Community College Week articles from August 2006

Community College Week archives from August 2006

Del Mar College students help unlock the secrets of organisms that live on the edge.(around the nation)
August 14, 2006... Berkley, Calif. -- This summer students and faculty from Corpus Christi's Del Mar College are working in California with scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to unravel the molecular secrets of a microbe that lives on sulfur in...

Louisiana College System chief to step down for Post at UT-Austin.
August 14, 2006... Baton Rouge, LA. -- After serving five years as president of Louisiana's fledgling Community and Technical College System, Walter Bumphus announced earlier this month that he was stepping down from the post. He has accepted a tenured...

Pima Community College develops experimental math course.
August 14, 2006... Tucson, Ariz.--If x2 - x - 6 = 0, then x is... ? Can't do it? You're not alone. A staggering 81 percent of Pima Community College students with no prior college test into at least one remedial math course, the low-level type that...

Honors programs draw praise, money and students.
August 14, 2006... When you think honors program graduate, community college students--let alone prominent alumni--don't necessarily come to mind. Yet David C. Gruel a graduate of Holyoke (Mass.) Community College honors program is a jet propulsion...

Colo. Community College president dies in plane crash.
August 14, 2006... ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) -- A single-engine plane crash Thursday near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve killed Pueblo Community College President Mike Davis, the school and authorities said Mike Davis, 54, was flying his Piper...

Community college alumni leave their mark in Congress: many prominent lawmakers on the hill have associate degrees.(Cover story)
August 14, 2006... Last year when President Bush's proposed budget eliminated funding for the Cad D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Improvement Act, which funds a large proportion of career education at community colleges throughout the nation,...

Milliron is NISOD director.
August 14, 2006... Dr. Mark Milliron has been hired as director of The University of Texas Austin's National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). NISOD is the education outreach arm of the Community College Leadership Program in the College...

Congress approves Perkins act.(dateline washington)
August 14, 2006... Washington -- Congress passed the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, which reauthorizes vocational education programs (changing their name to "career education") through 2012. The bill does not specify...

Getting grants online not as easy as it should be.
August 14, 2006... Washington -- It's getting easier to apply for federal money online but it's still not as easy as it should be. That's what the General Accounting Office found in its recently-published evaluation of Grants.gov, designed to become the one-stop...

Court: tribal college can receive state dollars for charter schools.
August 14, 2006... Lansing, Mich. -- The Michigan Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state's largest teachers union that could have closed down charter schools authorized by an Upper Peninsula tribal community college. The riding, released...

NCJAA puts Barton County Community College on probation.
August 14, 2006... Great Bend, Kan. (AP) -- All athletic programs at Barton County Community College except for men's basketball have been put on probation by the National Junior College Athletic Association and the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference....

Report: Ala two-year colleges spend on lobbyists despite ban.
August 14, 2006... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Millions of dollars have been spent on lobbyists and lobbying firms by some of Alabama's two-year colleges despite a ban prohibiting the schools from hiring them, The Birmingham News reported. Most of those firms...

New state flag law could be costly for Ariz. colleges.
August 14, 2006... PHOENIX (AP) -- Community colleges around Arizona may collectively have to pay $50,000 to add American flags made in the United States in their classrooms by next July to comply with a new state law. The Bill of Rights and the Constitution...

Judge orders adviser reinstated at student newspaper.
August 14, 2006... TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Saying her removal would have a "chilling effect" on freedom of expression, a federal judge has ordered the temporary reinstatement of the faculty adviser at a southern New Jersey community college's student newspaper. ...

Music teacher fired over irregularities.
August 14, 2006... SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A Scottsdale Community College music professor has been fired over accusations that he spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on used equipment supplied by his son and attempted to cover it up. The Maricopa County...

Federal help sought to save native languages.
August 14, 2006... BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Federal grants can help keep some rarely spoken American Indian language from disappearing, tribal and Indian education officials say. Ryan Wilson, president of the National Indian Education Association, is...

Iowa program allows students to see which credits transfer.
August 14, 2006... CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) -- A quick check online can now let community college students know which credits will transfer to the University of Northern Iowa. The "Transfer Plan-It" program will to make it easier for students who transfer from...

Podcasting: a supplemental teaching tool.(Bits & Bytes)
August 14, 2006... Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, Calif., announced it has launched an educational podcasting pilot program. Targeting a group of about 25 incoming freshmen in SMC's "Summer Bridge" program, the college provided Apple iPods--funded by a...

Predicting the future of information technology.(technology today)
August 14, 2006... Thinking about the future can help you shape it. Thinking too much about the future can make you spacey. By the year 2019, thanks to information technology, humans will have largely overcome the limits of our humanity. We will have found cures...

Head of her class.(around campus)
August 14, 2006... Manatee Community College (MCC) student Christina Kaliher was named the 2006 Two-Year College/Technical Center Experiential Student of the Year by the Florida Career Professionals Association (FCPA). She received a recognition plaque and a $300...

Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) in Oklahoma City, Okla., received a $50,000 from the Thurman Family (Randy, Pati and Levi) for their to the College Library.(Grants & Gifts)
August 14, 2006... Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) in Oklahoma City, Okla., received a $50,000 from the Thurman Family (Randy, Pati and Levi) for their to the College Library. OCCC used the donation to purchase 40 computers for the Library for student and...

South Texas College in McAllen, Texas, has been awarded a $798,640 grant by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to be dispersed over the course of three years to fund the expansion of its bridge program to address the local shortage of skilled, Hispanic Registered Nurses (RNs).(Grants & Gifts)
August 14, 2006... South Texas College in McAllen, Texas, has been awarded a $798,640 grant by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to be dispersed over the course of three years to fund the expansion of its bridge program to address the local shortage...

Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) has been awarded a $271,973 grant from the Kansas Board of Regents.(Grants & Gifts)
August 14, 2006... Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) has been awarded a $271,973 grant from the Kansas Board of Regents. The grant enables KCKCC to increase enrollment in its Nursing program by 25 percent in the next year. The grant will make it...

Pima Community College faculty member appointed to Honors Committee.(faculty lounge)
August 14, 2006... Robert Carey, a biology professor at Pima Community College in Arizona, has been appointed to Phi Theta Kappa's Honors Committee as the Science/Technology Representative. Carey will serve a four-year term on the Honors Committee, effective July...

Thomas R. Hawk.(Honors & AWARDS)
August 14, 2006... Thomas R. Hawk vice president of Planning and Finance and treasurer for Community College of Philadelphia, has been selected as the 2006 Distinguished Business Officer by the National Association of College and University Business (NACUBO). "In...

Elizabeth Wilmer.(Honors & AWARDS)
August 14, 2006... Elizabeth Wilmer, Dean of Humanities at Virginia Western Community College, has received the Chancellor's Faculty Fellowship grant, given to assist faculty in completing a Ph.D. The grant is awarded annually to no more than three outstanding...

Arthur E. Sykes.(Honors & AWARDS)
August 14, 2006... Arthur E. Sykes, director of facilities services at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, was awarded the 2006 Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA) Pacesetter Award for his dedication to the education facilities profession....

South Texas College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 14, 2006... William Serrata was named vice president for student services and development of South Texas College. Serrata has served STC for close to a decade, starting his career with the college as the director of enrollment services and registrar. He...

Clark College Foundation.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 14, 2006... Ara Serjoie has been appointed Vice President of Development for the Clark College Foundation. Serjoie brings more than 12 years of experience in higher education and nonprofit fundraising to the Foundation's management team. Serjoie previously...

St. Louis Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 14, 2006... Richard Norris has been named director of life sciences at St. Louis Community College. Norris will coordinate the college's life sciences programs, including biotechnology, chemical technology, plant science, allied health and environmental...

College of the Canyons.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 14, 2006... Mitjl Capet has been hired as the College of the Canyons new Assistant Superintendent/Vice President of Instruction. Capet's work history includes instruction and administration at the K-12, Community College and the University level. He comes...

Kingwood College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 14, 2006... Bill Coppola has been appointed the new vice president of instruction at Kingwood College in Kingwood, Texas. Coppola had served as the dean of math, science and health care at Kingwood since 2003. Before joining Kingwood, Coppola served as a...

Coming events.(Calendar)
August 14, 2006... August 24-26, 2006 Department Chair Institute Company of Experts Las Vegas, NV Contact Natalie Aisoff at: (760) 327-4180 http://www.departmentchairinstitute.net September 6-9, 2006 Council For Opportunity in Education 25th Annual...

Prof. rebukes political aide's taping of class.
August 28, 2006... MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A community college professor whose class hosted an appearance by Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Scudder Parker says a campaign aide for Republican incumbent Gov. Jim Douglas misrepresented himself before videotaping...

Barton county AD: work-study fraud widespread in Jayhawk conference.(around the nation)
August 28, 2006... Wichita, Kan. (AP) -- The fraudulent use of work-study money to bypass Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference rules banning full scholarships is widespread in the league and has not stopped despite the convictions of eight people at Barton...

Judge dismisses Washington instructor's alleged whistleblower lawsuit.
August 28, 2006... Tacoma, Wash. -- A federal judge has cleared the president of the Tacoma Community College Federation of Teachers in a civil suit accusing him of conspiring with college officials to violate the rights of a former faculty member. U.S....

New Orleans after the storm: the technical colleges have a cloudy future but Delgado thrives under new focus on training workers for the rebuilding.(SPECIAL REPORT: ACADEMIC KICKOFF, 2006)(Cover story)
August 28, 2006... New Orleans -- A year after Hurricane Katrina flooded 80 percent of this city, only about half of the population has returned. But Delgado Community College expects to have 70 percent of its pre-Katrina enrollment back this fall as it...

In Mississippi, hope and resiliency: despite setbacks, officials see a 'renaissance' in coast--and colleges'--future.
August 28, 2006... Among the detritus left behind by the worst natural disaster in the nation's history is the uncertainly facing community and junior colleges in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. When Hurricane Katrina swept ashore last August 29, it left...

California's only tribal college to collapse after 35 years.
August 28, 2006... Davis, Calif. (AP) -- On a remote stretch of land where stray chickens outnumber students, California's only tribal college is clinging to life against seemingly insurmountable odds. D-Q University has had its share of hard times since it...

Bush signs Perkins into law.(CAPITOL briefs)
August 28, 2006... WASHINGTON -- President Bush has signed the Carl D. Perkins Act, the first major update of the nation's vocational education law since 1998. Bush signed the law after Congress overwhelmingly rejected his attempts to scrap it. The law...

Junior college sit-in leader dies.
August 28, 2006... Rock Hill, South Carolina (AP) -- Robert McCullough, who led a group of black students in a landmark 1961 civil rights protest, choosing to serve jail time on a chain gang for the crime of sitting at a whites-only lunch counter, has died. He...

Appeals court sides with Tenn. prof. in retaliation lawsuit.
August 28, 2006... Memphis, Tenn. -- A federal appeals court has upheld a verdict won by a former Shelby State Community College tenured psychology professor who claims he was terminated in retaliation for filing racial and gender bias complaints with the college...

All our exes don't live in Texas.
August 28, 2006... Cathryn Addy President Tunxis Community College (CT) Carrietta Adkins Vice President Gaston College (NC) Clayton Alred Vice President Odessa College (TX) Elizabeth Ashton President Camosun...

Ore. campus police officers lose suit against college.
August 28, 2006... Oregon City, Ore. -- Two former campus police officers who were fired for their unauthorized investigation of a fellow officer have lost a wrongful discharge suit against the Clackamas Community College District. Dean Brown and Michael...

Senate votes to protect college newspaper first amendment rights.
August 28, 2006... SACRAMENTO (AP) -- Without debate, the state Senate here sent Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would make California the first state to prohibit college and university administrators from censoring student newspapers. Sen. Debra...

Pitt. pres. under fire for expenses.
August 28, 2006... PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The president of the Community College of Allegheny County acknowledged depending too much on a rental car during a conference trip to Seattle, but said the abuse was not entirely his fault and is not typical of how he spends...

Anonymity vs. security, online.(technology today)
August 28, 2006... The terrorist plot to blow up as many as ten airliners while they were flying over the Atlantic Ocean from Great Britain to the United States was thwarted in large part as a result of intercepted communications and surreptitious observations....

Tenn. college invests in biometrics technology.(Bits & Bytes)
August 28, 2006... Pellissippi State Technical Community College (PSTCC) in Knoxville, Tenn., has purchased the firmware for biometrics technology to use in their Security Engineering and Administration Technology (SEAT) program. The technology scans and...

Student art exhibition.(around campus)
August 28, 2006... The Prairie State College Foundation is presenting the Annual Student Exhibit and the 2006 Photographer of the Year Exhibit, featuring photographs by Lisa Marie Stevens, in the college's Christopher Art Gallery in Chicago Heights, Ill. The...

Promoting biomedical science careers.(around campus)
August 28, 2006... Students from Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC) in Daytona Beach, Fla., recently presented their studies to peers and mentors at the Southeastern Regional Bridges Science Conference. The student's participation in the conference was made...

Restoring technical education programs.(around campus)
August 28, 2006... California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger met the chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District, Darroch Young, and Los Angeles Trade-Technical College's president, Roland Chapdelaine, before touring the college's culinary,...

Jackson Community College.(Grants & Gifts)
August 28, 2006... Jackson Community College (JCC) in Jackson, Mich., has received $250,000 from brothers David and John. The Richmonds will contribute $37,500 to the Dr. Wilbur L. Dungy Endowed Chair and another $25,000 for scholarships annually over four years,...

Metropolitan Community College.(Grants & Gifts)
August 28, 2006... Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Kansas City, Mo., has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The purpose of the planning grant is to develop a strategic plan to advance entrepreneurship in curriculum and...

San Juan College.(Grants & Gifts)
August 28, 2006... San Juan College in Farmington, N.M., has been awarded a $220,000 grant from U.S. Senator Pete Domenici to support higher education for disadvantaged students. The funds will come from the U.S. Department of Education through the TRIO...

Florence-Darlington Technical College.(Grants & Gifts)
August 28, 2006... Florence-Darlington Technical College in Florence. S.C., has received a $125,000 gift from McLeod Health of Florence. FDTC's Associate Degree Nursing program received the check on August 14, 2006 at the College's Health Science Campus. ...

Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe.(faculty lounge)
August 28, 2006... Dr. Nora Hernandez Hendrix, president of the Miami Dade College (MDC) InterAmerican Campus in Miami, Fla., was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe and to the Higher Education Council of the...

Boy Scouts of America.(faculty lounge)
August 28, 2006... Dr. Antonio Perez, president of Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) in New York, N.Y., has been appointed the new commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, Greater New York Councils. As commissioner of Boy Scouts of America, Greater...

American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Presidents Academy Executive Committee.(faculty lounge)
August 28, 2006... Dr. Robert Sandel, President of Virginia Western Community College in Roanoke, Va., has been elected to the American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC) Presidents Academy Executive Committee. He will serve a three-year term as the...

Daniel J. Phelan.(Honors & AWARDS)
August 28, 2006... Daniel J. Phelan, president of Jackson Community College in Jackson, Mich., has been recognized by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) as the recipient of the 2006 Central Region Chief Executive Officer Award. Dr. Phelan was...

William J. Wilhelm.(Honors & AWARDS)
August 28, 2006... Professor William J. Wilhelm of Camden County College in Camden, N.J., has received the 2006 Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. Wilhelm was a member of CCC's first graduating class, earning his associate's degree in 1969. He began a family...

Thomas C. Henry.(Honors & AWARDS)
August 28, 2006... Dr. Thomas C. Henry, chancellor of the multi-campus Mohave Community College (MCC) in Mohave County, Ariz., has been chosen Community College Chief Executive Officer of the Year for the Pacific region by the Association of Community College...

Tidewater Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 28, 2006... Alex J. Kajstura has been appointed provost for Tidewater Community College campus in Norfolk, Va. Kajstura comes to Norfolk from Daytona Beach Community College where he served for eight years, first as district-wide dean of the School of...

Onondaga Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 28, 2006... Dawn E. Kindel, Ed.D, has been named the associate vice president of academic services for Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, N.Y. Kindel previously served for 17 years at Newbury College in Boston, Mass., where she served as professor of...

Allied Health for San Juan College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 28, 2006... Oliver Borden has been named the first dean of the new School of Allied Health for San Juan College in Farmington, N.M. Borden most recently served as division chair and dean of allied health at SouthArk Community College in El Dorado, Ark....

Maria Pena, student services coordinator for the Disabled Student Program and Services at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, Calif., has been chosen to sit on the advisory board.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 28, 2006... Maria Pena, student services coordinator for the Disabled Student Program and Services at MiraCosta College in Oceanside, Calif., has been chosen to sit on the advisory board for the Disability Compliance for Higher Education, the leading...

Calendar: event listing are free!(Career Connections)(Calendar)
August 28, 2006... Send entries to: Community College Week P.O. Box, Fairfax, VA 22038 FAX: (703) 978-3933 or via E-mail: ads@ccweek.com SEPTEMBER September 21, 2006 LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM National Community College Hispanic Council San...