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Columbia-Greene Community College operating budget approved; LPN program, simulation center highlighted
Summary
The Greene County Legislature voted to approve Columbia-Greene Community College’s 2025–26 operating budget after presentations that highlighted a spring 2026 LPN program, expansion of RN seats and a new nursing simulation center funded with SUNY support.
Victoria Welsh, president of Columbia-Greene Community College, and Amanda Bishop, the college chief financial officer, presented the college’s 2025–26 operating budget and program updates to the Greene County Legislature; the legislature voted to adopt the operating budget during the meeting.
President Welsh said the college will launch a licensed practical nurse (LPN) program in spring 2026 with an anticipated 20–30 seats and plans to expand its RN program to 75 seats by fall 2026. She said the college is completing a nursing simulation center funded with nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in SUNY funding; the center will…
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