SUNY Rockland’s Commencement
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Did You Know That RCC Has A Terrific Veteran Affairs Program?
Pearl River Patch – I asked the gentleman running the Rockland Community College Program to tell us all about it.
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Two RCC Students Take Home Top Prize at First Online Debate in Rockland Community College History
Rockland County Times – Two Rockland Community College students recently competed in an inaugural online debating tournament and took home top prizes. The tournament was held virtually on April 18 and included six competitors representing RCC, Columbia University, Dominican College, NY and Swarthmore.
Military Friendly Designation for Rockland Community College
Rockland Community College has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School designation, earning the Bronze distinction in the process. The designation is given to a school that scored within 30 percent of the Ten Best Schools with exceptional military/veteran programs.
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Rockland County Makes EPA’S Top 30 List Of Green Power Users
Patch – The county is listed as No. 21 on the Top 30 Local Government list of the largest green power users.
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Rockland Community College, Mercy sign student transfer pact
Westchester and Fairfield Business Journals – RCC, Mercy Sign Student Transfer Pact
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Rockland Community College Partners with Leading Teacher Diversity Mentoring Program
River Journal News – Rockland Community College (RCC) has recently joined forces with White Plains-based Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers (TSTT) to help expand the pipeline of students of color to pursue teaching professions. RCC is the first community college to partner with TSTT and all RCC TSTT graduates may be eligible to continue their journey in education and attend one of 23 national and regional college or university partners. TSTT will provide RCC students with academic support, career guidance, workshops, networking opportunities, and teacher placement assistance.
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Rockland Community College Nursing Program Honored
Campus News – Rockland Community College recently received two prestigious recognitions for its Nursing Program. NursingProcess.org, a website that compiles nursing education and career information data, ranked RCC’s program as second out of 153 New York State Board of Nursing approved schools to pursue an associate degree program in nursing. In addition, RegisteredNursing.org, a nursing advocacy organization, released its annual list of the 2020 Best RN programs and ranked the Rockland Community College nursing program sixth out of 101 in New York State.
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Haitian immigrant is the face of Lay’s chips
The Grio – Jean Paul Laurent, a Haitian-born immigrant is featured smiling on a variety of Lay’s flavored chips bags. The new bags are part of a campaign to promote Operation Smile, a nonprofit that provides surgeries for people with cleft lips or palates.
Colleges aim to make admission process more welcoming during COVID-19
New12 – Colleges are seeing the hurdles students are facing in light of the pandemic and are doing what they can to make admissions more welcoming. Dominican College tells News 12 it typically had credit requirements that needed to be done in high school, but that has since been adjusted.
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