Maverick Magazine Spring 2023: Con Edison – Lighting Up A Connection with Mercy’s Brightest Stars

Con Edison, the 200-year-old energy company, has had a longstanding history of ties to Mercy College. With a long list of its employees who are alumni, and students who have completed the company’s co-op program, it serves as a model alliance between higher education and the corporate sector.

When Luis Suarez, M.S. ’02 first attended a Mercy College class he did not even need to leave his workplace. On that first day in 2001, Suarez entered a Con Edison conference room with a small group of other Con Edison employees as part of a cohort pursuing their master’s degree in organizational leadership. For Suarez and his colleagues in the Mercy graduate degree program, tuition remission and having the convenience of on-site education was life-changing. “That opportunity (to pursue his master’s degree) was possible through the support of Con Ed, creating a space for employees to think outside of their current boundaries,” said Suarez.

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