Rockland News – Rockland Community College has announced a new microcredentialing initiative to help students distinguish themselves in a competitive marketplace.
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.
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鈥�
News12 Long Island – Rockland Community College announced a new expedited EMT training course to help alleviate the current shortage of staff.
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鈥檚 Lynda Baquero reports.
lohud – Rockland Community College’s volleyball team has had more than a week to digest its historic achievement, but no amount of time seems to be enough for it to sink in.
Rockland Community College has been selected as a聽2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award winner from聽INSIGHT Into Diversity聽magazine, the nation鈥檚 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聽INSIGHT Into Diversity聽magazine. This is the first time RCC has been named as a HEED Award recipient.
Each semester,鈥痶he聽Visual and Performing Arts Department鈥痟olds Skills Proficiency Tests (SPT)鈥痜or students enrolled in the Theatrical Stage Combat courses. Last month, the school held its first SPT in Lightsaber. Christopher Plummer, Director of RCC鈥檚 Cultural Arts Theatre is a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) and held the certification tests along鈥痺ith鈥疨atricia Maloney-Titland, Professor in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 鈥淭he SPT certification test is a rigorous demonstration and examination of their new skill sets and each student challenged themselves in new and wonderful ways.鈥� Plummer says.鈥�淲hile the students studied martial techniques associated with longsword, the focus of the course was Lightsaber and it was a鈥痟uge鈥痵uccess!鈥�
Westchester & Fairfield Business Journals – Through an expansion to the STAC Tracks program announced Aug. 24 by Rockland Community College and St. Thomas Aquinas College, enrolled students will be able to take advantage of new benefits this fall in addition to being able to easily transfer to STAC from RCC after completing their associate degree.
Hudson Valley News & Events – Rockland Community College is ready for Fall 2021. Beginning August 17th through September 23rd, RCC will be welcoming back new and returning students to attend information sessions, registrations, and orientations.