Westchester Community College, State University of New York

Marissa Albano
Program Navigator: Liberal Arts-Social Sciences, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Engineering Science
Technology Building Room 37A
marissa.albano@sunywcc.edu
Phone: 914-606-6166

Joe DiRago
Program Navigator: Career & Technical Education
Gateway Building, Room 313N
Joseph.dirago@sunywcc.edu
Phone: 914-606-6214; 917-655-7232

Jo Epstein
Program Navigator: Career & Technical Education
Gateway Building, Room 313N
Jo.epstein@sunywcc.edu
Phone: 914-606-7973

Carol Goldstein-Barlia
Program Navigator: Career & Technical Education
Carol.goldsteinbarlia@sunywcc.edu
Phone: 914-606-6067

Amy Gonzalez
Program Navigator: Liberal Arts – Social Sciences
AAB Building Rm 508
amy.gonzalez@sunywcc.edu
Phone: 914-606-7316

Marc Hess
Program Navigator: Career & Technical Education
Marc.hess@sunywcc.edu
Phone: 914-606-6241

Bradman John
Program Navigator: Liberal Arts-Humanities, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Digital Filmmaking, Applied Art, Liberal Arts-Education
AAB Building Rm 117
bradman.john@sunywcc.edu
Phone: 914-606-7252

Marlene Vega
Program Navigator: Career & Technical Education
Marlene.vega@sunywcc.edu
Phone: 914-606-8432

The Effects of Racial Microaggressions on Belonging and Success for Students of Color

Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Dr. J. Luke Wood

Racial microaggressions are commonly understood as racially insensitive snubs, slights, insults, and putdowns that invalidate the experiences and intellectual capabilities of people of color. While some may assume racial microaggressions are harmless, published research on student success confirms the cumulative effect of these behaviors have a deleterious influence on people of color’s sense of belonging, welcomeness to engage, self-efficacy, and success in postsecondary education. Thus, the purpose of this workshop is to introduce participants to the concept of microaggressions, discuss how microaggressions manifest in academic contexts, highlight the most common microaggressions experienced by students of color in education, and highlight strategies that have been proven effective in challenging racial microaggressions in education. J. Luke Wood, Ph.D. is Vice President of Student Affairs & Campus Diversity and Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Education at San Diego State University. Wood also serves as the Co-Director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL), a national research and practice center that partners with community colleges to support their capacity in advancing outcomes for underserved students of color.

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Validating Students, Working with Cultural Strengths, and Designing a Sensing/Thinking Pedagogy

Date: November 18, 2020
Laura I. Rendón, Ph.D.

https://laurarendon.net/bio/

Professor Emerita and co-director of the Center for Research and Policy in Education at the University of Texas San Antonio Center for Research and Policy in Education Dr. Laura Rendón is nationally recognized as an education theorist, activist and researcher who specializes in college preparation, persistence, and graduation of low-income, first-generation students. A native of Laredo, Texas, Dr. Rendón's passion is assisting students who, like her, grew up in poverty with hopes and dreams but not knowing how to realize them. Dr. Rendón is credited with developing the theory of validation, which colleges and researchers have employed as a framework for working with and affirming low-income students. Dr. Rendón is a teaching and learning philosopher and thought leader. She developed a pedagogic framework called Sentipensante (Sensing/Thinking) Pedagogy that emphasizes intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual student development along with social activism. Click here to access the presentation recording Click here to view the presentation slides

Funding and Sponsors

This event was the featured program of the Fall Holistic Student Supports Series and funded by a grant from Strong Start to Finish. Sponsored by the Center for Teaching & Learning and the Office of Learning Initiatives & Student Success.

A Special Presentation about Guided Pathways - by Robert Johnstone, PhD

Equity, Economic Mobility & Guided Pathways: The Case for Urgency and Implementation

Our best efforts by our best people to significantly improve community college completion rates haven't produced the scaled improvements in outcomes we’ve desired - especially for the students we most hope to serve.  During this session, we'll explore how to build on our past efforts and evolve our thinking about how students are recruited to, enter, and progress through our colleges so they complete their goals at markedly higher rates.  We will begin by setting the table for an exploration of guided pathways by focusing on the issues of economic mobility and equity.  This session will integrate Dr. Johnstone’s work on the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, Bank of America's Jobs Initiative, American Association of Community College's Pathways Institutes, California Guided Pathways Initiatives, Completion by Design, NCII’s A2I2 Cohort, Beyond Financial Aid, Jobs for the Future’s Student Success Centers, and numerous other national, state and college-level projects.

Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 11:00 am – 12:45 pm
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View the Slides Here

Dr. Robert Johnstone is the Founder & President at National Center for Inquiry & Improvement (NCii). Dr. Johnstone works to help two- and four-year colleges create structures and processes that increase student completion, learning, and labor market outcomes. His unique and engaging approach to inquiry and improvement fuses the world of foundations, initiatives, and system-level policy changes with the ground-level work of college practitioners and college senior leaders.

Dr. Johnstone served as a director, dean, and provost in the California community college system for more than a decade, and he worked as a strategic consultant in industry prior to shifting to higher education. With more than 25 years of consulting experience in industry and higher education, he has a unique dual perspective on this work. Most importantly, he brings an energy and passion to improving lives and communities through a social justice and equity lens.

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Questions?

Contact Dr. Michele Campagna
Assistant Dean, Learning Initiatives & Student Success
Michele.Campagna@sunywcc.edu