Origins of the Beacon Conference

The Beacon Conference was launched in 1993 thanks to a two-year grant from the American Association of Community Colleges and the Kellogg Foundation. Since 1995, the conference has been been funded by a coalition of two-year institutions in the mid-Atlantic region, and the following ten colleges have taken turns hosting this annual event:

• Rockland Community College, NY
  1993, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2023
• Westchester Community College, NY
  1997, 2002, 2012, 2021
• Dutchess Community College, NY
  1995, 1999, 2006
• Bergen Community College, NJ
  1998, 2008, 2016
• Lehigh Carbon Community College, PA
  2001, 2011, 2019, 2020 (canceled due to Covid-19)
• Montgomery College, MD
  2005, 2009, 2018
• Ulster County Community College, NY
  2003, 2014
• Northampton Community College, PA
  2004, 2013
• Orange County Community College, NY
  2010, 2017, 2022
• Harford Community College, MD
  1996.