Community College Week articles from July 2008, page 2

Community College Week archives from July 2008

Community College of Allegheny County was recently awarded a $233,445 grant for the second year in a row by Health Resources and Services Administration Scholarships for Disadvantaged Nursing Students.(grants & gifts)
July 14, 2008... Community College of Allegheny County was recently awarded a $233,445 grant for the second year in a row by Health Resources and Services Administration Scholarships for Disadvantaged Nursing Students. The college was ranked second in the...

The corporate education unit of Clark College in Vancouver, Wash., has received a $191,000 Job Skills Program grant to provide customized training for approximately 90 personnel from five Clark County healthcare providers.(grants & gifts)
July 14, 2008... The corporate education unit of Clark College in Vancouver, Wash., has received a $191,000 Job Skills Program grant to provide customized training for approximately 90 personnel from five Clark County healthcare providers. The consortium...

William Tiger Fitzhugh.(faculty lounge)
July 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, riverboats, clubs, homes and even the historic Ryman Theater--William Tiger Fitzhugh has played guitar in gigs all over Tennessee and across the nation. He teaches music at Volunteer State...

Yuying Liu.(faculty lounge)
July 14, 2008... Lone Star College-Montgomery instructor Yuying Liu has been awarded the first teaching certificate in Chinese from the Texas State Board for Educator Certification. The board is responsible for ensuring that educators are qualified to serve...

Paul Marquard.(honors & awards)
July 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Wyoming Distance Education Consortium has recognized physics and education instructor Paul Marquard as the master distance educator for Casper College for 2008. Marquard has been with the college since 1986 and...

A first-year member of New Jersey's Camden County College women's basketball team has received first-team All-America honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association, despite joining the team just a few months after giving birth to a daughter.(honors & awards)
July 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A first-year member of New Jersey's Camden County College women's basketball team has received first-team All-America honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association, despite joining the team just a...

Charles Dassance, president of Central Florida Community College, has been named "Communicator of the Year" by the Ocala Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association.(honors & awards)
July 14, 2008... Charles Dassance, president of Central Florida Community College, has been named "Communicator of the Year" by the Ocala Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association. The Communicator of the Year award is presented to the person who...

Morgan Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
July 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kerry Hart has been named president of Morgan Community College in Colorado. Hart has been campus dean and CEO of the Alpine Campus of Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs, Colo., since 2006. Prior to...

Anne Arundel Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
July 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md., named Felicia L. Patterson as its new vice president of learner support services. Patterson has been serving as executive vice president of student and enrollment...

Metropolitan Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
July 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Metropolitan Community College--Kansas City announced that Paul Long has been selected to serve as vice chancellor of educational services. Long has served as a philosophy instructor at Metropolitan Community...

Bishop State Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
July 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] James Lowe has been approved by the Alabama State Board of Education to be president of Bishop State Community College in Mobile. Since August 2007, Lowe served as interim president of the college. Prior to his...

Cuyamaca College.(APPOINTMENTS)
July 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cristina Chiriboga, vice president of instruction at California's Cuyamaca College for more than 12 years, has been named interim president. Chiriboga fills the post vacated by Geraldine M. Perri, who begins a new...

Calendar.(Calendar)
July 14, 2008... JULY July 19-23, 2008 SCUP'S 43RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE and Idea Marketplace Montreal, QC (Canada) www.scup.org/annualconf/43/ July 24-27, 2008 PHI THETA KAPPA LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ...