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While the official business of the day was to visit the campus and speak with college faculty and staff about the robust educational opportunities, academic resources, and personal support available to them at Monroe, it quickly turned into a family reunion for one member of the visiting group.
Among the first faces that Daniel Rolle of Nassau saw upon arriving on campus was his sister Philippa, who is working toward her bachelor’s degree in the Hospitality Management program.
Escorted by Aquinas College Guidance Counselor June Hutcheson, International Educational Consultant Erica Hepburn, and Grades Seven and Eight Coordinator Shannals Johnson, the 50 students learned about Monroe’s many undergraduate and graduate degree programs, its strong support services for international students, and even toured one of Monroe’s dormitories to get a glimpse of residential life on campus.
After a lunch at the college’s new student café, the students experienced some of the sights and sounds of New York City’s Times Square. More than 400 students from the Caribbean currently study at Monroe’s campus in New Rochelle, including 25 from the Bahamas.
Monroe College partnered with the Bahamian Ministry of Education in 2015 to develop a $1.1 million scholarship program to expand college access to local public high school graduates. The first 13 scholarship recipients from the island nation began their studies at Monroe in September 2015. The Monroe College merit scholarship program is a four-year commitment providing for each of the recipients to pursue their undergraduate studies at the college's campus in New Rochelle.
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