Student Life/Clubs

Get Involved! Report for the college newspaper or represent your club in student government! Make new friends, complement academic work, develop leadership skills. Join intercollegiate or intramural sports, career and interest clubs, student publications, campus radio or TV, special interest music, dance or drama groups.

Academic Support Center If you want to be a successful learner...if you would like to learn in a study group...if you need tutoring by someone who knows the subject...if English isn’t your native language...help is here, at the tutorial center of your choice! 914-606-6614

Westchester Community College Athletics Westchester Community College has teams consisting of both Men and Women. Join a team, or just come to watch and cheer for your team.  Men's teams in baseball, soccer, bowling, and golf. Women's teams include softball, basketball, bowling, and volleyball. 914-606-6950

Student Activities
Extracurricular and co-curricular activities at Westchester Community College include varsity, club, and intramural athletics; student publications; a variety of special interest clubs; student government association – sponsored social activities; and a full range of cultural events. These activities complement students’ academic work and offer opportunities to form new friendships and to develop leadership and responsibility. Participation can give a sense of community with the rest of the college and help make education a memorable experience. For specific calendars/listings of student activities, call the Coordinator of Student Activities at 914-606-6335.

Student Government Association  (Full-Time & Part-Time Student Government)
This is the government that represents all students and provides opportunities for your college experience to be more than just taking classes. Through your activity fee, Student Government Association’s annual budget is more than $700,000, and it sponsors intercollegiate athletics, clubs, honor societies, media organizations, and art events to help make your college experience a full one. 

Student Government Association is run by elected student officers and appointed chairpersons. Each officer has a one-year term, and elections are held in April of each year so there will be continuity from one year to the next. An annual banquet is held in May acknowledging students and faculty who contribute to the Student Government Association or its organizations. Student Government Association meets every other Wednesday beginning in mid-September at 11:00 am in the Classroom Building, Room 100. Each sponsored club or organization must send a representative to all meetings, but any student is welcome to attend and participate. The Student Government Association is the voice through which the student body speaks to the college administration and faculty.  Contact number  914-606-6833.

Cultural Programs
A varied program of performances and lectures is sponsored throughout the year by Westchester Community College’s Office of Cultural Affairs and by the student governments though the  Office. Events are offered to students and the public. Financial support comes from student activity and cultural arts fees as well as ticket sales.

During the year, three theatrical productions are staged in the Academic Arts Theatre by Westchester Community College’s Drama Club. Guest artists give master classes and perform for high school and college students drawn from schools throughout the County at Dance Days, scheduled by the Dance Department during the fall and spring. Danceworks, Westchester Community College’s repertory company of student and alumni dancers, gives on-campus performances and makes off-campus appearances throughout the year.

Westchester Community College’s Fine Arts Gallery brings exhibitions by Westchester professionals working in a variety of media to the campus each year. Incorporated in the exhibition schedule are two shows of works by students in the Fine Arts Department.

Holiday and spring concerts are performed by the College’s musical organizations and by professional guest artists.

Student Organizations & Clubs

 * New clubs may be formed; visit the Student Activities Office.

How much do you really know about your community college?

1. 1,175 students graduated in 2006. Of these graduates, 58.3% transferred to other colleges and universities. 

2. 71.4% of graduates were employed after six months.

3.  65 companies in Westchester employed recent Westchester Community College graduates.

4. Westchester Community College has 11 off-campus sites located throughout Westchester County.

5. Of the students who attend full time, 44.4% are men and 55.6% are women. (Fall 2007)

6. Westchester Community College offers approximately 35 programs leading to an associate’s degree and another 20 programs leading to a certificate’s degree. (2006-2007)

7. Westchester Community College has the largest Continuing Education Program in the SUNY system with an enrollment over 15,532 in 2006-2007.

Since it opened in 1946, Westchester Community College has enrolled more than 376,000 students. (As of Spring 2007)

In June 2006, 16.9% of Westchester County high school students applied to Westchester Community College for the Fall 2006 semester; 10.3% were enrolled.

Nearly 39,700 students have completed their studies in a Westchester Community College certificate or degree program and are productively employed. (As of Spring 2007)

Of the 2006 graduates who reported continuing their education after graduation, 47.6% attended a four-year college located in Westchester County, 47.6% attended college in New York State outside the County, and 4.8% attended college out of state.

In Fall 2007, the average age of a Westchester Community College student was 26.8. The average age of part-time students was 32.6, of full-time students, 21.5 years.

• Women comprise 49.5% of full-time students. Sixty-two percent (62.1%) of part-time students are women (Fall 2007). The College serves a diverse student body:

• more than 1601 mature adults in Mainstream, The Institute for Mature Adults

• approximately 5,465 minority students (45.3% of the student body) (Fall 2007)

• 1,053 disabled students (2006-2007)

• 4,300 students attending ESL classes per year (2006-2007)

• several students with Ph.D. degrees!