Community College Week articles from August 2009

Community College Week archives from August 2009

Educating adults.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
August 24, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Community college students average age 29, much older than recent high school grads. Here is a breakdown of two-year college enrollment by age and gender. Age Percent 21 or younger 47% 22-39...

Only public college in DC opens new CC, reinvented school.(SPECIAL REPORT: ACADEMIC KICKOFF 2009-2010)
August 24, 2009... WASHINGTON (AP) -- When classes start at the University of the District of Columbia, it will be a reinvented school made up of two entities--a two-year community college open to all and a four-year "flagship" university with selective admission....

Fund would repay students if for profit schools close.
August 24, 2009... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lawmakers have decided to set up a fund that could compensate students at a proprietary school that closes its doors before their studies are finished. The Senate voted 43-0 for final approval of a trust...

Half of La. school districts to skip 'career' diploma.
August 24, 2009... BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Nearly half of Louisiana's 70 school districts are opting out of the state's new diploma program this year, the Department of Education said. Thirty-four districts have either requested or gotten a waiver to postpone...

Arizona college seeking 100 new instructors.
August 24, 2009... PHOENIX (AP) -- Rising enrollment means Glendale Community College needs more instructors. The school is looking to hire 100 instructors for this fall's classes. The main campus is expected to see an enrollment increase of 3 percent. GCC's...

Ivy Tech lab to focus on advanced manufacturing.
August 24, 2009... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Ivy Tech Community College and local manufacturers have cut the ribbon on a new See Briefs, page. 24, col. 1 advanced manufacturing lab at the college's downtown Indianapolis campus. The lab is a core component of Ivy...

President Obama and community colleges: the needs will only increase.(SPECIAL REPORT: ACADEMIC KICKOFF 2009-2010)
August 24, 2009... Throughout his political career, Barack Obama has strongly supported programs that expanded access to higher education. His new proposals regarding community colleges are logical extensions of programs he supported as an Illinois state senator...

Campus violence placing premium on safety measures, surveillance gear.
August 24, 2009... COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- A rash of campus shootings in recent years has made surveillance cameras and emergency locks nearly as common as blackboards in today's classrooms, according to educators attending a school safety conference. "It's a...

Historic downturn, unprecedented opportunity: Obama's community college plan elicits both praise and concern.(SPECIAL REPORT: ACADEMIC KICKOFF 2009-2010)
August 24, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the outset of the 2009-10 academic year, a recession of historic proportions has presented the nation's community colleges with an opportunity of unprecedented scope. By proposing to...

Colleges struggle: to keep head above water as wave of students arrive.(SPECIAL REPORT: ACADEMIC KICKOFF 2009-2010)
August 24, 2009... In the weeks immediately prior to the first day of classes for the 2009-10 academic year, on-line registrations at Northern Virginia Community College were approaching 2,000 students a day. When the suburban-Washington D.C. college opens its...

New GI Bill sending thousands of veterans back to classrooms.(dateline Washington)
August 24, 2009... WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spc. Marco Reininger started the year on the dusty streets of Afghanistan. He'll end it on the campus of Columbia University with the government picking up a large chunk of the $100,000 tab for tuition. The Post-9/11 GI...

Texas college tuition fund going broke.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The program offered a deal to Texas parents with young children: prepay when Junior is small and you won't have to worry about the cost of tuition at a Texas college or university, even as rates climb. But with the rapidly...

Report prompts questions over Iowa job training plan.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A report on the Iowa Power Fund shows it has created only 100 new jobs, but could generate many more if state-backed alternative energy projects are successful. The nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency, which...

Wyoming community college budget cuts outlined.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- All seven Wyoming community colleges are cutting their budgets in line with Gov. Dave Freudenthal's request that state agencies reduce spending by 10 percent this year. Planned cuts to state-funded spending out of the...

Federal stimulus funds allow Va. to limit tuition hike to 5 percent.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Federal stimulus funds allocated to Virginia's public colleges and universities helped keep the average increase in tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates to about 5 percent for the upcoming school year. The State...

Cash infusion helping colleges expand offerings; Va. college gets $720,000 to work on hybrid vehicles.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A Virginia community college is getting federal stimulus funds to develop a curriculum for training technicians to work on hybrid and electric vehicles. J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College will receive $720,000 for...

Cash infusion helping colleges expand offerings; Calif. grant program to help guardsmen attend college.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... SACRAMENTO (AP) -- A new program approved as part of California's budget will help send members of the military to college. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program, intended to...

Cash infusion helping colleges expand offerings; Miss. college gets $2m grant to boost student retention.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... POPLARVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Pearl River Community College will use a $2 million federal grant for programs to improve student retention. The fund will be available Oct. 1 through the U.S. Department of Education's Strengthening Institutions...

Cash infusion helping colleges expand offerings; grants to help pay for two-year Ind. college programs.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana is using $31 million in federal stimulus money to help low-income or out-of-work residents complete an associate degree or vocational training program. The Workforce Acceleration Grant will cover up to $3,000 a...

Ivy tech renting space in Muncie to handle growth.(money tree)
August 24, 2009... MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) -- Ivy Tech Community College will rent space in a downtown Muncie building to accommodate students in its fast-growing culinary program. Ivy Tech will rent 20,000 square feet in the Patterson Building owned by the World...

Indiana report says financial aid is out of reach of adult students.
August 24, 2009... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A new report says nearly a million Indiana workers lack the education needed to become gainfully employed or to move into better paying jobs, but have little financial aid available to obtain the skills they need. The...

Education turf war set off by Michigan colleges' effort to offer 4-year degrees.(tracking trends)
August 24, 2009... DETROIT (AP) -- Michigan community colleges are challenging four-year universities for the right to offer bachelor's degrees, and if they succeed, would join more than a dozen states across the country that already allow such degrees. The...

Washington state program opens high-tech world to deaf students.(tracking trends)
August 24, 2009... SEATTLE (AP) -- In a University of Washington b animation classroom, with colorful, cutout Pixar heroes flexing their muscles on the walls, a group of students with their own animated expressions compete to offer ideas. Most use American Sign...

Ark. college can issue bonds for purchase of health building.
August 24, 2009... SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- Education officials say Northwest Arkansas Community College can issue $10.7 million in bonds to buy a building. The state Higher Education Coordinating Board recently approved the bond issue unanimously. College...

Ill. man accused of ID theft with college computer.
August 24, 2009... EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- A southwestern Illinois man is accused of using a college's computer lab to commit identity theft. Madison County prosecutors have charged 24-year-old Matthew Cornelius of Granite City with felony identity theft. ...

Idaho college partners with tribe to create business degree.
August 24, 2009... BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A northern Idaho community college has teamed up with the Coeur d'Alene Tribe to create an applied science degree in business leadership and help students further their careers. Coeur d'Alene Tribe Director of Education...

Miss. Coast tourism officials enlist students for survey.
August 24, 2009... GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- Students from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College will conduct a survey that regional tourism officials hope will help bring more visitors to the area. Revenues for coast casinos took a dive in June. The local...

Task force begins work to improve college access.
August 24, 2009... JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Members of the Graduation Task Force will meet Aug. 26 in Jackson to being work on ideas to improve educational achievement and access. The group was created by the 2009 Legislature. It is led by Senate Universities and...

Ark. sees dip in rate of college enrollment among HS grads.
August 24, 2009... SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- Fewer Arkansas graduating seniors enrolled in college last fall than in 2007, and the state lags nationally in sending students to college. The Higher Education Coordinating Board met in Siloam Springs, where...

Like personal computers, digital cameras continue to advance.(technology today)
August 24, 2009... If the personal computer revolution began with the introduction of the first IBM PC in 1981, the digital camera revolution began with the introduction of Logitech Fotoman, the first commercially available digital camera, in 1990. The Fotoman...

Congratulations: 2009 NISOD Excellence Awards recipients.
August 24, 2009... ALABAMA Calhoun Community College Jackie Gooch John Halley Necia Nicholas Jordan Taylor Mary Yarbrough Gadsden State Community College Vicki M. Albright Susan D. Mullins Shelton State Community College James...

The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center at Lewis & Clark Community College is welcoming a group of Chinese scientists to exchange information and expertise related to large rivers.(around campus)
August 24, 2009... The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center at Lewis & Clark Community College is welcoming a group of Chinese scientists to exchange information and expertise related to large rivers. The Chinese group is made up of chemists and...

Students from Elaine Adams' Introduction to Psychology class offered at Houston Community College Spring Branch volunteered at the Bread of Life Ministries at St. John's Downtown Church.(around campus)
August 24, 2009... Students from Elaine Adams' Introduction to Psychology class offered at Houston Community College Spring Branch volunteered at the Bread of Life Ministries at St. John's Downtown Church. The students--Daniel Barrientos, Dominic Kiarie, Manuel...

PPG Industries Automotive Refinish representatives visited Corning Community College's Airport Corporate Park Auto Body facility in Big Flats, N. Y., to demonstrate state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly PPG Envirobase[R] High Performance waterborne coatings system.(around campus)
August 24, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PPG Industries Automotive Refinish representatives visited Coming Community College's Airport Corporate Park Auto Body facility in Big Flats, N. Y., to demonstrate state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly PPG...

Indian River State College in Florida has been awarded a $3.9 million grant by the federal Economic Development Administration to develop a new Center for Competitive Economics and Entrepreneurship.(grants & gifts)
August 24, 2009... Indian River State College in Florida has been awarded a $3.9 million grant by the federal Economic Development Administration to develop a new Center for Competitive Economics and Entrepreneurship. The center will focus on creating new...

The Fisher Building, a downtown Muncie, Ind., landmark and former world headquarters for Ball Corp., has been donated to the Ivy Tech Foundation for use by Ivy Tech Community College.(grants & gifts)
August 24, 2009... The Fisher Building, a downtown Muncie, Ind., landmark and former world headquarters for Ball Corp., has been donated to the Ivy Tech Foundation for use by Ivy Tech Community College. A gift from Janice B. Fisher, the late John W. Fisher and...

Pensacola businesswoman Jan Miller is a longtime supporter of Florida's Pensacola Junior College both with her time and monetary gifts and the college was pleased to announce her additional legacy gift of $1 million.(grants & gifts)
August 24, 2009... Pensacola businesswoman Jan Miller is a longtime supporter of Florida's Pensacola Junior College both with her time and monetary gifts and the college was pleased to announce her additional legacy gift of $1 million. Future plans to recognize...

In these tough economic times, Colorado community colleges have experienced hardship from state budget reductions and corporate sponsorships falling behind, leaving a deficit that affects the college's students, programs and staff.(grants & gifts)
August 24, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In these tough economic times, Colorado community colleges have experienced hardship from state budget reductions and corporate sponsorships falling behind, leaving a deficit that affects the college's students,...

A self-described "unlikely" poet laureate, Kay Ryan is gearing up for her second term as the nation's poet laureate.(faculty lounge)
August 24, 2009... A self-described "unlikely" poet laureate, Kay Ryan is gearing up for her second term as the nation's poet laureate. Ryan--who taught English basic skills to California's College of Marin students for more than 30 years, and who graduated from...

Dawn E. Langley, dean of general education and developmental studies at Piedmont Community College in North Carolina, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research at the universities in Islamabad, Pakistan during the 2009 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.(faculty lounge)
August 24, 2009... Dawn E. Langley, dean of general education and developmental studies at Piedmont Community College in North Carolina, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research at the universities in Islamabad, Pakistan during the 2009...

Amy Fugate, vice president for academic affairs at Mott Community College in Michigan, has been elected to serve as an at-large member on the Board of Directors of the National Council of Instructional Administrators.(honors & awards)
August 24, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Amy Frigate, vice president for academic affairs at Mott Community College in Michigan, has been elected to serve as an at-large member on the Board of Directors of the National Council of Instructional Administrators....

Washington's Clark College automotive professor Mike Godson was named Educator of the Year during the 2009 North American Council of Automotive Teachers Conference.(honors & awards)(Conference news)
August 24, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Washington's Clark College automotive professor Mike Godson was named Educator of the Year during the 2009 North American Council of Automotive Teachers Conference. The annual award is presented for excellence in...

Maya Durnovo, dean of economic and workforce development at Houston Community College's Spring Branch and Katy campuses, has been awarded the Carl M. Nelson Administrative Leadership Award for 2009 by the Texas Association of Community Colleges.(honors & awards)
August 24, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Maya Durnovo, dean of economic and workforce development at Houston Community College's Spring Branch and Katy campuses, has been awarded the Carl M. Nelson Administrative Leadership Award for 2009 by the Texas...

Lone Star College System.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 24, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Lone Star College System (Texas) has filled four key positions: Link Alander was named associate vice chancellor, technology services....

Berkeley College.(APPOINTMENTS)
August 24, 2009... Ricardo R. Ortegon has been appointed dean for the School of Continuing Education at New York's Berkeley College. Ortegon has more than 14 years of experience working in higher education administration. Most recently, he was associate vice...

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Earnings by attainment.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
August 10, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Personal Income is directly tied to educational attainment. Here is breakdown by degree type: Degree Attainment Median Income Doctorate $79,403 Master's $59,509 Bachelor's ...

House panel approves increase in Pell Grants.(around the nation)
August 10, 2009... WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's plan to boost Pell Grants for low-income college students has cleared the House education committee, the first step down a long and potentially rocky path through Congress. The bill would link Pell...

Ala. board sticks by doctorate requirement for new chancellor.
August 10, 2009... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The State Board of Education is sticking by its requirement for the next chancellor of Alabama's two-year college system to have an earned doctorate from an accredited college or university. The board enacted that...

Jindal adjusts membership of Louisiana college review panel.
August 10, 2009... BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Gov. Bobby Jindal has tweaked the membership of a panel that will look at ways to revamp Louisiana's public college systems. Jindal announced he's made two new appointments to the nine-member Postsecondary Education...

Earning degree in three years can save cash but requires plan.(tracking trends)
August 10, 2009... While educators debate the wisdom of three-year college degrees, some ambitious students are going ahead and finishing their coursework in three years anyhow as a way to save thousands of dollars in tuition. It takes discipline, they say, a...

Better data means better schools, Gates says.(tracking trends)
August 10, 2009... PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The United States must improve its educational standing in the world by rewarding effective teaching and by developing better, universal measures of performance for students and teachers, according to Microsoft co-founder...

Holding out a tin cup in the Golden State: California's budget crisis undermining CC's historic mission.(Cover story)
August 10, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was back in April that the Public Policy Institute of California issued a report about the state's education skills gap that contained some good news and some bad news. The bad news was that the state was facing a...

Federal stimulus will direct $220m toward health training.(money tree)
August 10, 2009... TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said that $220 million in federal stimulus funds will be disbursed to programs across the country to train workers in health care and other high-growth industries. Solis spoke on the first...

Indiana tuition increases draw ire of lawmakers.(money tree)
August 10, 2009... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana University have raised tuition, drawing ire from two lawmakers who say the state's public colleges should keep the same rates considering the recession. "I'm offended on behalf of...

Gov.'s aide says Wyo. college plan falls short of goals.(money tree)
August 10, 2009... CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- Gov. Dave Freudenthal's chief of staff, Chris Boswell, says a recently completed strategic plan for Wyoming's community college system doesn't do enough to help the Wyoming Community College Commission make decisions...

La. budget cuts not as draconian as earlier feared.
August 10, 2009... BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Class sizes will grow and student services will be trimmed--but the thousands of layoffs and widespread program eliminations once predicted for Louisiana's college campuses appear unlikely as colleges and universities...

Former Ala. legislator given 2 1/2 years in prison.
August 10, 2009... DECATUR, Ala. (AP) -- Former state Rep. Sue Schmitz was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison on a fraud conviction for using her influence as a legislator to get a job in the two-year college system and then rarely showing up for work. ...

Ruling means Detroit colleges can operate charter schools.
August 10, 2009... LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- More charter schools can be opened in Detroit because the school district's enrollment dropped below 100,000, state Attorney General Mike Cox said in a legal opinion. The Detroit Public Schools had been designated a...

Mississippi college planning largest-ever expansion.
August 10, 2009... TUPELO, Miss. (AP) -- Itawamba Community College has purchased a former furniture plant and plans to use the building for the largest expansion in school history. ICC bought the building from Furniture Brands International, whose local...

Hard times for young adults: no jobs, no insurance.(money tree)
August 10, 2009... Emily Weinstein graduated from college into an economic meltdown, and as a self-employed jewelry maker she'll be lucky to bring in $16,000 this year. Heath insurance is out of reach, so she avoids thinking about what would happen if she got...

Wash. college student says sex harasser kept his job.
August 10, 2009... KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) -- A student at Lake Washington Technical College has filed a $300,000 claim against the state, saying her professor was allowed to keep his job even after the school substantiated her complaint of sexual harassment. ...

Ivy Tech offers free energy training to contractors.
August 10, 2009... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Ivy Tech Community College and the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority are offering free training to contractors who want to work with an energy conservation program. Officials say the training will help...

Miss. College sees boost in summer school enrollment.
August 10, 2009... SCOOBA, Miss. (AP) -- Summer enrollment at East Mississippi Community College is up by 33.5 percent--an increase of more than a third over last summer. Final registration numbers show a total of 2,310 students enrolled in one of two summer...

Denver-area college enrollment up by 26 percent.
August 10, 2009... FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) -- Fall enrollment in northern Colorado's Front Range Community College system is running about 26 percent higher than last year. Andrew Dorsey, president of the system, says enrollment at the Westminster campus in...

Eligible vets can attend Mont. colleges tuition-free.
August 10, 2009... GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) -- Eight Montana colleges and universities are participating in a program with the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow veterans participating in the Post-9/11 GI Bill program to attend college for free. Under the...

Arkansas college trustees favor consolidation.
August 10, 2009... BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Trustees of NorthWest Arkansas Community College are considering a centralized Washington County campus. The college offers classes in five locations. Trustee said that buying, building or leasing a single facility,...

Accreditation stripped from Alabama nursing program.
August 10, 2009... PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) -- Chattahoochee Valley Community College has lost the accreditation for its nursing program. College president Laurel Blackwell notified the Alabama Community College System of the action last month. The National...

Feds give millions for native Hawaiian education.
August 10, 2009... HONOLULU (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $6 million to improve the educational prospects of Native Hawaiian students. Close to $2 million will go to the Kapiolani Community College to renovate facilities,...

Las Vegas school features geothermal cooling system.
August 10, 2009... LAS VEGAS (AP) -- The new Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas features a geothermal system of 180 wells that cool the building. The wells, buried 400 feet deep, used a closed-loop system that sends hot water beneath the...

ND college alum donates $1m to science college for scholarships.
August 10, 2009... WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) -- An alumnus of the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton has donated $1 million to the school. The girl from the late Wilbur Lunday and his late wife, Betty, is among the largest in the two-year college's...

Audit results in suspension of head of SC tech college.
August 10, 2009... ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- The president of a South Carolina technical college has been suspended after an audit. The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg reported that Denmark Technical College President John Waddell has been suspended without...

Browser wars: latest Firefox version continues to attract users.(technology today)
August 10, 2009... If you spend more than a little time in your Web browser, you probably take notice of upgrades. The hottest Web browser, Mozilla Firefox (www.mozilla.com), has again created considerable buzz, and this time only for an incremental upgrade, from...

The College of Southern Nevada announced that three floral design students took top honors at the American Institute of Floral Design's national student competition in Kansas City, Mo.(around campus)
August 10, 2009... The College of Southern Nevada announced that three floral design students took top honors at the American Institute of Floral Design's national student competition in Kansas City, Mo. The students, Dannielle Marshall, Roni Roberts and Caroll...

Anoka-Ramsey Community College continues to actively to maintain its commitment to the higher education needs of Minnesotans by extending its Workforce Retraining Initiative grant.(around campus)
August 10, 2009... Anoka-Ramsey Community College continues to actively to maintain its commitment to the higher education needs of Minnesotans by extending its Workforce Retraining Initiative grant. Unemployed workers will receive 50 percent off tuition in fall...

The dental programs at Illinois' Lewis and Clark Community College sponsored the first "Clean and Screen" event in collaboration with the Nurse Managed Center for Healthcare and Education.(around campus)
August 10, 2009... The dental programs at Illinois' Lewis and Clark Community College sponsored the first "Clean and Screen" event in collaboration with the Nurse Managed Center for Healthcare and Education. Free dental exams, dental cleanings, x-rays, fluoride,...

The Casino Career Institute at Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey will offer new scholarships for students in its slot technology training program through a $25,001) donation from the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers.(grants & gifts)
August 10, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Casino Career Institute at Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey will offer new scholarships for students in its slot technology training program through a $25,001) donation from the Association of Gaming...

Against the backdrop of a tight economy and the expanding need for caregivers, Clark College in Vancouver, Wash., has received a $20,000 grant under the 2009 Community College Caregiver Training Initiative.(grants & gifts)
August 10, 2009... Against the backdrop of a tight economy and the expanding need for caregivers, Clark College in Vancouver, Wash., has received a $20,000 grant under the 2009 Community College Caregiver Training Initiative. The initiative, which is funded by...

The Lucas County Workforce Development Agency has awarded Owens Community College in Ohio a $1.9 million federal stimulus grant to provide short-cycle training and job placement opportunities for unemployed and dislocated workers within high-growth, high-demand occupations that include "green collar," health care and construction-based industries.(grants & gifts)
August 10, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Lucas County Workforce Development Agency has awarded Owens Community College in Ohio a $1.9 million federal stimulus grant to provide short-cycle training and job placement opportunities for unemployed and...

Maryland's Carroll Community College science Professor Francois Derasse believes that everyone should develop an interest in science to better understand the world around them.(faculty lounge)
August 10, 2009... Maryland's Carroll Community College science Professor Francois Derasse believes that everyone should develop an interest in science to better understand the world around them. To that end, Derasse bas established a traveling exhibit to educate...

Michael Qaissaunee, associate professor, Engineering and Technology at Brookdale (N.J.) Community College, has been named The HI-TEC Educator of the Year and will receive the award at the High Impact Technology Exchange Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.(faculty lounge)(Conference news)
August 10, 2009... Michael Qaissaunee, associate professor, Engineering and Technology at Brookdale (N.J.) Community College, has been named The HI-TEC Educator of the Year and will receive the award at the High Impact Technology Exchange Conference in Scottsdale,...

David Weir of Daytona State College's Hosseini College of Hospitality and Culinary Management placed second in the American Culinary Federation's National Outstanding Chef Educator of the Year competition.(faculty lounge)
August 10, 2009... David Weir of Daytona State College's Hosseini College of Hospitality and Culinary Management placed second in the American Culinary Federation's National Outstanding Chef Educator of the Year competition. Weir won the federation's southeast...

Kellogg Community College in Michigan and Western Michigan University received a 2009 Innovation Michigan award for a new Joint Admissions Agreement in Engineering during the annual Innovation Michigan awards ceremony in Grand Rapids.(honors & awards)
August 10, 2009... Kellogg Community College in Michigan and Western Michigan University received a 2009 Innovation Michigan award for a new Joint Admissions Agreement in Engineering during the annual Innovation Michigan awards ceremony in Grand Rapids. G. Edward...

Carol Cameron, an assessment technician at Northeast Iowa Community College, has been given the Outstanding Support Staff Award by the by the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees.(honors & awards)
August 10, 2009... Carol Cameron, an assessment technician at Northeast Iowa Community College, has been given the Outstanding Support Staff Award by the by the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees. The association recognizes community college support...