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News12 segment on SUNY WCC’s collaboration with Grad Bag to provide gently used dorm essentials to students on their way to residential colleges. 

Yonkers Times article announcing that the Westchester County Board of Legislators approved the SUNY Westchester Community College 2025–26 budget for $158.8 million in total funding, which is an increase of more than 10% over the current year. 

Articles on the renewed TRIO grant for low-income, first-generation and disabled students:

River Journal Online article on a weekend business management weekend series being offered at SUNY WCC’s Peekskill Extension Center.

The River Journal article on SUNY WCC’s collaboration with the local nonprofit Grad Bag, which distributes to new college students dorm room necessities that would have otherwise been discarded.

Black Westchester covered  the graduation of student participants of Environmental Leaders of Color (ELOC) from its Student Environmental Ambassador Program, hosted at the SUNY WCC Mount Vernon Extension Center.

DeCicco & Company’s annual donation of 300 turkeys to WCC students in need.

This article in the Patch mentions a new volunteer opportunity at SUNY WCC with the food pantry.

A press release from Governor Hochul on the expansion of the ASAP program—the program we call “Viking ROADS” at SUNY WCC—calls out the success of the program at SUNY WCC.   

Our own Carol Capobianco of the Native Plant Center was quoted in this article on native seeds published by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 

Sharing this LinkedIn post from the College on the Money Smart program as it celebrates its 10th anniversary. 

The Westchester Regional Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Council Lifesaving Award ceremony was held on May 20 on our Valhalla campus.

On the WNYC radio show The Capitol Pressroom, which I heard on Sunday morning, May 18, SUNY Chancellor John King called out WCC’s success with Viking ROADS, WCC’s name for the ASAP program to enable students to graduate from community colleges within two to three years.  Chancellor King mentioned that SUNY WCC started earlier than other campuses and is already seeing significant completion gains.  

NY State Assemblymember MaryJane Shimsky mentions SUNY WCC as one of the SUNY community colleges ready to launch Governor Hochul’s program to offer free tuition to students ages 25-55 who do not already have a college degree and are pursuing an associate degree in a field that is considered to be in high demand. 

This article features an interview with Dr. Belinda Miles on our Viking ROADS program in the national educational news outlet Inside Higher Ed Westchester CC Sees 12-Point Growth in Graduation Rate

We received very nice coverage of our Transforming Futures Together Gala in Scarsdale 10583 featuring our Scarsdale friends and another in My Hometown Bronxville featuring honoree Ellie Urstadt. 

The River Journal picked up our release on the April 30 Transforming Futures Together Gala

SUNY WCC Adjunct Professor Natalie Patasaw received the Rockland County Climate Champion award: https://rocklandtimes.com/2025/04/24/first-ever-harriet-cornell-climate-champion-award-presented/

The River Journal published a letter to the editor from the president of the Westchester County Federation of Women’s Clubs about the Federation’s longtime partnership with SUNY WCC including their selection as the Community Leadership honoree at this year’s Gala. 

An award in memory of SUNY WCC’S late coach Walter Hauck was presented by the NJCAA, the governing body for two-year college athletics in the US. 

The recent presentation regarding WCC’s role in the Viking ROADS/ASAP model expansion was covered in the River Journal Online and Patch. 

An article in Funds Society notes WCC’s role in developing the JPMorgan Chase Money Smart Financial Coaching Program.

This article mentions WCC’s role in developing the JPMorgan Chase Money Smart Financial Coaching Program, which is now being expanded nationally. 

Elyse Wild, senior editor for Native News Online and a Pulitzer Center grantee, visited WCC on March 25-26 to speak with students about journalism and her reporting project, Addiction Care in Native American Communities.

A national PBS story on students opting for training in skilled trades featured our workforce development program at SUNY WCC.   

Congratulations to Viviana Rodas on being named a 2025 Vanguard Award winner!  This prestigious award honors exceptional post-secondary students enrolled in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that are nontraditional for their gender. As a Cybersecurity student and Vice President of the WCC Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) club, Viviana’s dedication and achievements serve as an inspiration to others in the field.

WCC student Michelle Ramirez was selected to receive a competitive national Focus Forward Fellowship from The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, a professional development and mentoring program to help women student veterans and active-duty service members excel on their home campus and in their civilian careers. 

Two SUNY WCC alumni, Rilind Rugova and Emily Arriaga Sandoval, who are now undergraduate students at Binghamton University participated in a fully funded research trip in Europe. 

WCC faculty author Judy Marano had a signing for her book, So I’ve Been Thinking.

This social media post features the moving remarks by Annie Pingry, the student speaker at our pre-Gala reception. 

SUNY WCC is seeing an increase in veteran enrollment.

Two new programs have been introduced at SUNY WCC to prepare for the NY State Civil Service Exam.

Governor Hochul announced a program to support adult learners at 22 community colleges.  

The opening of our Honors Classroom was announced in the Peekskill Herald.

Our Peekskill Extension Center’s Design & Digital Arts Programs was featured in a recent article.

SUNY Chancellor John B. King shared this message about supporting our students through recent federal actions. 

A few notices in the press from our Continuing Education Department: Our Project Transition program for those returning to the workforce, and available training for those interested in HVAC certification.

In her State of the State address, Governor Kathy Hochul announced her plan for free tuition at SUNY community colleges for students between the ages of 25 and 55 who wish to work in a range of in-demand fields.  This aligns with a recruitment focus on adult students at SUNY WCC.  The College is looking forward to hearing more details of the plan. 

Governor Kathy Hochul proposed new investments in education and youth mental health at her State of the State for Future Leaders with high school and college students.

SUNY WCC Associate Professor of Art and Design Nicole Tschampel was named one of the inaugural SUNY Accessibility Advocates and Allies Faculty Fellows. 

Sharing an informative story from National Public Radio on the enrollment challenges of U.S. colleges due to the shrinking population of high school seniors; some of the identified gaps, such as training students seeking middle skills jobs and reaching older students, are strengths of community colleges. 

SUNY WCC’s P-TECH program is being promoted in the Brewster schools.  P-TECH is a public education model focused on college attainment and career readiness. P-TECH programs are for students in grades 9-14; these programs enable students to earn both a high school diploma and a no-cost, two-year postsecondary degree in a STEM field.

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