Rally held on eve of Island-wide event September 22
(Long Island, NY) Farmingdale State College will join the global effort to reduce vehicle miles and carbon emissions with a rally on Wednesday, September 21 in support of the 4th Annual Car Free Day LI.
Car Free Day will be observed worldwide on Thursday, September 22.
The rally is scheduled for 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., on the patio behind the Campus Center. It will feature education about sustainable transportation choices, and event participants will be asked to pledge to be car-free or car-light on September 22.
Farmingdale State College will join the global effort to reduce vehicle miles and carbon emissions with a rally on Wednesday, September 21. Photo Credit: Huberty Mars/FreeImages.com.
In support of the Island-wide event, the rally will also featureresources provided by organizations including 511NYRideshare, Transit Solutions, the Sierra Club of Long Island, Sustainable LI, and Northwell Health. Guest speakers will address issues such as the environmental, economic, and health impacts of single-occupancy vehicles.
“Farmingdale State College is a supporter of Car Free Day because it is in line with our ongoing efforts to be an energy-efficient campus that is a model for both institutions of higher learning and the greater Long Island community,” said Farmingdale President John S. Nader.“Our support includes not only an annual Car Free Day rally, but a commuter webpage (farmingdale.edu/commuter) which provides valuable resourcesto encouragethe Farmingdale State community to use alternative means of getting to campus. We can all agree that reducing vehicle traffic is good for the environment and has positive long-term effects.”
The latest Farmingdale State College initiative to reducevehicle miles is a courtesyshuttle service available to students, faculty and staff. The RAM Shuttle runs weekdays from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m., and makes stops at the Farmingdale LIRR station and the college’s Aviation Center on Route 110.
Car Free Day LIis supported by a broad-based group of Long Island leaders from major employers; business, civic and environmental groups; universities, and municipalities. Commuters, students and families can pledge to go car-free or car-lite at the Car Free Day LI website (http://carfreedayli.com/pledge/). Participants are also eligible to win raffle prizes, including a Wine Country bike tour, theater tickets, gift cards, bicycles, tickets to a New York Cosmos game and more.
Farmingdale State College prepares students with the education, skills, and critical thinking needed to meet tomorrow’s challenges. As the largest of SUNY’s colleges of technology (with more than 9,000 students), FSC equips students with the resources and knowledge sought by today’s emerging industries. Offering bachelor and associate degrees, FSC will soon offer its first graduate program. At FSC, students learn in small, personalized classes and have abundant opportunities for applied learning—internships, clinical training, and guided research—that provide practical instruction and personal growth. Located an hour east of Manhattan, the campus offers residential halls, a lush 380-acre campus undergoing major renovation, and a highly successful NCAA Division III athletics program with modern facilities to make FSC one of the fastest-growing colleges in the region. In addition, in 2015, 2014 and 2013, FSC was listed one of the best colleges in the North and in 2013 FSC was the only SUNY school (and the only LI school) listed in the LEAST debt category in the section titled Student Debt Load at Graduation for regional colleges in the north. In 2015 UniversityPrimeTime.com again listed FSC the fifth safest college in the nation. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/farmingdale.
