Rockland Community College Announces 2023 Commencement Plans

Press release from Rockland Community College:

2023-05-15

ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. (May 12, 2023) – All Spring 2023 candidates for graduation as well as Summer and Fall 2022 conferred graduates are invited to attend an in-person Commencement Ceremony on May 22, 2023. It will be held at 11:00 am at Clover Stadium in Pomona, NY.

“I am delighted to invite our 2023 graduates along with their families and friends for the 63rd Commencement ceremony,” stated Chair of the Board of Trustees Martin C. Wortendyke. “This is a momentous occasion where we celebrate our hard-working students as they embark on the next chapters in their lives, whether it is entering the workforce immediately or continuing their academic journey.”

The Keynote Speaker, Dr. Susan Deer, currently serves as the RCC Officer in Charge, and has served in a number of roles at the College since her start in 2008 as Dean of Instruction. Dr. Deer has dedicated her energy and passion over the past fifteen years at RCC to improve and increase the effectiveness of the curriculum, course instruction, and campus leadership.

“Our Keynote Speaker is especially fitting given Dr. Deer’s dedication to RCC. She has devoted her career to improving our students’ lives at RCC and has impacted countless individuals’ success,” added Wortendyke.

Dr. Deer has served as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Hudson Valley Educational Consortium and established a regional collaboration among community colleges not only in the area of academics but also with local workforce development and industry. She has taken a leadership role in establishing strong partnerships with local two-year colleges as the Consortium represents the six community colleges in the Mid-Hudson Region of New York State. Deer’s leadership is a key component of RCC’s design and implementation of the current Academic Master Plan, the re-design of developmental education, the College’s new model of shared governance, and the “life happens” Connection Center.

Deer’s Ph.D., from Capella University, is in Education with a specific emphasis in Leadership in Higher Education. In recognition of her leadership, Dr. Deer was awarded the Catalyst Leadership Award by the American Council on Education (ACE) in 2016 as the New York State outstanding woman leader in higher education.

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