The Capital District Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) will celebrate more than 250 graduates for 2020 with a virtual ceremony on Thursday, June 25 beginning at 6 p.m. The event can be accessed at www.hvcc.edu/eoc and www.facebook.com/capitaldistricteoc.
Featured speakers will be Dr. Lucille Marion, executive director of the Capital District Educational Opportunity Center and a college vice president; President Roger Ramsammy, Ph.D.; Neil Kelleher, chairman of the college’s Board of Trustees, and Lisa McKay, associate provost and director of SUNY’s University Center for Academic and Workforce Development. Troy Carlson, a Nursing Assistant graduate, and Ronald Smith, a High School Equivalency Preparation graduate, also will address the gathering.
Since 1966, the Capital District EOC, a division of Hudson Valley Community College and part of the State University of New York, has offered tuition-free academic and workforce development opportunities to disadvantaged and educationally under-prepared New York State residents 16 years and older. As a result, thousands of Capital Region residents have gained self-confidence in their own potential, realized career goals, and obtained self-sufficiency and economic independence.
Published: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 12:15:06 +0000 by e.harwood