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What’s Inside?
Inside News Retirements
Vice Presidents of Finance and Administration are retiring
after years of service.
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Matonak Retires
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Advisement
Changes to the liberal arts and sciences advisement has students concerned.
Wellness Fair
A recap on a fair that aims to promote healthy living to students.
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Inside Creative Food on 224
Grab some grub at the Flying Chicken in this week’s food feature.
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meme dreams
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Inside Sports Football even
The Hudson Valley football team evens up with a 2-2 record.
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Volleyball
The team is in high spirits despite a loss to Mohawk Valley.
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Enrollment numbers drop despite increased projection By: Anthony O’Connell Staff Writer Hudson Valley has experienced a 2.6 percent decrease in enrollment this year, but is taking steps to increase headcount. “HVCC had a record 14,011 students enrolled in 2010, when the country was coming out of the recession. As the economy recovered and the job market in the area started to improve, our enrollment started to decline, which is a trend for community colleges across the nation,” said Dennis Kennedy, director of communications and marketing. During hard economic times when the job market is bad, community colleges tend to see an increase in enrollment due to lower tuition rates, as opposed to fouryear universities with higher tuition rates. On average, community col-
leges nation-wide have seen a three percent decrease in enrollment, according to the American Association of Community Colleges. “Every year, the college makes projections on what enrollment will be, and essentially, that is a budgeting tool. We need to come as close as possible to our projection to fund our budget, which funds all the service operations of the college,” said Kennedy. The enrollment projection for this semester was 11,921 for the total headcount, which is actually an increase from the 11,888 actual headcount for the fall 2015 semester. However, around this time last year when enrollment figures were reported on Sept. 21, 2015, there were 10,339 students enrolled as opposed to the 10,066 figure that was calculated as of Sept. 19 this year.
The difference in the total headcount for fall 2015 and the Sept. 21,2015 numbers, according to Kennedy, is the result of rolling enrollment. In mid-October of this year, the final enrollment numbers will be reported for fall 2016, but right now, the college in the high school program and sprint students are still being registered. Kennedy continued, “We’re slightly off this year, but in general, we’ve come pretty close. So that allows us to stabilize student tuition and prevents us from making any dramatic cuts from programs or services. Essentially, meeting the projection keeps the college running smoothly.” Enrollment was also a major theme of President Andrew Matonak’s speech at the All College Meeting.
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Student uses past to promote leadership on campus By: Haley Parlapiano Staff Writer Going from being bullied in high school to becoming president of Hudson Valley’s Student Senate, Emma Dillon has a newfound confidence in herself. Dillon started out in the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) in high school. The club, which helps students in bullying situations whether they were bullied, the bully or even a bystander. “I was the Treasurer and then I was elected in as the Vice President,” she said. Dillon’s motivation to help others in these situations helped her obtain her positions in the club. As well as making progress with her leadership skills, Dillon found herself gaining confidence from her experiences. “I was bullied a lot during high school and being in NCBI helped,“ she said. “I got to go to a lot of leadership conferences and that kind of developed me.” Due to the severity of Dillon’s bullying, Dillon’s family decided to move to Albany when her older brother told her about the 24hour credit program at Hudson Valley. Dillon felt immediately welcomed to Hudson Valley with open arms. She volunteered immediately to make cotton candy and get the chance to meet new people. “When I came to Hudson Valley, I was never super into politics,” she said. Despite her lack of interest, Dillon soon discovered her passion for student government. Inspired by her brother, Josiah Dillon, former Student Senate treasurer, Dillon attended her first Student Senate meeting last year. “I jumped in my very first day last year and I went to the first Senate meeting.” Inspired by what was going on around her, Dillon decided from that point on she would become invested in student government. Dillon began with running for freshman class president, and ended the year being elected as Student Senate president, with the concept of bettering herself.
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After 11 years as President of Hudson Valley, Andrew Matonak will retire in 2018.
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