St. Thomas Aquinas College and Rockland Community College Expand Relationship with Honors Program “STAC Tracks” Agreement
Rockland News – Beginning Fall 2022, qualified honors students at RCC will be eligible to transfer into STAC’s Honors Program.
RCC Seeking Seasoned Professionals to Become Adjunct Professors
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
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Every College Wants To Help Students Succeed. One Is Making Them Courseware Co-Creators.
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.
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Rockland Community College Marketing Students Develop Branding Materials for Local Commercial Real Estate Business
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.
New Artificial Intelligence Incubator Network to Support AI Training in Community Colleges
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.
RCC Announces New Microcredentialing Education Initiative
Rockland News – Rockland Community College has announced a new microcredentialing initiative to help students distinguish themselves in a competitive marketplace.
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Rockland County Times: RCC to Launch New EMT Certification
Rockland Community college is preparing to train a new generation of emergency medical technicians. In response to a nationwide shortage of health care professionals, RCC, the Workforce Development board of Rockland County, and Rockland Works, have joined forces to create a program that will fast track qualified candidates to fill those vital positions and provide guaranteed employment for RCC students.
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WRCR Radio: Rockland Officials See Shortage of EMT, RCC Launches New EMT Training Program
A shortage of EMT workers in the county has prompted area officials to make it easier to increase those numbers as concerns swirl over a new COVID-19 variant. In a press conference yesterday, RCC president Michael Baston said the college is launching a new EMT Training Program…
Rockland Community College announces new expedited EMT training course
News12 Long Island – Rockland Community College announced a new expedited EMT training course to help alleviate the current shortage of staff.
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NBC News: Rockland County Launches New EMT Program
The program, designed to fight the shortage of EMTs in the area and nationwide, offers three months of training with a guaranteed job, assuming participants pass the state test at the end of the course. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.
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