No tuition increase under Westchester Community College budget for 5th Straight Year County Contribution and Capital Spending to Increase for 2017-2018 School Year For the fifth consecutive year, tuition for nearly 13,000 students at Westchester Community College will not increase under a proposed budget that was submitted by County…

WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE SIGNS TRANSFER ARTICULATION AGREEMENT WITH THE NURSING PROGRAM OF TOURO SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES AT NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE  – NEW LOCATION BEGINNING FALL 2017 IN VALHALLA, NEW YORK Westchester Community College, State University of New York, and Touro School of Health Sciences/New York Medical College (NYMC)…

Professor Hildy Oberstein shares news of her students receiving recognition at the New York State Society of Radiologic Sciences Annual State Meeting. The college team won first place in the academic bowl and third in the poster contest. The academic team was comprised of students Thomas Galeotti, Drew March, and…

The League for Innovation in the Community College has named Westchester Community College’s Coaching Connection Program as a 2017 Innovation of the Year winner. Established more than thirty years ago, the League’s Innovation of the Year competition was devised as a way to recognize significant innovations at member colleges.  These…

New Students will play “Library Jeopardy” during orientation, August 8-10. Library Jeopardy is an informative and interactive game presented by Westchester Community College librarians to all new and transfer students during New Student Orientation, August 8-10! Modeled after the original television show, it provides a fun…

The Cambridge Summer Study Abroad Program, an educational opportunity for Honors students enrolled at Westchester Community College, is now in its 15th year. 170 students have been selected since 2003 to study for two weeks in July at the prestigious Cambridge University in England. This year’s group of 13 students…

M&T Bank recently granted $10,000 to Westchester Community College Foundation to renew their scholarship support. The M&T Bank Scholarships are awarded to students enrolled in business curricula who demonstrate community involvement, academic achievement, and financial need. Since 2013, nine students have benefited from their generosity and another four students…

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Kristina M. Johnson as the incoming Chancellor for the SUNY System. President Miles on the new SUNY leader: “Dr. Johnson reflects a real understanding of the role community colleges play in providing broad access and opportunity for individuals entering the higher education…

President Miles spoke to journalist Soledad O’Brien about the state’s new free college tuition program (Excelsior Scholarship) on the nationally broadcast “Matter of Fact” program that aired April 16, 2017. The scholarship makes higher education more affordable by providing tuition-free college at New York’s public colleges and universities to families making…

The college has a new rideshare program. Check it out today and make new friends, open up additional parking spaces, and help the environment. Save money, too! Rideshare Services – 511NY Rideshare Program About Westchester Community College Westchester Community College provides over 31,000…

Statement by Dr. Belinda S. Miles, President, Westchester Community College: As Westchester County’s largest educational institution, we support the plan to make college more affordable for those seeking relevant 21st Century skills to support themselves and their families. This proposal would help increase access to higher education throughout New York State…

Westchester Community College and Lincoln University of Pennsylvania signed an articulation agreement whereby students from the community college would be admitted with junior status and graduate from the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University within two years. The articulation signing ceremony was held on Lincoln University’s main campus…

President Miles wrote an editorial on the college’s recent report on middle skill jobs. Published by the Journal News/Lohud, it covered the need to expand educational opportunities for those seeking jobs requiring an education beyond a high school degree but less than a bachelors degree. http://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/11/21/prepare-people-middle-skill-jobs/93585260/…

Westchester Community College is receiving $100,000 ($20,000 per year for  five years) as a partner institution for a new $4 million five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant designed to increase the number of underrepresented minority (UREP) students receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The…

Westchester Community College and Delaware State University (DSU) have reached an agreement that will facilitate the transfer of associate degree graduates to DSU where they will be able complete a bachelor’s degrees in two years. In addition to the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree in two years at DSU,…

Degree Works is a web-based advising tool to help students, faculty and counselors track a student’s completion of academic program requirements, determine course selections, track progress toward graduation, and use “what-if” scenarios to see how courses already taken would apply to a different major. DegreeWorks is user-friendly, has helpful visual…

Lowey Announces $696,572 Grant for Five-Year Mercy College Program to Support Hispanic & Low-Income Undergraduates in STEM Fields  More than 2,500 unfilled positions in Lower Hudson Valley in health care and software engineering  Funds will enable partnership between Mercy College and Westchester Community College Dobbs…

A unique new tool has been added to the list of resources for students studying at Westchester Community College; a 29-foot Remote Power Unit (RPU) now graces the front entrance of the institution’s Technology Building on the main campus in Valhalla. On September 21, the college hosted a dedication ceremony…

Westchester Community College Foundation is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $100,000 from the Westchester Community Foundation/Wallace Westchester Fund.   This major grant is helping to support the College’s major initiatives in college readiness and persistence for Westchester County public high school students. Piloted with the help…

The new Westchester Community College Foundation Emergency Aid Program has been established to assist students who have unforeseen financial hardships that occur during the academic year and endanger their continued enrollment. Emergency situations may include, but not limited to homelessness or sudden loss of housing, fire; eviction; overdue utility bills; theft…