Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology Student Rosa Priebe
Is Bronx High School Winner of Nat Geo Mundo Student Explorer Contest
Sponsored by Optimum Community and Nat Geo Mundo
Student receives full scholarship for summer travel experience
With the 2016 National Geographic Student Expedition in Italy and Greece
Pictured (l. to r.) are Optimum Community Director of Government Affairs Liz Ferrier, Guidance Counselor Catalina Cruz, Winner Rosa Priebe, Fox Networks Manager of Distribution Marketing Rachel Mehaffie, Principal Fiorella Cabrejos and Director of Community School Programs Lillian Garcia.
Bronx, NY, June 10, 2016 – Optimum Community is pleased to announce that Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology student Rosa Priebe is the Bronx high school winner of the 2016 Nat Geo Mundo Student Explorer Contest sponsored by Optimum Community and Nat Geo Mundo. She will receive a full scholarship for a summer travel experience with the 2016 National Geographic Student Expedition in Italy and Greece. The contest was open to 129 public high schools in the Bronx and 16 in Newark (NJ).
“Cablevision is pleased to partner once again with Nat Geo Mundo in bringing this exciting opportunity for educational travel abroad to high school students,” said Cablevision Vice President of Public Affairs Jennifer Ostrager. “We congratulate Rosa Priebe on her winning essay and wish her all the best as she embarks on a terrific summer adventure, one from which I am sure she will benefit in many ways.”
Sponsored by Optimum Community and Nat Geo Mundo, the Nat Geo Mundo Explorer Contest invited juniors and seniors from select schools in the Bronx and Newark, NJ, to apply for a full-scholarship summer travel experience with an emphasis on learning and enrichment. Nat Geo selected one student from the Bronx and one from Newark to participate in the 2016 National Geographic Student Expedition, with program tuition and air travel paid. All trips are led by qualified trip leaders and a National Geographic expert and are provided by National Geographic Student Expeditions. Applicants were required to complete a student travel award application, including personal references and a 300-word essay on what he/she “hopes to accomplish through world travel and why they should be selected.”
About Optimum Community
Optimum Community, a Cablevision initiative formerly known as Power to Learn, connects schools and communities in the company’s footprint with a broad range of services. Cablevision offers thousands of schools and libraries across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with free access to its popular Optimum-branded cable TV and Internet. Hands-on, educational programs presented by Optimum Community include Internet Smarts, Knicks Summer Reading, Student Lens, and Charity Champions. Optimum Community also keeps Optimum subscribers informed about important events and issues through expanded local programming, including Neighborhood Journal and its signature public affairs show, Meet the Leaders. Additional information and content is available at: www.optimum.net/community.
About Nat Geo Mundo
Launched in 2011, Nat Geo Mundo is an entertainment channel featuring inspirational programming and an innovative mix of drama and action series, all with a focus on entertaining U.S. Latino audiences. The channel provides a combination of high-quality programming that is both positive and uplifting, and that is linked to science, culture and history. As a joint project of Fox Networks Group and National Geographic Ventures, the mission of Nat Geo Mundo is to engage the bilingual and bicultural U.S. Latino community by expanding their horizons through programs about the world around them. Nat Geo Mundo is a contemporary extension of the National Geographic Society, an organization that has motivated people to become aware of the planet since 1888. For more information, please visit www.natgeomundo.com.
About Cablevision
Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE: CVC) is a leading media and telecommunications company, serving millions of households and businesses throughout the greater New York area. Providing quality products that keep customers connected, Cablevision offers Optimum-branded digital cable television, high-speed Internet and phone services as well as Optimum WiFi, the nation’s most robust wireless Internet network. Cablevision’s Lightpath subsidiary is a premier provider of integrated business communications solutions for larger companies. Through its local media and programming properties – News 12 Networks and Newsday Media Group – Cablevision also delivers news and information created specifically for the communities it serves. Additional information about Cablevision is available at www.cablevision.com.
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