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Hudson Valley News & Events – Esports was launched at RCC in the spring of 2021, and in their second season competing in the NJCAAE, the SUNY Rockland Hawks Rainbow Six team went undefeated with a record 8-0, which earned them the #1 seed going into the playoffs.

Read More RCC Esports – UNDEFEATED – To Host Arena Grand Opening May 10

Rockland News – After a successful pilot program last summer, Rockland Community College and Dignity Works Here, Inc. are partnering on Project ELEVATE, a program that provides individuals with a disability with training in life skills required for independent living.

Read More College classes to help people with special needs transition into independent living

Hudson Valley News & Events – Rockland Community College kicked off a new series last week when they welcomed Alumnus Bruce Kreutzer to the Campus. The new series “Life After the Rock! Conversations with Distinguished Alumni,” will focus on casual Q&A sessions with the alumni, students, faculty, and general public.

Read More Conversations with Distinguished Alumni

Rockland News – Beginning Fall 2022, qualified honors students at RCC will be eligible to transfer into STAC’s Honors Program.

Read More St. Thomas Aquinas College and Rockland Community College Expand Relationship with Honors Program “STAC Tracks” Agreement

Hudson Valley News & Events – Teachers College, Columbia University has announced that Dr. Michael A. Baston, President of Rockland Community College, has been elected to the College’s Board of Trustees for a term of three years.

Read More RCC President elected to Board of Trustees at Teachers College, Columbia University

Hudson Valley News & Events – Rockland Community College Launches From Industry to Instructor: Teaching for Professionals to Bring Industry Professionals Into the Classroom as Adjunct Instructors

Read More RCC Seeking Seasoned Professionals to Become Adjunct Professors

Last year, New York’s Rockland Community College realized it had a problem. The passing rate for gateway classes—those that all students need to take—wavered slightly and dropped by one point to 75 percent. But for Black men, the pass rate tumbled to 64 percent.

Read More Every College Wants To Help Students Succeed. One Is Making Them Courseware Co-Creators.

Nova North Commercial, a new commercial real estate firm based in New City, is announcing its launch with a name, slogan, logo and brand identity developed by marketing students at Rockland Community College.

Read More Rockland Community College Marketing Students Develop Branding Materials for Local Commercial Real Estate Business

Campus Technology – The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Intel and Dell Technologies are launching an 18-month initiative that will design and build a network of Artificial Intelligence Incubators at community colleges across the United States. The project is an expansion of Intel’s AI for Workforce Program, an effort to prepare current and future workers with key job skills in AI.

Read More New Artificial Intelligence Incubator Network to Support AI Training in Community Colleges

Rockland News – Rockland Community College has announced a new microcredentialing initiative to help students distinguish themselves in a competitive marketplace.

Read More RCC Announces New Microcredentialing Education Initiative