Terrier Volume 76, Number 1 - Spring 2012 | Page 4

128th Annual Charter Day

Serving St. Francis’s Technology Needs

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rooklyn Borough
President Marty
Markowitz was
awarded an honorary
degree while real estate
developer and philanthropist John Loconsolo
was presented with the
St. Clare Medal of Service
at St. Francis College’s
128th Charter Day
celebration on April 27.
Markowitz delivered
a lively, motivational
keynote address at the
(Left) Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. (Right) After the convocation, John Loconsolo announced the creation of the Victoria
event, describing why
St. Francis of Assisi would Loconsolo Foundation Scholarship, which will help pay tuition for two juniors who graduated from high schools in the Brooklyn Diocese.
have been a perfect
the new members of the Society, while
you’re resilient, you’re ambitious, you’re
Brooklynite and telling students that as
Lorraine M. Lynch ’91 National Grid
determined, you’re innovative, you don’t take
Brooklynites they are destined to be successVice President, U.S. Treasury presented the
no for an answer and it means that you can
ful. “You all will earn your BSs or BAs.
National Grid Scholarship and Internships
charm people off their feet and be in their
Of course by BS I mean Brooklyn-savvy and
to Matthew J. Galeano ’13, Chandradath
face at the same time.”
BA I mean Brooklyn attitude. When I say
Ramotar ’13 and James Toscano ’13.
In addition, President of the Duns Scotus
Brooklyn attitude, I mean that you are tough,
Honors Society Tamas Toth ’12 helped induct

Nat i o n a l G r i d R e wa r d s
Going Green
Going green is helping St. Francis stay in the black
as another major campus construction project
wraps up. With the installation of a new chiller, the
College has been awarded a rebate check of more
than $185,000 from National Grid. The energyefficient gas chiller selected by St. Francis will
allow the college to save approximately 80,000
therms a year. The money is from an incentive
program that encourages institutions to use more

efficient equipment. National Grid then passes
along a portion of the future energy savings.
“The timing was perfect for these projects.
We needed to make some major upgrades to
our facilities and being energy efficient is a top
priority for the College and for National Grid,”
said Kevin O’Rourke, assistant vice president,
Capital Projects and Facilities Management.
“Everybody wins.”
Once work on the new boiler is completed, the
College expects to receive another large energy
rebate from the utility company. In addition to
the boiler upgrade, National Grid will also provide
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