classroom and lab work at Suffolk County Community College with actual work
experience at Toyota dealerships.
United States Congressman Steve israel announced a new “Cyber College Partnership”
between Nassau and Suffolk counties, the College, Long island University and Nassau
Community College to develop Long island into a national cybersecurity hub. e
initiative will focus on aligning curricula at Long island community colleges and
universities to address the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals throughout
New York and the United States. i believe that fostering cooperation that leads to
educating the next generation of cybersecurity experts will help draw more industry
to Long island.
Board of Trustee member Denise Lindsay Sullivan advised the College that the
Hampton Bays School District, where she serves as Assistant Superintendent for
Curriculum, would be recognized as a District of Distinction for the pilot program
completed as part of its partnership with the College that was developed to address
the number of students entering College needing remedial math and english.
During the past year, i have had numerous opportunities to speak with other College
Presidents in our regional area. Most recently, i met with the President and the
Provost of St. John’s University and the President of St. Joseph’s College to discuss
potential partnership opportunities and to update them on strategic activities taking
place at the College.
Staff is establishing a partnership between the Peconic Teachers Center, Molloy
College and the eastern Campus to provide academic coursework in modern
language instruction for eastern Suffolk teachers interested in obtaining english for
Speakers of other Languages (eSoL) certification.
SkillsUSA is a national partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives
working together to ensure America has a trained workforce in technical, skilled and
service occupations, including health occupations. e Michael J. Grant Campus
hosted Skills USA in March.
Diversity
i have directed that the College invest its resources in support of developing and
promoting best practices for inclusion and building a consistent foundation for a true
understanding of all the facets of difference that exist within our college community
and are reflective of Suffolk County. in order to accomplish this, numerous presentations,
extensive outreach, and formalized training sessions took place this year.
in conjunction with the College’s offices of Legal Affairs and employee resources,
we successfully implemented the second phase of online training through workplace
Answers, LLC. rough our contract with this vendor, we are able to provide online
employee training modules college-wide covering critical topics such as diversity,
discrimination, sexual harassment, bullying, ferPA and oSHA compliance, and
supervisory responsibility. Six training modules were completed over the course of the
past year, with two additional modules due for completion by the end of 2015. All
College employees, both full-time and part-time, are required to complete the courses.
ese online training programs are designed to provide the tools and resources to
ensure that everyone understands their rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
rough a targeted calendar of face-to-face training sessions and workshops, we made
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A new “Cyber College Partnership” announced by
Congressman Steve Israel will focus on aligning curricula at
Long Island colleges to address the growing demand for
cybersecurity professionals throughout the nation.
