Chinese Junior High School Students Visit College

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: July 8, 2008

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574-4244

Chinese Junior High School Students Visit SUNY Rockland Community College

Suffern, NY - SUNY Rockland Community College is hosting a campus visit for 39 Chinese junior high school students from Shanghai on July 14.

The students, along with five of their teachers from their private school, Hua Yu School, will visit the Town of Ramapo for one day. They will meet with the town officials in the morning and visit SUNY Rockland in the afternoon. This is an exchange program through the China Twinning Committee of the Town of Ramapo. The Town of Ramapo sent four junior high school students to Shanghai last year. 

Agenda for SUNY Rockland:

Technology Center, Room 8180 (Ellipse)

2:00 – 2:20 p.m.

Welcome from Dr. Cliff Wood, College President; Bill Baker, Vice President of Academic Affairs; and Ms. Patricia Kobes, Assistant to Vice President of Academic Affairs

2:20-2:45 p.m.

A brief overview of the International Students Program at RCC.

Maria Dell’Arciprete, Director of International Students Program

2:45 – 3:05 p.m.

Introduction to the English as a Second Language (ESL) program at RCC.

Professor Martha Rottman, Division Chair, Humanities, Social and Behavioral Science

3:05-3:30 p.m.

Campus Tour includes: Technology Center, Library, Cultural Arts Center, and Fieldhouse

Professor Liya Li, Division Chair, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

For more information, contact, Dr. Liya Li at (845) 574- 4733 or lli@sunyrockland.edu. For more information about SUNY Rockland Community College, visit www.sunyrockland.edu

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