Before she retires from her position as the school's president, Carole A. McCoy was given two more examples of why she should be proud of the work she and staff members have done at Jefferson Community College. The website Schools.com recently listed JCC has the No.
Well-earned honors: Jefferson Community College lauded as No. 1 on websites
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Now Americans, Bukharian Jews face new set of challenges
At Da Mikelle, one of many kosher eateries featuring Bukharian cuisine, families crowd the dining rooms to mark the occasion of a yushvo , the anniversary of a loved one's death. Down the road, the Beth Gavriel synagogue and community center is obscured by scaffolding and construction cones.
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Baby daughter the biggest hit at 14th Grace Hillery Game
Well, we're a long way from hearing those words, but 11-week-old Grace Hillery made her College of Staten Island debut Tuesday night at the 14th annual Grace Hillery Breast Cancer Awareness Game . Named after her late grandmother, the baby daughter of Anthony and Andria Hillery was a big hit as the Dolphins edged Drew University, 3-2, for their seventh consecutive victory.
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Fontbonne students join ranks of science elite
Keara Donahue and Isabella Grillo made their school proud with their top 10 showings at the New York City Science and Engineering Fair. Photo courtesy of Fontbonne Hall Academy Fontbonne Hall Academy seniors Keara Donahue and Isabella Grillo impressed the judges at the recent New York City Science and Engineering Fair , a competition that attracted students from high schools across the city.
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New York museum to aid green-card holders in U.S. citizenship quest
New U.S. citizens celebrate after taking the oath of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony beneath the Statue of Liberty during ceremonies marking the 125th anniversary of the Statue at Liberty Island in New York, October 28, 2011. With the Trump administration trying to ban travelers from several Muslim-majority countries from the United States, the New-York Historical Society and museum is launching a new initiative to help green-card holders become American citizens.
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Sanction those responsible for Queens College incident
The confession by the Federal Ministry of Education of its negligence in the diarrhoea outbreak at Queens College, Lagos, appears like a breakthrough in the investigations into the incident that led to the death of three students of the school. Besides the three deaths, scores were hospitalised and at least 1,222 other students reportedly manifested signs of the disease according to officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health.
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BWW Review: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical is Stunning at The Landmark Theatre
The latest musical to grace the stage at Syracuse's Landmark Theatre is the U.S. tour of the jukebox musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical . Featuring a book by Douglas McGrath it showcases the early life and career of singer and songwriter Carole King.
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Out of Warsaw, with tradition and trauma
Suzanna Eibuszyc, born in Communist Poland, came with her family to the US in the late 1960s. A graduate of City College of New York and UCLA.
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GREEN Tool offers evidence-based guidance for school garden success
Planting a successful school garden requires a lot more than just soil, seeds and water, say researchers who have come up with a planning tool that can help ensure school gardens thrive and endure. A teacher or parent may be the driving force behind getting a garden started, but once the teacher leaves the school, or the parent's child graduates, gardens can wither away unless they have been well integrated into the school community, the study team writes in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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Taxpayer-Funded College Hosts Radical Commencement Speaker With Ties To Terror Group
Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour will be this year's commencement speaker at the taxpayer-funded City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. "I am delighted to confirm that Linda Sarsour will indeed speak at our June 1 commencement at the Apollo Theater," said Barbara Aaron, chief of staff to CUNY Graduate School of Public Health dean Ayman El-Mohandes, in a statement sent to The Daily Caller.
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Best school award
Master Ken's Xtreme Martial Arts Center received the Best School Award from the 13th U.S. Hong Ik Taekwondo Championship at Queens College, New York. Over 60 schools and 650 competitors from NY, NJ, CT, PA and TX participated in this event.
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Discrimination linked to greater probability of asthma in African American and Latino children
African American children who reported experiencing discrimination were almost twice as likely to suffer from asthma when compared with their peers, according to a new study in CHEST Asthma is a debilitating, yet common childhood ailment. It is estimated that one in ten children in the United States suffer from asthma, but the condition disproportionately affects African American and Latino children.
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Free tuition program: Early calls to FMCC are positive
The state's Excelsior Scholarship program has been approved in the state budget, and colleges and the public are learning more about how the program will function. The program will see the college tuition cost paid for students whose families make less than $125,000 a year.
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Anti-Israel Sharia advocate to give CUNY commencement speech
A radical left-wing activist and advocate for Sharia law in the United States has been selected as his year's commencement speaker at a New York City college. Linda Sarsour, 37, who helped organize the Women's March in Washington in January and was arrested protesting outside of Trump Hotel in New York, was tapped by the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy to address this year's graduating class.
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Across the Nation: Colleges Struggle to Support their Hungry & Homeless Students
The research team at University of Wisconsin, led by sociologist Sara Goldrick-Rab, initiated a survey examining the community college experience. Published results have recently been updated to show one third of community college students go hungry and 14 percent are homeless.
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College leaders: 30K Degrees Initiative is important for Staten Island
There is an important project called 30,000 Degrees being spearheaded by three top Staten Island college leaders: Dr. William Fritz, president of the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York; Dr. Richard Guarasci, president of Wagner College; and Dr. James O'Keefe, vice-provost of the Staten Island Campus of St. John's University. Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing these three distinguished gentlemen to discuss the 30,000 Degrees Initiative and each of them had such wonderful insight on this program that aims to improve college readiness in the borough.
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Exclusive: Mayor Broome's new CAO lists master's he doesn't hold on resume
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, center, receives the transition reports from her transition co-chairs Donna Fraiche, left, and Chris Tyson, right. Broome hosted a breakfast to thank her mayoral transition team and receive the reports they've been working on to help her administration take over the running of the city-parish Wednesday March 15, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La..
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President Trump, here's why 100 days may not be such a 'ridiculous standard'
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events It's somewhat of an arbitrary deadline, yes. There's no rule that presidents have to have signed X number of bills into law by the first 100 days of their presidency or else.
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Sharia Law Advocate and Anti-Semite Linda Sarsour to be Commencement Speaker at Taxpayer Funded CUNY
The idiots who are apparently running City University of New York have decided pro-Palestinian, Sharia Law advocate , and vile spewer of hate, Linda Sarsour is the BEST candidate to give a commencement speech. Barbara Aaron, chief of staff to the school's dean Ayman El-Mohandes said of the event, "I am delighted to confirm that Linda Sarsour will indeed speak at our June 1 commencement at the Apollo Theater."
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