Dr. 罗杰·拉姆萨米当选为世界大学和理工学院联合会董事会成员
2022年6月17日
HVCC主席是世界粮食计划署理事会唯一的美国代表
哈德逊山谷社区学院院长罗杰·拉姆萨米博士.D. was recently elected to the 董事会 of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP). 2002年正式成立, the WFCP offers members “a forum to exchange best practices and promote professional and technical education and training across the globe,，其愿景是成为“主要的国际大学网络”, 学院及理工学院.”
Ramsammy总裁是目前唯一代表美国的董事会成员, 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜是美国唯一的.S. 世界粮食计划署全球成员网络成员, 包括22个国家:澳大利亚, 巴西, 加拿大, 智利, 中国, 加纳, 印度, 伊拉克, 意大利, 牙买加, 日本, 肯尼亚, 拉脱维亚, 毛里求斯, 尼日利亚, 巴基斯坦, 塞内加尔, 西班牙, 阿拉伯联合酋长国, 联合王国, 美国, 和津巴布韦.
“It is a great honor to have been selected to serve on the board of directors of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics,拉姆萨米总统说. “WFCP plays a vital role in facilitating cross-border collaborations and providing opportunities for educators from across the globe to learn from one another. 我很荣幸能代表推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜参与这次对话, 我期待着与粮食计划署其他成员国建立伙伴关系的机会越来越多, 并帮助激励其他美国人.S. 大专院校加入该组织.”
总统Ramsammy’s goals as a WFCP board member include working to increase WFCP membership and support member engagement and retention in the organization; collaborating with American community colleges and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions to increase participation in WFCP sub-committees, 研讨会, affinity groups and professional development activities and awards programs; and serving as a liaison to the board, 或者作为主人, 为今后在纽约或美国其他地方举行的粮食计划署会议或活动作准备.
This emphasis on international outreach and partnership building has been a hallmark of 总统Ramsammy’s leadership since becoming 哈德逊山谷社区学院’s seventh president in 2018. International outreach is a key component of achieving the college’s goal of helping to break the cycle of poverty by providing educational opportunities to those most in need, thereby strengthening families and the communities in which they live — both in the Capital Region of New York State, 学院在哪里, 在世界各地.
Hudson Valley has an established history as an institution welcoming international students; each year, the college serves students from an average of more than 35 foreign countries who travel to the Troy, 去纽约的校园接受高等教育. 在拉姆萨米总统的领导下, Hudson Valley has undertaken numerous new global initiatives designed to help create educational opportunities for students from around the world.
Forging educational partnerships in Costa Rica has been one of 总统Ramsammy’s first priorities, 2021年11月, the college signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a partnership with the Ministry of Public Education of Costa Rica (MEP) to help reduce the existing gaps between the urban and rural educational offerings in Costa Rica. 这是美中两国首次结成伙伴关系.S. 高等教育机构和环境保护部. 除了, the college developed an Electric Vehicle Train-the-Trainer Program for automotive mechanics instructors from Corporacion Educativa Automotriz in Costa Rica, 该公司于2022年5月在哈德逊谷校园举行了首届会议. Costa Rica’s Universidad Isaac Newton has also provided Hudson Valley with office space on their campus, 支持学院在哥斯达黎加和整个中美洲的外展工作.
The college has also developed partnerships with a number of high schools and universities across the globe, 哪些导致了创新的项目模式. 全球课堂高中计划(GCHP), 于2020年夏天在哥斯达黎加推出, allows high school students outside the 美国 to take credited college-level courses delivered online, 异步, 成本大大降低. Credits can be applied to Hudson Valley programs or transferred to most four-year colleges and universities in the 美国, 以及美国以外的许多机构. 这个项目非常成功, 在2021年夏季招收来自22个国家的学生, 预计2022年将有更多.
在过去的几年里, 总统Ramsammy and Hudson Valley have also met with representatives from several other nations to establish plans for future partnerships, 包括菲律宾, 特立尼达和巴巴多斯, 德国, 爱尔兰, 中国, 尼加拉瓜, 以色列, 加勒比地区的加勒比共同体国家, 和科特迪瓦, 举几个例子.
在本地, the college established an Immigrant and Refugee Community Forum to establish a point of connect for those in need of education and workforce training available at the college. 也, Hudson Valley invited the International Center of the Capital Region (ICCR) to move its headquarters on campus in a space shared with the college’s Office of 全球计划. ICCR is a non-profit organization founded in 1956 to promote cultural understanding by welcoming international leaders and newcomers to the Capital Region. Its presence on campus facilitates a synergistic relationship between the college and ICCR and strengthens ICCR’s efforts to offer citizen diplomacy experiences, 同时让学院增加其全球影响力.
除了他是世界粮食计划署董事会的成员, Ramsammy总统在许多其他董事会任职, 委员会和委员会, including the 董事会 of the New York State Economic Development Council; Regional Economic Development Council; Center for Economic Growth and its Advanced Manufacturing Workgroup; the United Way of the Greater Capital Region and its Community Impact and Investment Committee; the American Association of Community Colleges Commission on Structured Pathways; the City of Albany’s COVID Recovery Task Force; and the Capital Region Chamber's Strategic Plan Directors' Workgroup, 举几个例子.
特立尼达人, 总统Ramsammy is a first-generation college student who recognizes the extraordinary potential of education to change both individual lives and communities. 他于2018年加入哈德逊山谷，拥有30多年的高等教育经验, including senior positions at three of the largest and most diverse multi-campus colleges in the 美国, 他还因致力于全球事务而获得了多个奖项, 多样性, 公平与包容, 以及他创新的教学和管理成就.
Those who are interested in learning more about becoming members of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics may contact 总统Ramsammy at wfcp@ngskmc-eis.net.