New York 811 Provides $10,000 in Scholarships to 10 Manhattan College Students
This is the third year the organization has given scholarships to college students who live in New York City and Long Island.
New York 811 has awarded ten $1,008.11 scholarships to ten Manhattan College students in the School of Engineering. New York 811 announced the scholarships on Tuesday, August 11 as part of its 811 Day campaign, which seeks to raise awareness about safe digging in New York City and Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
This is the third year the organization has given scholarships to college students who live in New York City and Long Island. For the first time this year, New York 811 exclusively partnered with Manhattan College on the scholarship program.
The students, who are all civil engineering majors, are:
- Brandon Alvarez ’21
- Jeremy Capuder ’21
- Robert Del Prete ’21
- David Levi ’21
- Emil Mamedov ’21
- Quinten Murphy ’23
- Kaltrina Novaj ’22
- Matthew Sweeney ’21
- Leonardo Vega ’21
- Dashna Zephirin ’21
New York 811 is a nonprofit organization that acts as a communications link between utility companies and individuals planning any digging activity in the five boroughs of New York City and Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island.