Message from Dr. Belinda S. Miles: SUNY WCC Success for All!
October 21, 2022
Colleagues,
Yesterday, SUNY Westchester Community College welcomed Superintendents, representatives, and students from Ossining and Peekskill High Schools to announce a new partnership between SUNY Westchester and these two school districts, similar to the relationship we recently began with Port Chester Schools.
Thanks to these new agreements, every graduating senior in the Class of 2023 on track to graduate with a local or regents diploma at Ossining, Peekskill and Port Chester high schools is automatically accepted to attend Westchester Community College starting in fall 2023 as part of a dynamic new college admissions program! Once students and their parents or guardian consent to this opportunity, the students become members of our Viking community and begin the pathway to academic and career success.
This is yet another high impact effort to reinvent college admissions by streamlining processes for all students! At Westchester Community College, we are putting students first by making it even faster to access high quality, affordable academic and career pathways that lead to high-wage, high-demand jobs, and transfer to universities. We value the partnerships we have with our local high schools and the pipelines we create to higher education and economic mobility.
We thank State Senator Shelley Mayer and NYS Regent Dr. Frances Wills for continued support of the college and for attending this special event. We also thank Admissions Director Gloria De La Paz, and the Admissions and Strategic Enrollment teams for cultivating relationships that bring new students and community members to the college.
Watch for news of additional high school partnerships and in the meantime, here is a sample of some of the media coverage from our latest Success for All celebration.
- https://longisland.news12.com/program-helps-high-school-seniors-pursue-college-degree
- https://riverjournalonline.com/schools/suny-westchester-partners-with-peekskill-and-ossining-high-schools-to-provide-seamless-entry-to-college-for-qualified-students/39254/
- https://patch.com/new-york/ossining/wcc-partners-ossining-schools-automatic-enrollment
Dr. Belinda S. Miles
President