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RCC Inaugurates Unity in Community Celebration

Events and Activities Run from April 23 to May 2 ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. (April 19, 2020) – Rockland Community College has organized a series of Unity in Community: Rising as One events and activities that highlight and honor the collaboration, passion and compassion that has boosted RCC’s community spirit over the past year. The idea for …

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RCC Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Achieves 100 Percent Certification Pass Rate

April 5th Information Session Set for Those Interested in the Next Semester ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. (March 30, 2021) – Rockland Community College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Program had a 100 percent pass rate for the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) exam in 2020. In comparison, the national pass rate was 78 percent. …

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Rockland Community College Joins Excelencia in Education to Release New Report on the Growth of Hispanic-Serving Institutions

ROCKLAND, NY (February 23, 2021) – Rockland Community College is partnering with Excelencia in Education to share the release of “25 Years of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs),” a robust analysis designed to inform New York educational policy makers, academic researchers, and elected officials about how best to serve Latino/a students in higher education. Last year marked …

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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.

Rockland Community College Earns 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School Designation

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. (February 18, 2021) — Rockland Community College announced today that it has earned the 2021-2022 Military Friendly® School designation. In addition, RCC has earned a Bronze distinction this year. The Military Friendly® School with Bronze distinction is a school who scored within 30% of the 10th best school in their category. These institutions …

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Patch – The county is listed as No. 21 on the Top 30 Local Government list of the largest green power users.

Mercy College & Rockland Community College Announce New Dual Admission Agreement; Agreement builds bridges between schools, fosters seamless academic transition for students

Rockland/Westchester (December 1, 2020) Rockland Community College and Mercy College have signed a Dual Admission Pathway agreement, allowing students to have a seamless transfer process from RCC to Mercy College enabling students to transfer with junior standing. The agreement, signed on November 30th by both College Presidents, will commence for the spring 2021 college term. …

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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.

Rockland Community College is the First Community College to Partner with Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers™, The Nation’s Leading Teacher Diversity Mentoring Program

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. (November 23, 2020) – 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 …

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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.