New Academic Counselor for the “First in the World” Program
April 18, 2016
Please welcome Joanna Breitman to Farmingdale.
Joanna is the new Academic Counselor in the “First in the World” Research-Aligned Mentorship program. She is responsible for working with first-year and transfer students to help improve their four-year graduation rates. Her duties include one-on-one counseling, tracking and monitoring student progress, connecting students with support services, teaching courses that focus on the first- and second-year college experience, and working on special events.
Joanna has had previous experience working with at-risk students at Mercy College in the Bronx where, most recently, she held the position of associate director in the Personalized Achievement Contract (PACT) program.
Under the direction of Dr. Beverly Kahn, Farmingdale’s “First in the World” program is funded by a $2.9 million grant from the US Department of Education. It has a goal of improving four-year graduation rates by 20% over Farmingdale’s baseline for first-year and transfer students. The program will support on-campus research and place faculty and students in mentored research experiences off campus in national laboratories, research universities, business accelerators, and other research venues.
