Institutional Advancement
Institutional Advancement supports the College’s mission through resource development, grants management support and compliance assistance, providing highly valued, value-added resources that helps the college implement evidence-based best practices to support student success, institutional innovation, and excellence. Institutional Advancement facilitates applications for external funding from state, federal, corporate, and foundation sources (grants development) and assists in the process of assuring that resources received adhere to funder’s guidelines. Institutional advancement has raised and supports millions of dollars of supplemental grant funding for the college.
Dr. Laurie Miller McNeill, Director of Institutional Advancement, leads the office. She has over 25 years directing strategic initiatives, research and evaluation, institutional capacity building and organizational development, with over 20 years expertise in grants development, management and implementation specific to community college settings. Reporting to the President of the College, she ensures that the colleges priorities and mission are fulfilled through external funding and provides support for college compliance with funders goals and objectives. She has a PhD in Sociology and Educational Policy from Columbia University.
Laura Barrett Hansen, Director of Grants Management, Support and Compliance supports the college by helping project directors and the college with post-award support with reporting, implementation, and navigating college and grant policies and procedures. She helps grant-funded projects and project directors achieve the goals set for each project. She has a Masters Degree in Labor Relations from Rutgers University.
Contact Us
Dr. Laurie Miller McNeill
Laurie.MillerMcNeill@sunywcc.edu
Laura Barrett Hansen
Laura.Barrett@sunywcc.edu
Recent Awards
Grant | Agency | Funding | |
1 | Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Student Portion (a) (1) a. CARES Act – $3,597,836 b. CRRSAA – $3,597,836 c. ARP- $13,141,473 |
US Department of Education P425E201126 |
$20,337,145 |
2 | Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Institutional Portion (a) (1) a. CARES Act $3,597,836 b. CRRSAA – $11,258,922 c. ARP – $13,028,409 |
US Department of Education P425F202001 |
$27,885,167 |
3 | Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund MSI L (a)(2) Hispanic Serving Institution a. CARES Act – $468,715 b. CRRSAA – $815,554 c. ARP – $1,395,802 |
US Department of Education P425L200538 |
$ 2,680,071 |
4 | Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Grant-Title V: Caminos al Exito-Pathways to Success |
US Department of Education P031S18005 |
$2,738,275 |
5 | SUNY Enrollment Grant -General Grant | State University of New York | $1,361,025 |
6 | SUNY Enrollment Grant-Underrepresented Minority Students Grant | State University of New York | $1,000,000 |
7 | PERKINS IV/CTEIA Basic Grant- 2023 | NYS Education Department 8000-23-6960 |
$ 890,110 |
8 | TRiO Student Support Services | US Department of Education P042A201010 |
$1,473,625 |
9 | CCAMPIS-Child Care Access Means Parents in School (2022-2026) | US Department of Education P335A220068 |
$1,848,892 |
10 | CCAMPIS-Child Care Access Means Parents in School 2022-23 No Cost Extension |
US Department of Education P335A180028 |
$211,361 |
11 | Moving the Needle at Westchester Community College: The Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) Replication | Arnold Ventures | $1,000,000 |
12 | Hispanic Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation Program STEM Ready Project Subaward |
US Department of Education Subaward with Mercy College P031C210053-SA1 |
$ 629,444 |
13 | Collaborative Research: HSI ATE Hub 2 – Theory to Practice: Professional Development for Culturally Responsive Technician Education | National Science Foundation DUE 2055506 |
$238,123 |
14 | PACE CyberCorps-Scholarship for Service Grant Subaward with PACE University |
National Science Foundation | $132,047 |
15 | GenCyber Camps Grant | National Security Agency National Science Foundation Grant H98230-21-1-0064 |
$149,551 |
16 | SUNY Job Linkage Grant Job Linked Learning in Westchester |
State University of New York #95251 |
$ 254,000 |
17 | Bridges to the Baccalaureate Subaward with Binghamton University |
Research Foundation for the State University of New York
Binghamton University |
$ 18,036 |
18 | Bright Futures-2023 | Con Edison Power of Giving | $ 25,000 |
19 | Family Empowerment Community College Pilot Program | State University of New York | $ 330,000 |
20 | Semiconductor Workforce Certification Subaward with SUNY Polytechnic Institute |
National Science Foundation Subaward with SUNY Polytechnic Institute |
$152,462 |
21 | New York Student Success Center-Guided Pathways-Gates Foundation | Research Foundation State University of New York | $12,500 |
22 | Re-imagine Workforce | State University of New York | $68,230 |
23 | Early Childhood Internship | State University of New York | $34,3220 |
24 | Childcare Initiative – National Accreditation | State University of New York | $ 7,067 |
25 | Workforce Development Training – Pathways Track | State University of New York | $200,000 |
26 | Strategic Enrollment Management | State University of New York, Lumina Foundation | $10,000 |
27 | SUNY REACH | State University of New York, Lumina Foundation | $15,000 |
28 | Tech Prep Program Yonkers Public School Subaward 2023 | NY State Education Dept Yonkers Subaward | $ 29,287 |
29 | Yonkers Early College Yonkers Public School Subaward 2023 | NY State Education Dept Yonkers Subaward | $ 81,427 |
30 | P-TECH Riverside High School Yonkers Public School Subaward 2023 | NY State Education Dept Yonkers Subaward | $120,656 |
31 | P-TECH Saunders High School Yonkers Public School Subaward 2023 | NY State Education Dept Yonkers Subaward | $ 96,108 |
32 | P-TECH Gorton High School Yonkers Public School Subaward 2023 | NY State Education Dept Yonkers Subaward | $ 59,645 |