A young David Aronow, a CCNY Class of 1913 alumnus. Photo courtesy of The David Aronow Foundation.
The David Aronow Foundation is partnering, once again, with The City College of New York for a fellowship named after the Class of 1913 alumnus, David Aronow. The David Aronow Fellowship at City College will provide a $3000 stipend to students with unpaid internships.
Aronow was the youngest of five surviving children in an immigrant family, and the only member of his generation to have the chance to go to college: City College. He founded his foundation in 1947, and it has contributed to educational, humanitarian, cultural and scientific causes for over seven decades
"We at The David Aronow Foundation trust that the DA fellowship establishes David Aronow's gratitude to CCNY and that it provides a critical link between higher education and professional experience and aspirations,” said Vida Leong, president of The David Aronow Foundation.
The gift, totaling $75,000, will continue to support the completion of internships by CCNY students. The Aronow Foundation’s existing partnership provides annual stipend awards to CCNY students through the college’s Career & Professional Development Institute.
“The Aronow Family has been committed, for generations, to the mission of City College, starting with the naming of the Aronow Theater,” said Dee Dee Mozeleski, vice president of the Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications, and External Relations, executive director of the Foundation for City College and senior advisor to the president. “We are fortunate to continue this relationship with the Foundation and its members and believe that the work we do together today is a direct reflection of David Aronow’s belief in the social mobility impact City College has always had on our students and their futures.”
To learn more about the foundation’s partnership with CCNY, please click here: https://davidaronow.foundation/ccny/.
About the City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks CCNY #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi puts at $1.9 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. This year, CCNY launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled "Doing Remarkable Things Together" seeks to bring the College’s Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.
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