Workforce Development Initiative Highlighted

An LI Herald article highlights the School of Health Professions’ Workforce Development Initiative, funded by a New York State Department of Labor grant, to train underemployed and unemployed individuals for careers in healthcare. Through the program, 150 students, including 29 from Hempstead and Uniondale, have completed training in one of four certificates: Physical Therapy Aide, Personal Trainer, Registered Nurse Refresher, and Medical Spanish. “This was about providing an opportunity to students who might not know exactly what they want to do after high school,” said Corri Wolf, Ph.D., associate professor of physician assistant studies. “And open up their eyes to careers in healthcare and what it is like to be on a college campus.”