College News – Campus News

November 7, 2024

STAC students to help provide Thanksgiving meals to seniors in need

St. Thomas Aquinas Students will host “STACsGiving” on Tuesday, November 19th, from 1:00–2:25 PM in the Romano Student Alumni Center at St. Thomas Aquinas…

June 21, 2024

A political science student, from community college to getting a master’s at the CUNY Graduate Center

By Janna Rojas Special to Campus News Born and raised in the Bronx, Justin Castro didn’t plan to go to college. His idea was…

June 19, 2024

SUNY Adirondack president to retire

The SUNY Adirondack Board of Trustees has accepted a letter of resignation for the purposes of retirement from Kristine D Duffy, Ed.D., the seventh…

June 7, 2024

Rápalo is out at RCC

Dr. Lester Edgardo Sandres Rápalo and the Board of Trustees of Rockland Community College have agreed to part ways. Negotiations of the specific terms…

June 5, 2024

Nassau adds ASAP program to promote college completion

Nassau Community College, a campus of the State University of New York, is accepting students into its new ASAP (Advancing Success in Associate Pathways)…

June 5, 2024

Chancellor announces new civics component to SUNY education

Following State University of New York Chancellor John B. King Jr.’s second State of the University address, Chancellor King today announced actions to advance…

May 23, 2024

Students create urban farm at LaGuardia CC

Sustainable Urban Agriculture students at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY have begun cultivation of the new LaGuardia Urban Farm and Research Laboratory on campus. On May…

May 23, 2024

Rockland CC celebrates Commencement

Rockland Community College (RCC) hosted its 64th Commencement Ceremony on Monday, May 20, 2024, at Clover Stadium in Pomona, New York. The ceremony honored…

April 7, 2024

NCAA athletes can now cash in — talking to an expert on NIL

By Nancy Scuri Campus News As of 2021, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) revised their decades-old prohibition on a student athlete from marketing…

February 6, 2024

Colleges hope for enrollment boom

By Tristan Brown-DeVirgilio Campus News Will things return to normal? Enrollment in New York State has not been looking up the past decade. Overall…

January 2, 2024

Cutting through the fog: Long Covid’s chilling impact on college students

By Nancy Scuri Campus News An article in The New York Times, (“Can’t Think, Can’t Remember: More Americans Say They’re in a Cognitive Fog”)…

January 2, 2024

Guttman’s United Men of Color grant

Guttman Community College received $50,0000 in funding from an anonymous donor to support programs that empower students to stay enrolled at Guttman and remove…

December 19, 2023

Social Media and Gen Z: Is TikTok the new Career Center?

By Nancy Scuri Campus News In years past, if a student wanted advice about job options, they would head to the guidance counsellor or…

November 9, 2023

RCC president accepted into Forbes Business Council

President of Rockland Community College, Dr. Lester Rápalo, has been accepted into the Forbes Business Council, the foremost growth and networking organization for successful…

November 9, 2023

College textbooks should be free

By Kelsey Milian Lopez Campus News As a daughter of Latin American immigrants from Mexico and Guatemala and a first-generation college student, I was…