Unprecedented Gift to Dive Program

In 2009 when the recession was at it's peak, Dr Jill Landesberg-Boyle was able to bring an unprecedented $1 million bequest to FKCC from the James E. Lockwood Estate. This gift enabled to college to expand it's diving program into a nationally recognized curriculum rather having to face cut-backs.

FKCC being a community college has a mission for workforce development. This bequest enables FKCC to offer education on underwater welding, hyperbaric medicine, port security, coral reef mapping and coral reef restorations.

Furthermore, there is no doubt that Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle success with bringing this gift to the college, set the college up for further success and funding. The $1 million bequest enabled FKCC to further invest in the diving programing, giving it national recognition and the resources to support larger initiatives.

At the end of 2009 Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle received fantastic news from Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. The Federal Appropriation for the IUTS project, that Dr. Jill Landesberg-Boyle, Bill Chalfant, Dr. Patrick Rice, and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen were working to bring to FKCC was approved.