Four Dutchess Community College students and six employees received awards from the State University of New York (SUNY) recently.

The Music School at DCC will host a performance to raise funds to provide music lessons to local students who otherwise could not afford them.

Associate degrees and career certificates were conferred on 1,022 graduates, who ranged in age from 17 to 63.

DCC will offer a new associate in science (A.S.) in Public Health beginning in the fall to prepare students to continue studies for a bachelor's degree at a four-year school.