SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHARLES SCHUMER SECURES FUNDING FOR ROOSEVELT SCHOOL

enate Majority Leader Charles Schumer secured funding for the Roosevelt School to digitize and archive the personal collections of past presidents. The funding adds further recognition to the school’s work of preserving important national history, and making it more accessible.

In February, LIU announced a partnership with the Museum of Democracy to designate LIU’s Roosevelt School as a permanent home to more than a million pieces of American presidential history (read more on p. 8).

The school also recently partnered with the Reagan Presidential Foundation and Council on Foreign Relations to host a Model Diplomacy Simulation on National Civics Day. High School students participated in a Situation Room simulation with historical and hypothetical scenarios based on global issues, informed by content experts.

Additionally, the partnership between LIU’s Roosevelt School and Society of Presidential Descendants has garnered national recognition for:

• Founding National Civics Day, celebrated each year on October 27

• Awarding the prestigious Biennial Presidential Leadership Book Award to Ted Widmer, author of Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington

• Hosting members of the Society as distinguished lecturers during the Roosevelt Conference on Leadership and Service

Last spring, Senator Schumer met with students from LIU’s Honors College to provide an update on news and events in Washington, D.C. Students spoke to him more about federal issues impacting Long Island. Senator Schumer also discussed federal relief funds for businesses and the economic climate for the future of Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Roosevelt School carries on the legacy of the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, by offering studies in global relations, diplomacy, leadership and service.