New Career Services Center at SUNY Rockland Community College Helps Students Plan Their Education, Locate Internships and Find Employment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: November 20, 2007

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574-4244

New Career Services Center at SUNY Rockland Community College Helps Students Plan Their Education,
Locate Internships and Find Employment

Suffern, NY - SUNY Rockland Community College has instituted a Career Services Center to personally guide students from the process of planning their education to finding appropriate employment.

The Career Services Center, a division of Student Development, is committed to providing students with personal assistance in determining their career choices, acquiring valuable, credit-bearing internships, and locating beneficial job opportunities, both off and on campus. The Center will also focus on incorporating appropriate technology in order to stay competitive. Students will be taught resume writing, interviewing, interpersonal and professional skills. Contacts with professionals in the student’s field will be established in order for them to receive experiential and employment opportunities.

Irene Deutsch, formerly the Coordinator of the RCC Internships Program and adjunct faculty, English, has been appointed Director of the Career Services Center. Deutsch, of South Nyack, has been with the College since 1994 and prior to that, was working on her doctorate in Humanities at the University of Texas. A native of Rockland County, she earned her BA in Music at SUNY Buffalo and her MA in Humanities at the University of Texas.

Deutsch comes to her new position with extensive experience in the business community, performing marketing coordination with one of the top Wall Street economic consulting firms in the country, A. Gary Shilling and Co. Deutsch also had a career as a classical pianist. She studied at The Juilliard School of Music and Manhattan School of Music.

For more information about the Career Services Center, contact Irene Deutsch, Director, Career Services Center, at 845 574 - 4405/4216.

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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.