{"id":115,"date":"2020-05-30T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/?p=115"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:05:57","slug":"more-than-2000-students-earn-mcc-degrees-and-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/30\/more-than-2000-students-earn-mcc-degrees-and-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 2,000 Students Earn MCC Degrees and Certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-117\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/05\/MCC-Graduating-Together-2020-news.jpg\" alt=\"Graduating Together 2020\" width=\"210\" height=\"118\" \/>With Monroe Community College\u2019s traditional ceremony being postponed until later this year to protect the health and safety of graduates due to the coronavirus, MCC student-leaders led a virtual celebration of the more than 2,000 graduates who earned degrees and certificates as members of the MCC Class of 2020.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">A\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ensemble.itec.suny.edu\/hapi\/v1\/contents\/88d08b53-49e5-47ef-a81d-d50caaaa91f4\/plugin?embedAsThumbnail=false&amp;displayTitle=false&amp;startTime=0&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;hideControls=true&amp;showCaptions=false&amp;displaySharing=false&amp;displayAnnotations=false&amp;displayAttachments=false&amp;displayLinks=false&amp;displayEmbedCode=false&amp;displayDownloadIcon=false&amp;displayMetaData=false&amp;displayCredits=false&amp;audioPreviewImage=false&amp;displayCaptionSearch=false&amp;displayViewersReport=false&amp;displayAxdxs=false\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">commemorative video<\/span><\/u><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u00a0debuted online today, featuring tributes from elected officials such as U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, Monroe County Executive Adam Bello; community leaders such as Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Bob Duffy; as well as MCC administrators, faculty and staff.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Members of the MCC Class of 2020 overcame unprecedented challenges when the college transitioned to fully online and remote learning in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Facts to know about recent graduates include:<\/span><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The majority of MCC graduates (59 percent) plan to transfer to four-year colleges and universities and continue their education. *<\/li>\n<li>Approximately 68 percent of graduates who continue their education do so at a SUNY\/CUNY institution. *<\/li>\n<li>Of career and certificate program graduates who are employed full time, approximately 96 percent work in Monroe or an adjacent county. *<\/li>\n<li>The top 10 degrees earned by MCC students include 1. Liberal Arts and Sciences \u2013 General Studies, 2. Business Administration, 3. Nursing, 4. Psychology, 5. Visual Communication Technology: Graphic Design, 6. Criminal Justice, 7. Communication and Media Studies, 8. Law Enforcement, 9. Human Services, and 10. Dental Hygiene.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Profiles of some of the members of the MCC Class of 2020 are available\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monroecc.edu\/stories\/2020\/?homepage\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">online<\/span><\/u><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">MCC plans to host a traditional, in-person 57th annual<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u00a0Commencement ceremony later this year, if conditions permit.<\/span><br \/><br \/><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">* Source: What Happened to the Class of 2018<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">, MCC Institutional Research, 2019<\/span><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">.<\/span><\/i><br \/><br \/><b>Media Contact:<\/b><br \/>Rosanna Yule<br \/>Government and Community Relations<br \/>585-292-3024<br \/>ryule@monroecc.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Monroe Community College\u2019s traditional ceremony being postponed until later this year to protect the health and safety of graduates due to the coronavirus, MCC student-leaders led a virtual celebration of the more than 2,000 graduates who earned degrees and certificates as members of the MCC Class of 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-mcc-foundation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}