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Announced in March, Dr. Erica Schacht, currently Dean of First Year Experience and Chair of General Education, will serve as Dean of Faculty at The College of Westchester. “Erica has proven herself to be an extraordinarily talented and effective classroom teacher and a highly competent academic administrator. Through her classroom teaching, doctoral research studies, success

See Frank William’s Commencement Address » White Plains, NY – The College of Westchester celebrated its 106th Commencement Ceremony at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown on Thursday, June 2nd. Executive Director of the White Plains Youth Bureau Frank Williams Jr. delivered an inspirational Keynote Address to college graduates. As Director, Mr. Williams is responsible for

With an extra hour of sunlight, Spring has sprung at CW with our annual, Spring Into Wellness! Now is the time to get moving as we transition seasons! The Allied Health Club put together an exciting event where students, staff & faculty had the opportunity to learn about several topics related to Health & Wellness

Congratulations to our Students of the Semester in the Day College; Amoya Nicholson and Jimmy Ramirez. Amoya and Jimmy were selected for this distinguished accolade by the Day College Faculty because of their demonstrated academic excellence and effort in their degree program, in addition to holding a minimum 3.8 GPA. Read more about Amoya and

What a better way to celebrate Women’s History Month than with a female award-winning entrepreneur, female business owner and CW Alum, Danielle Settembre! Danielle is the owner and founder of Hair Saloon & Cafe™ in Scarsdale, NY. Student hosts, Neranyi, Shahine, and Guadalupe welcomed Danielle to a room full of students who heard advice on

The College of Westchester announced that Jessica Perilla, CEO & Founder of JPD Studio, a full-service creative, digital agency, will be a new member of the Board of Trustees. Jessica is an award-winning media technologist and media artist, who will bring several years of experience in corporate America as well as entrepreneurial experience. JPD studio

Great Job to all our CW student delegates on lobbying for TAP funding! CW students Habayatou B., Emelyn I., Steven V., Michael T., Sebastian D., and Guadalupe S. met with Senator Jamaal Bailey, Senator Alessandra Biaggi, Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Member Carl Heastie, Assembly Member J. Gary Pretlow, Assembly Member Jose Rivera, and Assembly member

February is always an important month for us at CW as it’s fully dedicated to celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth and 2022 was not the exception. Last week we closed the month on a high note with an incredible panel at the Student Center. Set up in Q&A style, it was enlightening, refreshing, and informative with great, sound

The CW Community Goes Red For Women! Friday, February 4 was National Wear Red Day and CW staff, faculty, and students supported the cause with a sea of red! #GoRedForWomen is a movement initiated by the American Heart Association to encourage awareness of the issue of women and heart disease as well as taking action

CW’s Annual food drive hosted by the Student Government Association took place during the month of November. Thanks to generous donations from the CW Community of students, staff and faculty, a total of 550 pounds of food was donated to Feeding Westchester, beating last year’s total of 350 pounds.