Community College Week articles from February 2010

Community College Week archives from February 2010

Colleges past to present.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
February 22, 2010... Colleges Past To Present Counting branch campuses, there are now more than 1,600 community colleges in the U.S. Here is a look at the periodic growth of the movement, broken down in 20-year increments, since Joliet Junior College became the...

City College of SF scraps most summer classes.
February 22, 2010... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Students at City College of San Francisco are angry over the school's decision to cancel nearly all its summer classes. The community college is gutting its $4 million summer session to help close a budget shortfall...

Library remains a vibrant part of large urban community college.(point of view)
February 22, 2010... There have been many concerns expressed over the last decade about the role of the college library in an age of easy availability of information online. The unwillingness or inability of many students to read journals and texts, it seems, might...

Pet projects: college vet tech programs propelled by generous pet owners, new technologies.
February 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On a former Arabian horse farm outside Waco, Texas, students enrolled in McLennan Community College work toward a prized certificate-an associate of applied science degree in veterinary technology. The 26 full-time...

Ohio venture fund list mostly bypasses colleges.(money tree)
February 22, 2010... COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A panel controlled by the governor has handpicked contenders in the latest round of bidding for a pair of high-tech Third Frontier venture funds, breaking with past practice that based awards solely on merit. The...

Calendar.(tracking trends)(Calendar)
February 22, 2010... March 6-10 AMERICAN COUNCIL N EDUCATION * ACE 92nd Annual Meeting Phoenix, AZ www.acenet.edu

Professors threatened by proposed changes to tenure policy in Miss.(tracking trends)
February 22, 2010... HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Is academic tenure under attack? A number of university professors across Mississippi believe so. The state College Board gave initial approval in December to policy changes that would reduce how much warning time...

NC college: artwork with cigar counters campus tobacco policy.(tracking trends)
February 22, 2010... NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina college cracking down on smoking says a student-made artwork depicting an instructor with a cigar goes against the campus tobacco policy. The Sun Journal of New Bern reports that officials asked Craven...

Colleges in Indiana continue to see sharp enrollment increases.(tracking trends)
February 22, 2010... BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Indiana's colleges have continued to have strong enrollment figures even as they face millions of dollars in state funding cuts because of the recession. Ivy Tech Community College counted nearly 120,000 students,...

More career-changers turn to soft touch of massage therapy.
February 22, 2010... FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Zoe Arp worked as a paralegal for several years. "It was very stressful," said Arp, 32. Three generations of her family had careers in law and three of those died in their 50s, including her father. "I didn't want...

Their mission: stay in school while serving in combat.
February 22, 2010... HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Bombs often exploded a half-mile away from Tech. Sgt. Christopher Swisher's tent at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Yet Swisher said the bombs weren't the toughest challenge he faced in completing his coursework for...

Conn. breaks ground on $198m campus.
February 22, 2010... NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Construction has started on a new $198 million college campus in downtown New Haven to help address the enrollment boom at Gateway Community College. Connecticut officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new...

Ga. sees spike in tech college enrollment.
February 22, 2010... ATLANTA (AP) -- Enrollment in Georgia's technical colleges has grown 26 percent over this time last year. About 22,000 more students are taking classes at the state's 28 technical college campuses this winter, with enrollment hitting 109,500....

Wayne State dedicates new education center.
February 22, 2010... CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Wayne State University has unveiled its new Macomb Education Center, where the Detroit school will start offering classes this spring. Wayne State held a dedication ceremony for the center. It's in the former...

Tuition frozen, fees rise at Wyoming College.
February 22, 2010... RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) -- Tuition at Central Wyoming College will remain the same for the 2010-11 school year, but fees for housing and food services will be higher. The Wyoming Community College Commission, which sets tuition, froze tuition for...

Foundation gives $2.25m in grants to six colleges.
February 22, 2010... HOUMA, La. (AP) -- Six Louisiana colleges and universities will share in $2.25 million in grants from the BP Foundation. The grants, announced at BP's oilfield facilities near Houma, will support math and science enrichment programs, as well...

Miss. college seeks help in deterring theft.
February 22, 2010... BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Northeast Mississippi Community College wants help in dealing with the growing problem of textbook theft. Campus police chief Dean Bearden tells the Daily Corinthian that the school wants to deter people stealing...

Mass. college launches solar power project.
February 22, 2010... PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- Berkshire Community College is going solar. Officials at the Pittsfield school say work is expected to start soon on a $3.5 million project to install more than 1,800 solar panels on six campus buildings, making it...

Partnership mulled to save seafood school.
February 22, 2010... ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) -- The shuttered Seafood School in Astoria could be getting a second chance. Leaders at the Duncan Law Seafood Consumer Center are looking into a partnership with Clatsop Community College that could revive the school that...

PayPal's growth creates complaints and controversy.(technology today)
February 22, 2010... From the dawn of civilization some 5,000 years ago, the way we exchange and store value has evolved and continues to do so in the digital age. Around 600 BC, as money, the Lydians and Greeks started using coins instead of bartering and...

Stretching their winning record to a third year, the honors societies at the Community College of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania took first place in the annual Pink Feet Race for the Cure benefitting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.(around campus)
February 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stretching their winning record to a third year, the honors societies at the Community College of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania took first place in the annual Pink Feet Race for the Cure benefitting the Susan G....

Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey will enter into a power purchase agreement with Pepco Energy Services, Inc., for a solar photovoltaic power project at the college's Mays Landing and Cape May County campuses following action by the college's Board of Trustees.(around campus)
February 22, 2010... Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey will enter into a power purchase agreement with Pepco Energy Services, Inc., for a solar photovoltaic power project at the college's Mays Landing and Cape May County campuses following action by the...

Saxophonist Hunter Hayes has eight Emmy awards; now he's got a GED.(around campus)
February 22, 2010... Saxophonist Hunter Hayes has eight Emmy awards; now he's got a GED. As a young man,. Hayes chose to pursue his passion for music over graduating from high school. More than 40 years later, Hayes has performed with music artists such as Kool...

A gift of two new facilities and surrounding property has been presented to the OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College in Missouri by Reuben and Mary Lou Casey of San Clemente, Calif.(grants & gifts)
February 22, 2010... A gift of two new facilities and surrounding property has been presented to the OTC Foundation, the fundraising arm of Ozarks Technical Community College in Missouri by Reuben and Mary Lou Casey of San Clemente, Calif. The property, valued at...

The National Science Foundation recently awarded the Community College of Baltimore County (Md.) a grant totaling $583,396 for scholarships assisting students pursuing degrees in engineering technology, networking, multimedia and information technology.(grants & gifts)
February 22, 2010... The National Science Foundation recently awarded the Community College of Baltimore County (Md.) a grant totaling $583,396 for scholarships assisting students pursuing degrees in engineering technology, networking, multimedia and information...

Folsom Lake College (Calif.), in collaboration with several El Dorado County partners, has been awarded $389,000 in continued funding under the Governor's Career Technical Education Initiative.(grants & gifts)
February 22, 2010... Folsom Lake College (Calif.), in collaboration with several El Dorado County partners, has been awarded $389,000 in continued funding under the Governor's Career Technical Education Initiative. The initiative is intended to raise the awareness...

The Highline Community College Foundation (Wash.) received a $60,000 donation to help provide emergency assistance to Highline students who are struggling to pay for their college education.(grants & gifts)
February 22, 2010... The Highline Community College Foundation (Wash.) received a $60,000 donation to help provide emergency assistance to Highline students who are struggling to pay for their college education. Emergency assistance may include funds to pay for...

Pamlico Community College in North Carolina recently saluted Graham Byrnes for having completed a quarter century of teaching boatbuilding, a tenure longer than any faculty member in the history of the institution.(faculty lounge)
February 22, 2010... Pamlico Community College in North Carolina recently saluted Graham Byrnes for having completed a quarter century of teaching boatbuilding, a tenure longer than any faculty member in the history of the institution. Byrnes lives and breathes for...

Ohio's Owens Community College Center for Teaching and Learning Success representatives recently joined the campus community to officially open the doors to the latest innovative academic resources on the Toledo-area campus as the college unveiled a new Faculty Development Center.(faculty lounge)
February 22, 2010... Ohio's Owens Community College Center for Teaching and Learning Success representatives recently joined the campus community to officially open the doors to the latest innovative academic resources on the Toledo-area campus as the college...

Michigan's Kellogg Community College math instructors Brian Goetz and Graham Smith recently published "Basic Mathematics" with co-author John Tobey of North Shore Community College.(faculty lounge)
February 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michigan's Kellogg Community College math instructors Brian Goetz and Graham Smith recently published "Basic Mathematics" with co-author John Tobey of North Shore Community College. The textbook arrived in early...

Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina has been awarded the national Leah Meyer Austin Institutional Leadership Award for the school's initiative to help students from low-income families, and students of color, succeed.(honors & awards)
February 22, 2010... Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina has been awarded the national Leah Meyer Austin Institutional Leadership Award for the school's initiative to help students from low-income families, and students of color, succeed. The...

Terry Alford, professor at the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College, has received the 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education, for Virginia and Dominion.(honors & awards)
February 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Terry Alford, professor at the Annandale campus of Northern Virginia Community College, has received the 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education, for Virginia and Dominion. Twelve...

Robert Ronkoski.(honors & awards)
February 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Robert Ronkoski, director of public safety and chief of police at St. Charles Community College (Mo.), received a "Patriotic Employer" award from the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve....

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mark Milliron, board chair for the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, has been named deputy director for higher education for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is president and CEO of...

Guilford Technical Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 22, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Manuel C. Dudley, a leader at Mitchell Community College in Statesville, N.C., has been named dean of Guilford Technical Community College's Greensboro campus. A native of Goldsboro, Dudley received a bachelor of...

Barton Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 22, 2010... Penny Quinn has assumed her duties as vice president of instruction and student services at Barton Community College, Great Bend, Kan. Quinn previously served as academic officer for Lincoln Trail College. Quinn now serves as the college's chief...

New River Community and Technical College.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 22, 2010... Tracy Evans has been named director of enrollment services at New River Community and Technical College in West Virginia. Evans joined New River as director of high school relations in 2006. She was named interim director of enrollment services...

Queensborough Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 22, 2010... Diane Bova Call has been appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Queensborough Community College, a college of The City University of New York. With responsibilities that have encompassed virtually all major areas of...

College revenue by source.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
February 8, 2010... College Revenue By Source State appropriations provide the largest source of funding for community colleges. Here is a breakdown of where the money comes from: State appropriations: 38% Tuition and fees: 20% Local...

Tenn. lawmakers approve higher education overhaul.(around the nation)
February 8, 2010... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The state House and Senate has passed Gov. Phil Bredesen's plan for overhauling the state's higher education system to improve Tennessee's poor graduation rate at community colleges and four-year schools. A key...

Consolidation of La. higher ed garners support.
February 8, 2010... BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Community colleges, LSU and Southern University could lose their management boards in the coming years, based on recommendations approved by a state higher education streamlining commission. Gov. Bobby Jindal said he...

NY Gov. proposes letting colleges set own tuition.
February 8, 2010... ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. David Paterson says the state's public universities should be allowed to set their own tuition rates. Right now, all tuition hikes at the State University of New York and the City University of New York must...

Community colleges can create a true College Community.(point of view)
February 8, 2010... One of the common misconceptions of the Internet-filled world in which we live in is the idea that community is everywhere around us. We so often hear about the traffic and popularity of Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr and a thousand niche...

Early passion turned into lifelong teaching career.
February 8, 2010... MCCOOK, Neb. (AP) -- From the time he was 8, Ted Fellers knew he wanted to be a teacher. In his small Dawson County country school, his teacher assigned him to help some of the younger students with their lessons. "Something clicked and I...

A dearth of dollars: state aspirations collide with fiscal reality.
February 8, 2010... A group of Florida business luminaries recently stood before a bank of television cameras and microphones and unveiled an ambitious wish list aimed at reforming public education from top to bottom in the country's fourth most populous state. ...

Ivy Tech taking over education classes in Indiana Penitentiaries.
February 8, 2010... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indiana Department of Correction plans to shed the jobs of 118 teachers for GED, literacy and vocational classes at prisons by turning those programs over to Ivy Tech Community College. Prison officials estimate the...

Ariz. sees increase in student aid applications.
February 8, 2010... PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona has seen the third-highest increase among the states in what's known as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA. Mesa Community College ranked 20th among colleges where more than 10,000 FAFSA...

Bill easing college transfers clears Kentucky House.
February 8, 2010... FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- The Kentucky House has passed a bill aimed at making it easier for community college students to transfer to four-year public universities. Rep. Carl Rollins, the bill's lead sponsor, said the measure would ensure a...

Ivy Tech sets new enrollment record with 8.5% increase.
February 8, 2010... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Ivy Tech Community College has set a new enrollment record with 8.5 percent more students than during the fall semester. The school says it counted 119,773 students statewide for its spring semester, about 9,400 more than...

Search is underway for new president of Maine College.
February 8, 2010... BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- The Maine Community College System is searching for a new president for its campus in Bangor. College system President John Fitzsimmons says Joyce Hedlund, who has headed Eastern Maine Community College for 16 years,...

W.Va. colleges to get $6m for clean energy job training.
February 8, 2010... CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP). -- Workforce West Virginia will receive $6 . million in federal stimulus funding to train workers for clean energy jobs. The funding, from the U.S. Labor Department, is part of a $500 million federal initiative 'to...

An unseen, underreported war is raging on the internet.(technology today)
February 8, 2010... We are under cyberattack. That's a strong statement, but it's not meant to be alarmist. Cyberwarfare, referred to as iWar by NATO, is as frightening as it's underreported. Some light was shed on this shadowy realm recently with Google's...

American Grands, the piano event of the year, will have its milestone 15th annual concert at Elgin Community College in Illinois.(around campus)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] American Grands, the piano event of the year, will have its milestone 15th annual concert at Elgin Community College in Illinois. Hundreds of performers from dozens of area communities will take the stage in the Visual...

Central Arizona College students from both the art club and the culinary arts program again are teaming up to fill more than 300 bowls with soup during the 8th Annual Central Arizona College Empty Bowls event on Feb 23 at the Signal Peak Campus.(around campus)
February 8, 2010... Central Arizona College students from both the art club and the culinary arts program again are teaming up to fill more than 300 bowls with soup during the 8th Annual Central Arizona College Empty Bowls event on Feb 23 at the Signal Peak Campus....

Montgomery College (Md.) is hosting the exhibition "Abraham Lincoln: One Man, Two Views, Studio EIS and the Art of Visual Storytelling: Two New Sculptures of Abraham Lincoln in his 200th Year" by sculptor Ivan Schwartz.(around campus)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Montgomery College (Md.) is hosting the exhibition "Abraham Lincoln: One Man, Two Views, Studio EIS and the Art of Visual Storytelling: Two New Sculptures of Abraham Lincoln in his 200th Year" by sculptor Ivan Schwartz....

Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. will presentLewis and Clark Community College Foundation with a $250,000 grant to support the establishment of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center's Confluence Field Station and to create a scholarship endowment for students and interns engaging in river research at the Illinois College.(grants & gifts)
February 8, 2010... Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. will present Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation with a $250,000 grant to support the establishment of the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center's Confluence Field Station and to create a...

The Middlesex County College Foundation in New Jersey has received a $1 million gift from the Willard T.C. Johnson Foundation.(grants & gifts)
February 8, 2010... The Middlesex County College Foundation in New Jersey has received a $1 million gift from the Willard T.C. Johnson Foundation. The gift is structured in two parts: an outright gift of $500,000 as well as a challenge grant of $500,000. In order...

The Progress Energy Foundation has awarded a $30,000 grant to North Carolina's Central Carolina Community College for its growing energy efficiency/green building and renewable energy programs.(grants & gifts)
February 8, 2010... The Progress Energy Foundation has awarded a $30,000 grant to North Carolina's Central Carolina Community College for its growing energy efficiency/green building and renewable energy programs. Rodney Gaddy, vice president for Progress Energy...

Central Carolina Community College representatives receive a check from the Progress Energy Foundation.(grants & gifts)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Central Carolina Community College representatives receive a check from the Progress Energy Foundation. From left are: Carl Thompson, Chatham County Campus director of continuing education; Laura Lauffer,...

Tara Ross, professor of history at Onondaga Community College in New York, recently appeared on the 300th broadcast of the local Public Broadcasting Service broadcast of "The Ivory Tower Half Hour.".(faculty lounge)
February 8, 2010... Tara Ross, professor of history at Onondaga Community College in New York, recently appeared on the 300th broadcast of the local Public Broadcasting Service broadcast of "The Ivory Tower Half Hour." The show is a weekly roundtable format during...

Giuseppe Corazzina, an adjunct art professor at Seminole State College, has received a Galileo Galilei medal and a medal of honor from his hometown in Italy for his international achievements in the arts and his social and civil efforts in Italy and the U.S.(faculty lounge)
February 8, 2010... Giuseppe Corazzina, an adjunct art professor at Seminole State College, has received a Galileo Galilei medal and a medal of honor from his hometown in Italy for his international achievements in the arts and his social and civil efforts in Italy...

Jerry Dale, a criminal justice instructor at the Greenbrier Valley Campus of New River Community and Technical College (W. V.), served as a primary source for "Reading Appalachia from Left to Right" by Carol Mason, an associate professor of English and director of gender studies at Oklahoma State University.(faculty lounge)
February 8, 2010... Jerry Dale, a criminal justice instructor at the Greenbrier Valley Campus of New River Community and Technical College (W. V.), served as a primary source for "Reading Appalachia from Left to Right" by Carol Mason, an associate professor of...

Chandra Noel Allen, a math instructor at Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina, has won the National Association for Developmental Education's Outstanding Alumnus Award.(honors & awards)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Chandra Noel Allen, a math instructor at Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina, has won the National Association for Developmental Education's Outstanding Alumnus Award. Allen won the national award...

Mesalands Community College (N.M.) announced that Connie Chavez, administrative assistant to the president, is the recipient of the 2009 Western Regional Professional Board Staff Member Award.(honors & awards)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mesalands Community College (N.M.) announced that Connie Chavez, administrative assistant to the president, is the recipient of the 2009 Western Regional Professional Board Staff Member Award. Chavez received her award...

Mike Matthews, humanities dean at Texas's Tarrant County College Northwest Campus, has received the 2010 Nell Ann Pickett Service Award, an annual national award to an English-teaching advocate in two-year colleges.(honors & awards)
February 8, 2010... Mike Matthews, humanities dean at Texas's Tarrant County College Northwest Campus, has received the 2010 Nell Ann Pickett Service Award, an annual national award to an English-teaching advocate in two-year colleges. The award, presented by the...

Alabama's Calhoun Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alabama's Calhoun Community College has announced the appointment of Terri Bryson as the new dean of the college's Huntsville/Cummings Research Park campus. Bryson has most recently served as director of development and...

New York's Corning Community College's Regional Board of Trustees.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New York's Coming Community College's Regional Board of Trustees recently welcomed former trustee Cynthia Emmer to serve a term effective May 2009 as a governor's appointment from Chemung County. She will serve a term...

Lone Star College System.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lone Star College System in Texas announced that Jose A. "Tony" Castillo has been named the system's director of veteran's affairs and services. Castillo will manage the new Veterans Affairs Center, housed at...

Community College of Aurora.
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Matt Giannesehi has been named, vice president for student services and enrollment management at the Community College of Aurora in Colorado. Gianneschi previously served as senior policy advisor for Colorado Gov. Bill...

Salem Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
February 8, 2010... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nonye I. Udotong has been appointed instructor of physics at Salem Community College (N.J.). Formerly an adjunct instructor at SCC, Udotong uses a hands-on approach to learning with the aid of technology. Prior to her...

Calendar.(Career Connections)(Calendar)
February 8, 2010... FEBRUARY Feb. 20-23 THE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL * ITC E Learning 2010 Fort Worth, TX www.itcnetwork.org MARCH March 6-10 AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION * ACE 92nd Annual Meeting Phoenix, AZ ...