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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.

Read More » Rockland County Times: RCC to Launch New EMT Certification

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…

Read More » WRCR Radio: Rockland Officials See Shortage of EMT, RCC Launches New EMT Training 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.

Read More » NBC News: Rockland County Launches New EMT Program

Rockland Community College has been selected as a 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award winner from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the nation’s oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. This national honor recognizes US colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. RCC will be featured, along with 100 other recipients, in the November 2021 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. This is the first time RCC has been named as a HEED Award recipient.

Read More » Rockland Receives Top Diversity Honor