Members of the college community participated in a Wear Red Day on Feb. 11, by wearing red shirts, ties, and even red nail polish, to raise awareness of the impact heart disease has on women. Students also raised more than $200 in small donations for the American Heart Association by selling paper hearts.
Dozens of Clubs and Hundreds of Students Attend Event
This semester’s ClubFest was one of the most successful in recent years, as hundreds of students packed into the Student Union to meet with representatives of more than 45 student clubs. As soon as the clock hit noon, the area upstairs in the Union was full of people and the room showcasing the clubs was almost at capacity.
Mark Svensson and Tarik Abdelqader, co-chairs of the SUNY Rockland Anti-Slavery Committee, recently participated in the 2010 Northwestern University Conference on Human Rights (NUCHR), the largest student-run, student-attended human rights conference in the United States.
As relief efforts in Haiti continued, students, faculty and County leaders gathered in a somber but hopeful prayer service to commemorate those affected by the devastating earthquake that struck the Haitain capital, Port-au-Prince. Johann Fendus, student and president of the Haitian Club, delivered perhaps the most personal speech.
Transport of Rockland (TOR) recently launched 16 new hybrid electric buses to replace some of its old and outdated fleet. An additional nine buses have been ordered and are currently being manufactured. Four of the new buses ordered will be transit buses and the other three are 45-foot hybrid commuter coach buses.
Governor David Paterson’s proposal to trim billions from New York’s schools, including the CUNY and SUNY systems, is drawing opposition from students and faculty. The State University of New York system, which is comprised of 64 campuses across the state, is taking the biggest hit of all the state agencies.
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