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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2004

SCHUMER SECURES $100,000 FOR CAZENOVIA COLLEGE FOR THEIR NEW ART AND DESIGN BUILDING

Funding included in new FY05 Omnibus Appropriations report

Funds will be used to buy technical equipment and furniture for their new art and design academic building

Senator Charles E. Schumer announced today that Congress passed the Fiscal Year 2005 Omnibus Appropriations bill which included $100,000 in federal funds for Cazenovia College. The funds were included in the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations section of the bill. The bill will proceed to the President to be signed into law.

"Cazenovia College has a reputation of training some of the best and brightest in the Art and Design," Schumer said."This funding will help students and teachers not only meet and exceed industry standards, but position themselves early in their careers as professional leaders."

Art and Design is the oldest area of study continuously taught at Cazenovia College. Graduates of their programs are employed throughout New York State, the Northeast, nationally, and globally in fields ranging from fashion and interior design, to marketing and studio of commercial illustration. Cazenovia College would use the funds to purchase technical equipment, furniture, and supplies for their new art and design academic building. The college's art Art and Design programs focus on student preparation in aesthetics, with an economic accent.

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