EOC Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Golden Opportunities Gala
2016年10月13日
的 Capital District 教育机会中心 (EOC), which has helped thousands of students realize career goals and obtain economic independence, will cap off its 50th anniversary with a "Golden Opportunities" gala, 星期五, 10月. 特洛伊富兰克林广场14号.
Hosted by the 哈德逊山谷社区学院 基金会, the gala serves as the final event in a year-long anniversary celebration for the EOC. Proceeds from the event will establish a much-needed student transportation fund. While the EOC enrolls approximately 900 students per year, transportation is a major barrier to student enrollment and retention in the center's variety of career and workforce preparation programs.
“黄金机会”也表彰了H. 卡尔·考尔 with the 哈德逊山谷社区学院 基金会 领导 Award. Chairman of the State University of New York 校董会, McCall has been a strong advocate for 教育机会中心s and other programs that advance education access in New York State. 在他杰出的职业生涯中, Chairman McCall served as a New York State senator; president of the New York City Board of Education; comptroller of the State of New York; an ambassador to the United Nations; commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; and commissioner of the New York State Division of Human Rights.
"We are honored to have Chairman McCall joining us for our 50th anniversary gala and to celebrate the extraordinary contributions he has made to public education and SUNY's network of 教育机会中心s,”医生说。. Lucille Marion, vice president and executive director at the EOC. "We at the EOC look forward to continuing to serve our community and providing many more years of career and educational opportunities for our students."
"Congratulations to the EOC on 50 years of continuous success, and to our honoree, SUNY Chairman H. 卡尔·考尔, for his influential career in higher education and public service," said 哈德逊山谷社区学院 President Drew Matonak. "We are proud to be partners with the EOC in continuing to provide tremendous opportunities for personal, academic and professional advancement to our community."
"Chairman McCall has been a true champion of EOC, which has placed so many students on a path toward higher education and still others with a skill set that connects them to jobs,纽约州立大学校长南希. 南希校长. "This is a valuable program and I am so pleased to congratulate Capital District 教育机会中心 on 50 years, as well as Chairman McCall on receiving this honor. We can't thank him enough for his leadership and true devotion to public education."
的 EOC is a division of 哈德逊山谷社区学院 and part of SUNY's University Center for Academic and 员工发展. 它提供了全面的, community-based academic and workforce development programs, and provides support services leading to enhanced employment opportunities, 获得继续教育的机会, 个人成长与发展. 的 EOC's services are provided free of charge for those who are eligible. 近50,000 EOC students have gained self-confidence in their own potential, 实现了教育和职业目标, and obtained self-sufficiency and economic independence since 1966.
的 Capital District EOC shares its golden anniversary with the Brooklyn, Buffalo and Manhattan 教育机会中心s. 五十年前, these four sites formed the initial core for a new model of access and educational delivery for the State University of New York. 从早期开始, 额外的而是EOCs, 咨询和外展中心, and ATTAIN labs have come to form a network of educational programs and services that have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals throughout the state.
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成立于1953年, 哈德逊山谷社区学院 offers more than 80 associate degree and certificate programs in four schools: Business; Engineering and Industrial Technologies; 健康科学; and Liberal Arts and Sciences; and workforce and academic preparation programs offered through the Capital District 教育机会中心. One of 30 community colleges in the State University of New York system, 它有近12名学生,000名学生, and is known as a leader in distance learning initiatives and worker retraining. 哈德逊河谷有7.5万名校友.