As the deadline for late registration approaches, more and more SUNY Rockland students can be found clustering in the Academic Advisement Center, located on the second floor of the Technology Building
Students returning to SUNY Rockland after summer break might notice something missing; Building C is gone. The abandoned brick building between the Student Union and the Technology Building was demolished over the summer. Building C was completely vacant and the inside of the building was already in tatters.
The New York 2010-11 budget, passed by state legislators on Aug. 3 after a four month delay, cuts financial aid funding for students with low academic performance, reduces all TAP grants by $75 and includes more restrictions on grant eligibility. To be eligible for the state’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), students are now required to meet the more stringent benchmarks set forth in the revised Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) standards.
The Learning Communities Program, first launched as a pilot program in the spring at SUNY Rockland, is being expanded this fall semester into eight communities. Faculty members Kathleen Carroll, Joseph Falco, Martha Rottman, Susan Deer, and Dr. Eugene Henderson have teamed up with President Cliff L.
At this year’s Beacon Conference for Student Scholars at Two-Year Colleges, nine RCC students were selected to participate alongside students from colleges in five states. With the help of their mentors, the students submitted papers in eighteen categories ranging from science to social justice to art.