College Appoints Director of Program Operations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: August 22, 2008

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574 - 4244

SUNY Rockland Community College Appoints Director of Program Operations

Suffern, NY - SUNY Rockland Community College has appointed Ms. Kathy Smith-DeGraw to the position of Director of Program Operations for the Center for Personal & Professional Development.

Ms. Kathy Smith-DeGraw of Warwick is responsible for directing the College’s continuing education programs that require industry certification and leisure-time activities. Since 2005, Smith-DeGraw has been a Program Development Specialist/Grant Writing Consultant for non-profit organizations. From 1995-2005, she was an adjunct at Marist College Goshen Center, specializing in research and psychology courses. From 1981-1997, she taught Sociology and Psychology at Orange County Community College of Middletown and acted as Program Developer in Community Services from 1984 - 1985.

Smith-DeGraw holds a Master of Arts in Sociology from the New School for Social Research, New York, NY, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN.

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Rockland Community College, a unit of the State University of New York, is located 25 miles northwest of NYC. The majority of its students transfer to four-year colleges, and many find immediate employment upon earning their associate's degree or certificate. The College also offers others, from preschoolers to senior citizens, the opportunity to simply learn something new. Quality education...at a price you can afford.