Students & Faculty Present as Colleagues

Students and Faculty Present Academic Research as Colleagues
at Rockland Community College Conference

Public invited

Suffern, NY - As part of its 50th Anniversary Celebration, Rockland Community College will host the conference, "Celebrating Scholarship: Students and Faculty as Colleagues in Learning."

Saturday, May 1, 2010, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

"Celebrating Scholarship: Students and Faculty as Colleagues In Learning"

Conference for Students and Faculty at Two- and Four-Year Colleges

Technology Center, first floor lobby

Registration: $40 includes breakfast, lunch and afternoon reception.

Forty-six students and 11 faculty members from RCC and area two- and four-year colleges will present their research in panel and poster sessions on subjects across academic disciplines including health and science, the arts, social justice and cultural awareness.

Dr. Alan Mandell, Professor of Adult Learning and Mentoring at SUNY Empire State College, will deliver the keynote address, "Learning Together: Mentoring and Scholarship and Wondering What We Know." Since 1972, Mandell served as administrator, mentor in the social sciences, and Director of the Mentoring Institute at SUNY Empire State College. He is the editor of the journal, All About Mentoring, and, with Elana Michelson, has co-authored "Portfolio Development and the Assessment of Prior Learning" (2nd edition, Stylus, 2004).

Schedule:

Registration and Breakfast: 8 – 9 a.m., Technology Center, first floor lobby

Welcome and Keynote Address: 9:00 – 9:50 a.m., Room 8180 (Ellipse)

Sessions 1 and II—Concurrent Panels: 10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., Various Rooms

Lunch: 12:30 – 1:45 p.m., Cultural Arts Center Cafeteria

Sessions III and IV—Concurrent Panels: 2:00 – 4:15 p.m., Various Rooms

Poster Session and Reception: 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Ellipse Lobby

For more information, contact Elaine Toia, RCC Professor of English, at 845-574-4703, etoia@sunyrockland.edu or visit www.sunyrockland.edu/go/csc for the complete conference schedule.

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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.