Lobbying for TAP in Albany

CW students, staff members and our president, Ms. Mary Beth Del Balzo travelled to Albany to encourage lawmakers to restore the maximum Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award for students attending colleges that offer only two-year degree programs.

Our CW delegates were part of a group representing New York’s Association of Proprietary Colleges (APC), easily identified by their blue and white scarves. Students lobbying for TAP in Albany were Bequine Renee Clark, Kemique Jacobs, Muhammad Kham, Chantae Muschett, Stephen Payne and Ryan Williams. The lawmakers meeting our delegation included Senators Gustavo Rivera, George Latimer, and David Carlucci, as well as Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer.

Thank you to all the students and staff for making the effort to travel to Albany and encourage lawmakers to make TAP available to all students. 

From CW to the NBA-Cisco Dream Team

We are proud to announce that a CW student has been selected as a member of the NBA-Cisco Dream Team at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York City! The Dream Team includes 30 students and 2 instructors and CW’s David Ortiz is one of the students! Currently pursuing an AAS in Computer Networking Administration, David feels ready for this unique opportunity, “I’m very excited and honored to be a part of such an amazing experience. I also look forward to working with Cisco and the NBA.”

During the All Star events the students will work with NBA and Cisco engineers to troubleshoot, perform network diagnostics and provide other informational technology services.  From February 7 – 16^th, the students will be immersed into the program and David has clear goals to be completed by the end of the program, “To get a real world work experience and have the honor of working with some of the best in the networking field.”

The NBA-Cisco Dream Team at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York City is part of the Cisco Networking Academy. This program provides a million students worldwide with the skills needed to design, build, manage and secure computer networks.

Congratulations to David for this accomplishment and we look forward to hearing from him at the end of the program.

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College of Westchester Busines Club hosted Microsoft Discussion at Microsoft Store in White Plains

The CW Business Club hosted a conversation with Jason Alvarez, Business Development Specialist, at the Microsoft Store in White Plains.  Jason’s role is to support small and medium businesses with their technology needs, providing consultations on services, software, and hardware to help a business run more efficiently.

Students, faculty, and staff had a chance to discuss some of Microsoft’s business initiatives along with what visitors to the store can expect in terms of products, services, and entertainment.

The club looks forward to hosting more guest speakers in the fall.

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Get back to school and you will be done in no time. You may already know from experience that learning itself can be its own reward. So what are you waiting for - a formal invitation? Ok, well, consider this your formal invitation.

There is nothing quite like that feeling when you are working on your education and your  classes just click. Get started on it right away. The rest of your life will thank you.

If you have been away for school for some time or are taking a gap between college semesters you do not need to panic. CW counselors are prepared to help you get restarted.

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