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June 21, 2022HVCC President Elected to WFCP Board of Directors
Hudson Valley Community College President Roger Ramsammy, Ph.D. was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP). Formally established in 2002, the WFCP offers members “a forum to exchange best practices and promote professional and technical education and training across the globe,” with a vision of becoming “the principal international network for colleges, institutes and polytechnics.”
President Ramsammy is currently the only board member representing the United States, and Hudson Valley Community College is the only U.S. member of the WFCP’s Global Member Network, which includes 22 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Ghana, India, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, and Zimbabwe.
“It is a great honor to have been selected to serve on the board of directors of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics,” said President Ramsammy. “WFCP plays a vital role in facilitating cross-border collaborations and providing opportunities for educators from across the globe to learn from one another. I am honored to become a part of that conversation on behalf of Hudson Valley Community College, and I look forward to both increasing opportunities for partnership with other WFCP member nations, and helping to inspire other US colleges and universities to join the organization.”
President 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, workshops, affinity groups and professional development activities and awards programs; and serving as a liaison to the board, or as host, for future WFCP conferences or events to be held in New York or elsewhere in the United States.
This emphasis on international outreach and partnership building has been a hallmark of President Ramsammy’s leadership since becoming Hudson Valley Community College’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, where the college is located, and around the world.
