2019 State of the College

9 Westchester Community College The college entered a multi-year partnership with Berkeley College and Guizhou University of Finance and Economics (GUFE) in China. 68 students from Guizhou resided in White Plains to earn part or all of their Bachelor’s degrees through study at Berkeley College. Westchester Community College offered English as a Second Language (ESL) courses to those students who required ESL instruction. BUILDING BRIDGES Song Zhao, Vice President of GUFE and Party Secretary at GUFE, and his team visited Westchester Community College. They discussed the benefits of the educational collaboration between GUFE and Berkeley College and Westchester Community College. Left: (left to right) Michael J. Smith, President of Berkeley College, Song Zhao, Vice President of GUFE and Party Secretary at GUFE, and Belinda S. Miles, EdD, President of Westchester Community College meet in the Hartford Hall Boardroom at Westchester Community College.