Sentences with phrase «community college presidents»

How can we support community college presidents, who obviously have a big responsibility on their shoulders?

Amherst, NY - Erie County 5th District Legislator and Minority Leader Thomas A. Loughran (D - Amherst) joined Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Erie County...

It's no surprise that speculation started again when current Erie Community College President Jack Quinn announced his plans to retire at the end of the school year.

Also on the agenda, Tompkins Cortland Community College President Dr. Carl Haynes offers his final state of the college to Cortland legislators.

But Ulster County Community College President Don Katt said this week that the project is still in the running for benefits under the state's Start - Up NY program.

New Erie Community College President Dan Hocoy, who took over as the college's 11th president earlier this month, already has reorganized some of the college's senior executive staff, firing both a vice president and an associate vice president.

Tompkins Cortland Community College President Carl Haynes provided a sobering report to the Tompkins

Monroe Community College President Anne Kress appeared on 1370 Connection to discuss the recommendation to move MCC's downtown campus to space available near Kodak's world headquarters building.

Chamber of Commerce President Robert Duffy and Monroe Community College President Anne Kress, who co-chair the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council, will lead the advisory board.

Tompkins Cortland Community College President Carl Haynes provided a sobering report to the Tompkins County Legislature, as he delivered his final «State of the College» message Tuesday night.

So a group worked with Walla Walla Community College president Steven VanAusdle to create a viticulture program.

And Clinton Community College President Ray Di Pasquale said it could be «extraordinarily helpful» for local residents.

Clinton Community College President Ray DiPasquale called the state investment a «historic commitment» to the growth and future of the region.

Also at 11 a.m., state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky presents Queensborough Community College President Diane Call with the New York State Woman of Distinction Award, Room 508, 222 - 05 56th Ave., Queens.

With the student population down more than 16 percent over the past four years, Kingston schools Superintendent Paul Padalino has proposed closing three more elementary schools, Community college President Don Katt and college trustees were on board.

To make certain our County performs well in the battle for state dollars, we've brought together three recognized leaders to help secure the resources: Rockland Community College President Dr. Cliff L. Wood, Rockland Business Association President / CEO Al Samuels and Rockland County's new Director of Economic Development, Calherbe Monel.

Students and reporters jostled in a student lounge as Jefferson Community College president Carole McCoy introduced the senator.

Jefferson Community College President Carole McCoy listens as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand makes the case for her legislation on paid job leave.

Assemblymember Pichardo welcomes new Bronx Community College President Dr. Thomas A. Isekenegbe

Montcalm Community College President Robert (Bob) Ferrentino and Daniel Mitchell, who serves as an MSU College Advising Corps member in Northern Michigan.

The documentary was created by Joe Allen after support from Wylene Wood and her husband, Rockland Community College President Cliff Wood.

Onondaga Community College President Kathleen «Casey» Crabill — not the college's Board of Trustees — appears to have approved the secret settlement of a lawsuit involving a fired basketball coach.

At 10:30 a.m., Rep. Nita Lowey, Westchester Community College President Belinda Miles and others hold a roundtable discussion on making college more affordable, Westchester Community College, Hartford Hall, 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla.

Former Suffolk County Community College president Shirley Robinson Pippins, who now work for a D.C. - based firm called Academic Search Inc., is back and has a $ 100,000 consulting deal with her former college.

North Country Community College President Steven Tyrell presents New York State Sen. Betty Little with the College Recognition of Support Award.

The latest to tee off on Gov. David Paterson is Broome Community College President Kevin Drumm, who sent an e-mail message to the campus community in which he railed against a 2 percent budget cut coming from Albany that will hurt institutions of higher learning like his.

Sources have indicated that with CUNY Chancellor James Milliken initially somewhat lukewarm to the proposal, LaGuardia Community College President Dr. Gail Mellow acted as a primary influencer in coaxing some of her CUNY colleagues to support Excelsior, helping get them to «yes» on endorsements.

In a January email, Kingsborough Community College president Farley Herzek thanked the governor's Brooklyn regional representative, Drew Gabriel, for visiting the campus.

Also at 11 a.m., Sen. Tony Avella, Queensborough Community College President Dr Diane Call and QCC Art Gallery Executive Director Faustino Quintanilla host a sneak - peak press conference on the Gala's upcoming world - class events and exhibitions, 222 - 5 56th Ave., Oakland Gardens, Queens.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — After teaching middle school English, he spent decades in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman and Hamburg Supervisor and council member, but Jack Quinn says taking the job as Erie Community College president brought his career, and personal life, full circle.

In states such as Illinois, where the Council of Community College Presidents adopted a policy in January 2015 to use results on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers exams for placement in institutions statewide, these new policies provide students an important signal about whether they are ready for college.

Now, in the latest measure of faith in the exams, the council of 19 community college presidents announced that they plan to use scores on the new tests for student placement next year.

The standards and testing system is better than what is now in place at most schools, said Raymond Yannuzzi, chairman of the New Jersey Community College Presidents.

Board of Regents chancellor John Morgan speaks at a working lunch with Governor Bill Haslam and community college presidents in August.

Amherst, NY - Erie County 5th District Legislator and Minority Leader Thomas A. Loughran (D - Amherst) joined Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, New York State Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, College staff & students and construction personnel for the ceremonial «topping - off» of the college's long - awaited STEM - focused academic building at the ECC North Campus on February 27, 2017.

Incoming Erie Community College President Dan Hocoy seems open to exploring the possibility of a merger between ECC and Niagara County Community College.

Under a formula approved by the legislature last week, the county will receive about $ 155,000 from the $ 433,734 net sale of the Ulster County Community College president's official home in Stone Ridge.

Washington, DC — Legislation renaming the Morris Heights Post Office after former Tuskegee Airman and Bronx Community College President Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. has been approved in the Congress.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick and Erie Community College President Jack Quinn held a press conference today at the Legislature Chambers to unveil ECC's Excels plan, a SUNY - informed initiative that focuses on creating a skilled workforce to support this region's resurgence.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that Monroe Community College President Anne Kress will replace Seligman, effective immediately.

Rep. Brian Higgins, a Democrat who represents the Buffalo area, insists he's not interested in the Erie County Community College president's job following the retirement of Jack Quinn.

Among those in the crowd were Erie Community College President and former Congressman Jack Quinn and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra.

Erie Community College President Jack Quinn agreed, although it's hard to know right now what this will mean for applications to state schools.

He is not to be confused with Jack Quinn, the former Congressman and Erie Community College president, who recently gave Dixon his endorsement, praising her «independent leadership.»

New Erie Community College President Dan Hocoy isn't wasting time changing how the college operates.

The Education Commission of the States has chosen a community college president who has been an adviser to two governors to be its next president, the group announced last week.

The community college presidents also say high school students, school districts and colleges will save money by substituting the tests, known as PARCC, for the Accuplacer, which now determines knowledge in math, reading and writing in preparation for college - level courses.