A group of employees from Northrop Grumman in Bethpage who are finishing their three and a half year corporate sponsored Masters of Business Administration from Long Island University decided to finish strong in their final course. The Management Elective course, taught by Professor Cathy Black of Long Island University, is the last of a forty-eight credit MBA in management being completed by about fifty Northrop Grumman Corporation employees in Bethpage. This last particular course had a challenging management project, creating and implementing a business plan for a non-profit organization.
The group of eight Northrop Grumman Bethpage employees including: Alex Athanasiou, Mike Biolansky, Daniel Leonardis, Craig Matuza, Dan McFarland, Jay Mui, John Pulsinelli, and Dennis Tan set-out to achieve a $500 goal. The team specifically chose the Special Olympics of Long Island Chapter. “We chose the Special Olympics because of their feedback to our proposal, enthusiasm for the event and the fact that they seem to provide the most value to their cause,” said one team member, Jay Mui. The team decided on a bowling event as a fun activity for amateurs and professionals alike.
The group had one major pin to knock down, that is Northrop Grumman Corporation was already sponsoring a fund raiser for the March of Dimes and a competing fund raiser could not be supported. “Northrop Grumman is always supporting twelve great local community projects, sponsorships, and fundraisers every year; and March of Dimes was their current effort,” Alex Athanasiou explained, “The assignment only allowed one group to support the corporate sponsored event, and that group did a great job with the company of raising a significant amount of money for the March of Dimes.”
On Friday May 2, 2008 the “MBA Bowl-A Thon” as the team event was dubbed was able to bring seventy-four people together to the Massapequa Bowling Alley in Massapequa and raised over $1,500 for the Special Olympics. “Family, friends, teachers and colleagues came together for fun and a great cause, not to mention the team raised three times our goal,” said John Pulsinelli. Many praises were given by the Special Olympics organization, Long Island University Department Leadership and two athletes and one coach from the Special Olympics of Long Island.
“I hope this achievement will result in a new annual fundraiser, whether it be sponsored by Long Island University or Northrop Grumman Corporation, because this was a total success and a lot of fun,” Daniel Leonardis summed up. All of the proceeds went directly to the Special Olympics of Long Island and will benefit team equipment, events, and athlete’s costs to train and participate.
The group of eight Northrop Grumman Bethpage employees including: Alex Athanasiou, Mike Biolansky, Daniel Leonardis, Craig Matuza, Dan McFarland, Jay Mui, John Pulsinelli, and Dennis Tan set-out to achieve a $500 goal. The team specifically chose the Special Olympics of Long Island Chapter. “We chose the Special Olympics because of their feedback to our proposal, enthusiasm for the event and the fact that they seem to provide the most value to their cause,” said one team member, Jay Mui. The team decided on a bowling event as a fun activity for amateurs and professionals alike.
The group had one major pin to knock down, that is Northrop Grumman Corporation was already sponsoring a fund raiser for the March of Dimes and a competing fund raiser could not be supported. “Northrop Grumman is always supporting twelve great local community projects, sponsorships, and fundraisers every year; and March of Dimes was their current effort,” Alex Athanasiou explained, “The assignment only allowed one group to support the corporate sponsored event, and that group did a great job with the company of raising a significant amount of money for the March of Dimes.”
On Friday May 2, 2008 the “MBA Bowl-A Thon” as the team event was dubbed was able to bring seventy-four people together to the Massapequa Bowling Alley in Massapequa and raised over $1,500 for the Special Olympics. “Family, friends, teachers and colleagues came together for fun and a great cause, not to mention the team raised three times our goal,” said John Pulsinelli. Many praises were given by the Special Olympics organization, Long Island University Department Leadership and two athletes and one coach from the Special Olympics of Long Island.
“I hope this achievement will result in a new annual fundraiser, whether it be sponsored by Long Island University or Northrop Grumman Corporation, because this was a total success and a lot of fun,” Daniel Leonardis summed up. All of the proceeds went directly to the Special Olympics of Long Island and will benefit team equipment, events, and athlete’s costs to train and participate.
