot A 6
Receive frequency......... 12145 MHz
Symbol Rate .............. 3.9787
FEC .... 3/4
Polarity........................... Vertical
Technical support hotline: 518 453-9521. (If busy, please dial: 518 443-5333).
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The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) represents the chief executives of New York's 100+ independent (private, not-for-profit) colleges and universities on issues of public policy. Member colleges compose the largest private sector of higher education in the world and confer most of the bachelor's degrees (56%), master's degrees (72%), and doctoral and first-professional degrees (80%) earned in New York State.
CICU member campuses enroll more than 466,000 students, including nearly 300,000 New York State residents. One in three (27%) New Yorkers enrolled full time at independent colleges and universities in the state comes from a family earning less than $40,000 annually. And most (52%) African-American and Latino students who earn their bachelor's and graduate degrees in New York State are Independent Sector alumni.