Rockland Community College: Lumen Learning Press Conference – Media Alert

New City NY

08 January, 2022

9:21 AM

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Press release from Rockland Community College: 2022-01-07 DATE: Friday, January 14, 2022 TIME: 11:00 am – Noon RSVP: Risa Hoag, GMG Public Relations, [email protected], 845-627-3000, Cell 914-643-7878 DATE: TIME: RSVP: WHERE: Rockland Community College, 145 College Road, Suffern, NY Technology Center in the Ellipse Room 8180 Zoom attendance is possible, please RSVP and request the log in information WHERE: Zoom attendance is possible, please RSVP and request the log in information PURPOSE: To announce the launch of Lumen Learning's first campus-based user testing center at Rockland Community College and explain the significance and impact of the program locally and nationally. The program is being funded through a generous grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Lumen Learning approached RCC because it has been identified as a minority serving institution. The goal of the program is to increase the effectiveness and cultural relevance of Lumen's solutions for all students across the United States. PURPOSE: SPEAKERS: SPEAKERS: Kim Thanos, CEO & Co-Founder – Lumen Learning Josh Baron, Senior Program Officer, Digital Learning Infrastructure, Postsecondary Success – Gates Foundation Susan Deer, Provost and Executive VP – RCC Mark McBride, Sr. Librarian Strategist, SUNY Stephen Burke, Dean of Arts and Humanities – RCC Emily Gerace, Coordinator of the Lumen User Testing Center, RCC Three student interns involved in the programThis press release was produced by Rockland Community College. The views expressed here are the author's own.