{"id":18966,"date":"2022-10-31T11:46:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/hvcc-collaborates-with-eoc-in-the-community\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T11:46:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:46:46","slug":"hvcc-collaborates-with-eoc-in-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/hvcc-collaborates-with-eoc-in-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"HVCC collaborates with EOC in the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 29, Chief Diversity Officer Ainsley Thomas, along with representatives from the college and the Educational Opportunity Center, met with over 70 representatives from our refugee and immigrant community at the Washington Avenue Branch of the Albany Public Library to discuss career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>In the Capital District alone this year, we welcomed 412 Afghan evacuees plus 149 refugees from other countries, for a total of 561 arrivals, the highest number of individuals resettled in the Greater Capital District since 2016. In addition, 104 Ukrainians have also arrived in the area.\u00a0 Many are professionals in their homeland and are looking for career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>A special thanks to the following people for making the event a success:<\/p>\n<p>Dean Penny Hill<br \/>\nPolly Karis, admissions counselor<br \/>\nKelly Bunkley, assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs<br \/>\nElaine Harwood, coordinator of Student Affairs at the EOC<\/p>\n<p>In service,<\/p>\n<p>Ainsley Thomas<br \/>\nChief Diversity Officer<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-142373 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/USCRI-1-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-142376 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/USCRI-4-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142377 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/USCRI-5-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-142378 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/USCRI-6-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:46:46 +0000 by\u00a0a.thomas1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Oct. 29, Chief Diversity Officer Ainsley Thomas, along with representatives from the college and the Educational Opportunity Center,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accolades"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}