Community College Week articles from August 2008

Community College Week archives from August 2008

Figuring it out: a look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape.
August 11, 2008... Percentage of Community College Students Receiving Financial Aid, 2003-04: Any aid 47% Federal grants 23% Federal loans 11% State aid 12% SOURCE: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES ...

Ohio revamping higher education system plan.(around the nation)
August 11, 2008... COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state is embarking on an aggressive 10-year plan to increase state spending on higher education, cut tuition costs and increase enrollment at public colleges, something that has national experts both skeptical and...

Okla. urged to create wind power training programs.
August 11, 2008... OKAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma educators should be creating programs to train people to become turbine technicians as more wind power opportunities come to the state, a Texas energy official says. The more than 12,000 megawatts of potential...

Taking the reins.(point of view)
August 11, 2008... Changes are afoot at Community College Week. After working for roughly two years as the publication's associate editor, I have received a promotion--I am succeeding Jamilah Evelyn as editor. She will be staying on, becoming editor of a...

A new role.(point of view)
August 11, 2008... The issue that you hold in your hands marks my last and Paul Bradley's first as editor of Community College Week. I have stepped aside to become the point-of-view editor. While the change entails getting out of the news grind, it still...

Sky-high gas prices fuel boom in online classes.(money tree)
August 11, 2008... BOSTON (AP) -- Laurel Ranticelli considered driving 40 miles round-trip to take education classes at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. Then she realized she could take the same courses from her computer at home and save on the...

Cloudy forecast: colleges weathering uncertainty in federal student loan program.
August 11, 2008... At a time when increasing numbers of community college students rely on Uncle Sam to borrow money for tuition, the last thing they needed to hear was that the availability of federal student loans might be imperiled. Yet that is exactly...

Some colleges opting out of federal loan program.(STUDENT LOAN SQUEEZE)
August 11, 2008... While many community colleges blame lenders for unease about federal student loan availability, others identify another culprit: the community colleges themselves. About one in 10 community college students nationally, representing nearly...

Veterans agency gets green light to advertise benefits.(dateline Washington)
August 11, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Billboards, public service announcements and media advertisements may soon alert military veterans to use their education benefits after Department of Veterans Affairs dropped its policy against advertising. The huge agency...

Education Dept. survey aims to identify problems with transfers.(dateline Washington)
August 11, 2008... WASHINGTON -- What specific problems encumber community college students when they transfer between institutions? The U. S. Department of Education is aiming to find out. The Education Department is planning a $376,000 survey of community...

Workforce program is topic of pending study.(capitol briefs)
August 11, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The Employment and Training Administration plans a nationwide survey to evaluate the Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) program. Evaluators plan to interview on-site 1,600 individuals involved in...

Durbin Bill would aid low-income students.(capitol briefs)
August 11, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., introduced the Pathways to College Act, referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. The bill would provide unspecified five-year grants to school districts to help low-income...

Bill would designate HBCU Week in September.(capitol briefs)
August 11, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., introduced a resolution designating the week beginning Sept. 7, 2008 as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week. The resolution, which would carry no force of law, went to the...

Missouri prof studies endangered dragonfly species.
August 11, 2008... SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) -- In the middle of a bog in the Big Buffalo Creek Conservation Area, the only sounds are the chirping of birds, buzzing of mosquitoes and the steady babbling of a shallow creek. In the distance, a net slices through the...

Alabama chancellor cracking down on proprietary schools.(tracking trends)
August 11, 2008... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's twoyear college chancellor is adopting new requirements for private, for-profit schools that he hopes will drive out diploma mills and make sure students are getting their money's worth. The state...

For-profit colleges gain in popularity in Florida.(tracking trends)
August 11, 2008... FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- For-profit colleges are finding a spot in Florida's higher education market, but their popularity comes with a higher price. The number of for-profit institutions offering a degree in Florida grew from 238...

Trade, technical programs vanish at New Utah University.(tracking trends)
August 11, 2008... OREM, Utah (AP) -- Just weeks after becoming a four-year university, Utah Valley University has dropped some trade programs, leaving some to wonder if the revamped school is leaving behind its roots. Utah Valley State College, which has...

North Carolina Community Colleges sign articulation agreement with state's private colleges and universities.
August 11, 2008... RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Community College System has signed an agreement spelling out the academic requirements community college students must meet to successfully transfer to 24 private colleges and universities in the state. ...

Calif. appeals panel deals another setback to former employee.
August 11, 2008... A former administrative secretary has lost yet another round in her long-running employment disputes with the Contra Costa Community College District after the California Court of Appeal tossed out her retaliation claim. The court ruled...

Maine College eyes Navy base for expansion.
August 11, 2008... PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Southern Maine Community College plans to seek $6.2 million from the state to develop a new campus at the Brunswick Naval Air Station. With the base slated to close by 2011, the federal government has agreed to...

New scholarships made available to Alabama nursing students.
August 11, 2008... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- New scholarships worth $1,000 will be offered to students in licensed practical nursing programs at twoyear colleges, state education officials announced. Each of the 22 two-year Alabama schools that offer LPN...

N.C. ponders next step after getting approval to admit illegal immigrants.
August 11, 2008... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's community college system said it would continue to bar illegal immigrants from enrolling until officials can review a federal opinion that could allow it to drop the policy. "This is an important...

Police say shooting at Arizona College stemmed from earlier fistfight.
August 11, 2008... PHOENIX -- (AP) A man arrested in the shootings of three people in a computer lab at a Phoenix community college had been beaten by one of the victims and two other people last year, according to court records and police. Rodney Smith's...

Beyond Microsoft word: many options available for word processing.(technology today)
August 11, 2008... If you're like most people, you're using the word processor that came with your computer. Or you may be using the word processor you've used for years, moving it from old computer to new one because of the time you've invested in learning its...

Iowa Appeals Court reinstates instructor's blacklisting complaint.(technology today)
August 11, 2008... The Iowa Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court verdict that had cleared Iowa Central Community College and its president of blacklisting a former faculty member and interfering with her economic opportunities. The appeals court...

A professor known for tailoring lessons to the individual needs of her deaf anti hearing-impaired students and a professor whose publications on the use of the graphing calculator are utilized at educational institutions throughout the region have won the top instructional award available to Pennsylvania's Camden County College faculty members.(honors & awards)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A professor known for tailoring lessons to the individual needs of her deaf anti hearingimpaired students and a professor whose publications on the use of the graphing calculator are utilized at educational...

Betsy Preheim.(honors & awards)
August 11, 2008... Clark College dental hygiene student Betsy Preheim was recently honored with the Anthony Westwater Jong Memorial Community Dental Health Award for her work spearheading a dental health day for homeless men at the Clark College Dental Hygiene...

Rick Hansen.(honors & awards)
August 11, 2008... Rick Hansen, economic development specialist in Arizona's Maricopa Community Colleges' Center for Workforce Development, has been honored with the Workforce Practitioner of the Year Award by the Arizona Association of Economic Development....

Iowa college, fired professor reach settlement.
August 11, 2008... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Southwestern Community College has reached a financial settlement with a professor who was fired after telling students the biblical story of Adam and Eve should not be taken literally. Steve Bitterman taught world...

Tenn. mayors want free community college.
August 11, 2008... MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- The county mayors at Knoxville and Memphis say their residents should be able to attend community colleges for free. Mayors A.C. Wharton of Shelby County and Mike Ragsdale of Knox County say they hope to arrange for...

Wyoming College commissions mustang sculpture.
August 11, 2008... ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) -- A life-size bronze sculpture of a mustang will greet students at Western Wyoming Community College next year. Trustees at the college in Rock Springs recently signed off on the proposed sculpture. Western...

Resort golf course donated to Maryland college.
August 11, 2008... BERLIN, Md. (AP) -- WorWic Community College is renovating the Ocean Resort Golf Club, which was given to the school after its owners could not fred a buyer. College officials say they expect to have the course in Berlin open this summer....

On the same day that pre-construction soil core samples were being taken from the site where New Mexico's Mesalands Community College will erect its 1.5 megawatt General Electric wind turbine, a donation of tools from TorcUP Inc. was being unpacked by Tracy Rascoe, director of wind energy technology at Mesalands.(around campus)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On the same day that pre-construction soil core samples were being taken from the site where New Mexico's Mesalands Community College will erect its 1.5 megawatt General Electric wind turbine, a donation of tools...

It's a given that Florida's Pensacola Junior College journalism student Danica Spears, 19, will never forget where she was July 10, 2008.(around campus)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's a given that Florida's Pensacola Junior College journalism student Danica Spears, 19, will never forget where she was July 10, 2008. She was busy making history. Spears is the first Pensacola Junior College...

Tennessee's Columbia State Community College's Academic Success Center, Student Development Department and Enrollment Management.(around campus)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tennessee's Columbia State Community College's Academic Success Center, Student Development Department and Enrollment Management committee has developed the "Right Start" program to help students start their college...

Pennsylvania's Delaware County Community College President Jerome S. Parker announced that the College has received a $500,000 grant from The Sunoco Foundation in support of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Complex on its Main Campus in Marple Township.(grants & gifts)
August 11, 2008... Pennsylvania's Delaware County Community College President Jerome S. Parker announced that the College has received a $500,000 grant from The Sunoco Foundation in support of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Complex on...

The building trades industry is looking for a few good apprentices, and a $300,000 Construction Trades Training Program for Women and Minorities Grant awarded to Gloucester County College in Deptford, N. J., will help supply the necessary tools.(grants & gifts)
August 11, 2008... The building trades industry is looking for a few good apprentices, and a $300,000 Construction Trades Training Program for Women and Minorities Grant awarded to Gloucester County College in Depfford, N. J., will help supply the necessary...

Alton Memorial Hospital has presented Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Ill., with a check for $227,500, which will be used to enhance the college's mobile health clinic.(grants & gifts)
August 11, 2008... Alton Memorial Hospital has presented Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey, Ill., with a check for $227,500, which will be used to enhance the college's mobile health clinic. The mobile unit, which is currently being built by LifeLine...

Calendar.(Conference news)(Calendar)
August 11, 2008... SEPTEMBER September 8-9, 2008 BEYOND ADMISSIONS: THE ROLE OF THE SSAO IN TRANSFER SUCCESS Hotel Albuquerque, NM (940) 565-4909 Presented by the National Institute for the Study of Transfer-Students and co-sponsored by NASPA...

Corning Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Coming Community College, a part of the State University of New York, has welcomed Anthony Popkin as the newly appointed 2008-09 student representative to the Regional Board of Trustees. Prior to attending Coming...

Montgomery County Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania announced the appointment of Christopher Cola as director of student leadership and involvement. In this position, Coia assumes college-wide responsibility for...

Johnson County Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clarissa Craig has been named dean of the recently created division of Health Care Professions and Wellness at Johnson County Community College, in Overland Park, Kan. In this position, Craig oversees cosmetology,...

Hudson County Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Linda M. A. Rodrignes has joined Hudson County Community College in New Jersey as the new associate dean of the college's Humanities and Social Sciences Division. Rodrigues has served as the university chair and...

Virginia's Thomas Nelson Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 11, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Betsy T. Harrison has joined Virginia's Thomas Nelson Community College as dean of student development for the college's Historic Triangle campus. Harrison brings to the college seven years of administrative...

The Eastern Wyoming College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 11, 2008... The Eastern Wyoming College Board of Trustees has announced the next leader for Eastern Wyoming College. Upon completion of the search process, the board has appointed Thomas Armstrong president of the college. Armstrong currently serves as...

Academic advising.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
August 25, 2008... Academic Advising The percentage of entering students who met with an advisor to discuss academic goals within the first four weeks of college: Yes, met with advisor 43% No, did not meet 28% with...

Fired Bishop State instructor ordered rehired by arbitrator.
August 25, 2008... MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- A fired Bishop State Community College food service instructor who enrolled in his own course has been ordered rehired with back pay by an arbitrator who ruled his dismissal was unfair. The arbitrator ruled that Henry...

College enrollment rises as job market tightens.
August 25, 2008... HONOLULU (AP) -- University of Hawaii enrollment is on the rise, and officials believe the slowing economy has something to do with it. Enrollment at Leeward Community College and Hawaii Community College has gone up 18 percent last month...

Trustee turmoil at Michigan college putting accreditation at risk.(around the nation)
August 25, 2008... BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. -- The Board of Trustees at Michigan's largest community college is on notice to bury the hatchet on long-running political discord or risk the college's accreditation status. Oakland Community College Chancellor...

Dancing with porcupines: for college leaders, nearly all challenges are thorny ones.(point of view)
August 25, 2008... Philosopher and thinker Peter Drucker has said, "Every few hundred years throughout western history, a sharp transformation has occurred. In a matter of decades society all together rearranges itself--its world view, its basic values, its...

Looking beyond the classroom: new school year sees student services growing in importance.(SPECIAL REPORT: STUDENT SERVICES)
August 25, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There was a time not so long ago that student services at community colleges were little more than an afterthought. Students arrived on campus around Labor Day, picked up their schedules, met with their...

Kingsborough providing some answers to student service questions.(SPECIAL REPORT: STUDENT SERVICES)
August 25, 2008... When it comes to providing the kind of student services that help community college students succeed, what works? No one knows for sure, but Kingsborough Community College believes it is starting to provide some of the answers. ...

Autistic students get help navigating college life.(SPECIAL REPORT: STUDENT SERVICES)
August 25, 2008... WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Dan Hackett started college, he didn't make the grades he knew he could. At the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh, Hackett, who has Asperger's syndrome, found that some of his symptoms were holding...

Reauthorized Higher Education Act means numerous changes.(dateline Washington)
August 25, 2008... WASHINGTON -- New grant programs, steady increases in Pell Grants, more public information for students on the cost of education they are among provisions included in the mammoth Higher Education Opportunity Act passed by Congress. The...

Five-year NCES study shows paltry grad rates.(capitol briefs)(Report)
August 25, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Only 10 percent of first-time community college students earned an associate degree within three years of enrollment from the same college where they started their studies, according to a new report. Another 6 percent got a...

Historically Black Colleges resolution to get vote.(capitol briefs)
August 25, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The week of Sept. 7 would be designated as National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week under a resolution prepared for consideration in the Senate. But no one will get too much time to prepare to celebrate. The...

Bill would allow college as workfare activity.(capitol briefs)
August 25, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Workfare recipients could receive benefits long enough to earn an associate degree under proposed legislation. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wise., and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., introduced legislation that would double from one year to...

Legislation requires annual safety inspections.(capitol briefs)
August 25, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Annual campus safety inspections would be required under pending legislation. The House Education & Labor Committee approved the School Safety Enhancements Act of 2008, partially in response to school shootings and hurricanes...

Proposal would aid two-year colleges in serving vets.(capitol briefs)
August 25, 2008... WASHINGTON -- While the government is trying to figure out how to let veterans know about the new benefits they're entitled to, Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., a former dean at Middlesex Community College, has introduced legislation that could help...

Congress cuts off college aid for sex offenders.(money tree)
August 25, 2008... MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Some of the nation's worst sex offenders will no longer receive generous financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress. A little-noticed provision in the Higher...

Skyrocketing gas prices rewriting schedules at 2-year colleges.(money tree)
August 25, 2008... COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Two-year colleges in South Carolina and around the nation are rewriting schedules so cash-strapped students can save on commuting costs. Many are eliminating Friday classes from their traditional school weeks, or...

Judge tosses racism complaint lodged by New Jersey prof.(money tree)
August 25, 2008... A federal judge in New Jersey has dismissed a racial retaliation suit by an untenured English professor at Bergen Community College who was denied tenure and fired. Gerald Johnson failed to provide enough evidence to justify a trial on his...

At age 91, Des Moines woman earns diploma.(money tree)
August 25, 2008... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Mary Quijano has always kept her mind sharp. She used to solve crossword puzzles in the daily newspaper before the sun rose. It's one of many exercises Quijano has done over the decades to stay mentally fit. ...

Arkansas college overseeing restoration of 1820s log home.(money tree)
August 25, 2008... DALTON, Ark. (AP) -- Restoration work is continuing on the historic Rice-Upshaw House near Dalton, according to Jan Ziegler, vice president for development at Black River Technical College. The college is overseeing the restoration of the...

Tougher high school classes urged by Indiana colleges.(tracking trends)
August 25, 2008... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Most teenagers say they want to go to college, but many students may not be taking the high school classes it takes to get there, education officials say. A new media campaign featuring muscle-bound gladiators and...

Arkansas scholarship program boosts school enrollment.(tracking trends)
August 25, 2008... EL DORADO, Ark. (AP) -- Since Murphy Oil Corp. announced its 20-year program to provide college scholarships to every graduating senior in the El Dorado School District, the school system has seen two straight years of rising enrollment,...

New York governor backing plan for low-interest student loans.(tracking trends)
August 25, 2008... ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson is supporting a plan to create low-interest student loans for public and private universities in New York. The state Commission on Higher Education proposed the subsidized loan program, which would...

Tennessee college slashes 142 part-time positions.
August 25, 2008... MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Southwest Tennessee Community College has cut 142 part-time jobs because of reduced state funding. College communications and marketing director Robert Miller said the reductions do not include faculty positions. ...

Va. Colleges hiking tuition, fees by nearly 7 percent.
August 25, 2008... RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- For the third year in a row, instate undergraduates at Virginia's public colleges will see tuition and fees rise by roughly 7 percent or more, a report by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia shows. At...

Former student faces charges in Az. college shooting.
August 25, 2008... PHOENIX (AP) -- A former student accused of shooting three people in a community college's computer lab has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault, the Maricopa County Attorney's office said. Rodney Smith, 22, was arrested...

Shortfall sends Mass. Students scrambling for loans.
August 25, 2008... CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Hundreds of New Hampshire college students from Massachusetts are scrambling to line up new loans to pay tuition bills. The students had counted on help from the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, but the...

Budget cuts mean end of Kentucky TV courses.
August 25, 2008... FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- A program that has helped thousands of Kentuckians get a college education will end due to state budget cuts. Kentucky Educational Television spokesman Tim Bischoff told The Kentucky Enquirer that College Courses will...

Turning to food banks: struggling college students.
August 25, 2008... SEATTLE (AP) -- Just blocks from the University of Washington, a line of people shuffle toward a food pantry, awaiting handouts such as milk and bread. For years, the small University District pantry has offered help to the working poor...

Former college lawyer wins right to represent employees.
August 25, 2008... The Los Angeles Community College District's former top lawyer can represent district employees and ex-employees, including faculty members, in discrimination and other disputes with the district, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. ...

PC a little sluggish? It might be time for a new one--or not.(technology today)
August 25, 2008... If your personal computer is more than two or three years old, it may be worth replacing it. Or it may not, depending. Desktop PC manufacturers have introduced several new technologies to try to lure you into pulling out your credit card....

With $31.3 million approved by the Connecticut State Bond Commission, construction is underway on a 100,000-square-foot Technology Building at Naugatuck Valley Community College.(around campus)
August 25, 2008... With $31.3 million approved by the Connecticut State Bond Commission, construction is underway on a 100,000-square-foot Technology Building at Naugatuck Valley Community College. The project will allow the college to consolidate all of its...

Delgado Community College Northshore is expanding its allied health education and training capacity to meet growing regional workforce needs by leasing 4,600 square feet of space in historic downtown Covington, La.(around campus)
August 25, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Delgado Community College Northshore is expanding its allied health education and training capacity to meet growing regional workforce needs by leasing 4,600 square feet of space in historic downtown Covington, La....

When Russell Robinson Jr. left the Marine Corps after four years, he wanted a career with a military mindset, he said.(around campus)
August 25, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Russell Robinson Jr. left the Marine Corps after four years, he wanted a career with a military mindset, he said. Police work seemed like a natural transition and Seminole Community College was the natural...

Gadsden State Community College has been awarded the 2008 Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching Grant for the Ayers Campus.(grants & gifts)
August 25, 2008... Gadsden State Community College has been awarded the 2008 Hewlett-Packard Technology for Teaching Grant for the Ayers Campus. Gadsden State is one of 39 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico to...

FedEx Express Corp. broke records when Mary McDaniel, vice president of material and corporate sourcing for FedEx, presented Southwest Tennessee Community College with a check for $150,000.(grants & gifts)
August 25, 2008... FedEx Express Corp. broke records when Mary McDaniel, vice president of material and corporate sourcing for FedEx, presented Southwest Tennessee Community College with a check for $150,000. This donation is the first installment of a five-year,...

Lee College, in Baytown, Texas, became the first community college awarded a $300,000 challenge grant by the Kresge Foundation, which is the second largest non-profit organization in the United States.(grants & gifts)
August 25, 2008... Lee College, in Baytown, Texas, became the first community college awarded a $300,000 challenge grant by the Kresge Foundation, which is the second largest non-profit organization in the United States. The grant is made on challenge basis to...

Niagara County Community College in New York announced that it received two new grants from the New York State Department of Labor and from the Advanced Technology Education Center in Geospatial Education.(grants & gifts)
August 25, 2008... Niagara County Community College in New York announced that it received two new grants from the New York State Department of Labor and from the Advanced Technology Education Center in Geospatial Education. From the Labor Department, the college...

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $325,000 to Oakland Community College in Michigan to develop a model for delivering global education to students enrolled in America's community colleges.(grants & gifts)
August 25, 2008... The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $325,000 to Oakland Community College in Michigan to develop a model for delivering global education to students enrolled in America's community colleges. The Model International Education Program...

The Phoenix Challenge Foundation held its first Annual Teacher's Summer Workshop on July 24 and 25, at the Harper Campus of Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C.(faculty lounge)
August 25, 2008... The Phoenix Challenge Foundation held its first Annual Teacher's Summer Workshop on July 24 and 25, at the Harper Campus of Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C. The two-day workshop focused on training for the teachers making...