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Apply Now for the 2023 Tibor T. Polgar Undergraduate Fellowship

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2 years ago

January 24, 2023

The Tibor T. Polgar Undergraduate Fellowship program is a student research program of the Hudson River Foundation (HRF) conducted in cooperation with DEC. The objectives of the program are to enhance opportunities for undergraduate students to conduct scientific and public policy research with a specific focus on aspects of the Hudson River, its watershed, and the people who live there.

Named in honor of Tibor T. Polgar, a major participant in the early planning and development of the Foundation, the program provides a summer grant ($5,500 for each fellowship) and research funds (up to $1,500) for up to eight undergraduate students to conduct research on the Hudson River, under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Mentors to receive a $1,000 honorarium. The deadline for applications is February 13, 2023.

A primary goal of the program is to introduce and expose students to the research process through a career-stage appropriate, summer research experience, guided by strong mentoring. The Foundation encourages all interested students, including those with no prior research experience, to apply. For more information on the Polgar Fellowship and application requirements please visit the Hudson River Foundation website.

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Annual Suffern Holiday Parade 2024

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1 hour ago

November 22, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

WHEN: SATURDAY DECEMBER 7th

WHERE: LAFAYETTE AVENUE, SUFFERN, NY 10901

TIME: 6:30pm

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The Rockland Report Would Like To Thank All Who Have Served This Great Country

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2 weeks ago

November 11, 2024

Rockland Report Admin

In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River and the city of Washington, D.C., became the focal point of reverence for America’s veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation’s highest place of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France, the Arc de Triomphe). These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m., November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). The day became known as “Armistice Day.” Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later by similar Congressional action. If the idealistic hope had been realized that World War I was “the War to end all wars,” November 11 might still be called Armistice Day. But only a few years after the holiday was proclaimed, war broke out in Europe. Sixteen and one-half million Americans took part. Four hundred seven thousand of them died in service, more than 292,000 in battle. Armistice Day Changed To Honor All Veterans The first celebration using the term Veterans Day occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1947. Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran, organized “National Veterans Day,” which included a parade and other festivities, to honor all veterans. The event was held on November 11.