Cuello was one of approximately three-dozen veterans honored last week at the school’s sixth annual Veterans Appreciation Day at the Bay Shore campus. The event honored students currently enrolled in the School of Health Sciences, on the Bay shore campus, who served in the United States armed forces, including Hugh Mabray, Jean Patrick Elie, Jinette Moore, Christopher Dorvil, Michael Cummings, Daniel Kahn, Dominick Musorofiti, Timothy Bulmer, Joseph Bonilla, Michael Rosati, Carlos Coello, Nigel Quinn, Annmarie Ayers, Giancarlo Garcia, Stephen Jankowski, Darren Poe, Joseph Wittleder, Chad Lennon, Paul Rivera, Daniel Pilo, Leonel Baez, Robert Walls, Nicole Spencer, Matthew Ross, Marc MacNaughton, Jaclyn Imperati, Mickelle Damassia, Randy Smith, Weitan Li, and John Klaus III.

The ceremony was attended by New York State Senator Thomas D. Croci, who—along with SHS Dean Louis H. Primavera, Associate Dean Kenneth Rosenblum, and Colonel Joseph Tommasino, PA-C, Ph.D., chairman of the Physician Assistant Program at Touro College—presented certificates of appreciation to the aforementioned students.

Besides Cuello, who received Touro’s Student Veteran Award for his “service to the Country and representation of the college in a professional manner,” several staff and faculty received individual awards as well. Associate Dean Kenneth Rosenblum from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center received the Outstanding Veteran Award, and Alex Lopez, Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy at SHS, received the Faculty Veteran Award. Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter received the Patriot Award for being “an individual singularly influential in service to veterans on behalf of Touro College.”

“We at the Touro College School of Health Sciences are committed to serving the veterans of our armed forces,” said Dean Louis Primavera. “We recognize the debt we owe to these men and women who risked their lives to keep us free and safe, and we believe that doing whatever we can for them is an essential part of our mission to help make the world a better place through education.”

Dean Primavera was also effusive in his thanks to Touro’s Director of Veterans Affairs, Ret. Colonel Geoffrey Slack. “We are proud of the fact that we have a distinguished war hero, Colonel Slack, as part of our administration,” he said. “Colonel Slack has done a wonderful job in helping us serve our veterans.”

A military-friendly college, Touro is committed to helping all veterans achieve their educational and professional career goals in a supportive environment.