SUNY Broome Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Francis Battisti speaks to P-TECH students

SUNY Broome Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Francis Battisti speaks to P-TECH students

Call 98.1 The Hawk tonight to donate to their St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital fundraiser and you may hear a familiar voice on the other line: SUNY Broome’s own Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Francis Battisti, as well as Dr. Tina Hasemann, adjunct instructor in the Hospitality Programs Department.

 

Dr. Battisti and Dr. Hasemann will be among the local “celebrities” answering phones for the radio station’s phoneathon, which runs from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 1 and 2. Dr. Battisti be working the lines from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 1, while Dr. Hasemann will be answering calls from 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 2.

Want to donate?  Call 1-800-372-4999 or text the word HAWK to 7-8-5-8-3-3. You can also make an online donation here.

Click here to read about the effort and how St. Jude impacted the family of a local child treated there.