Community College Week articles from June 2006

Community College Week archives from June 2006

Pa. proposal would give full community-college tuition assistance to National Guard.(around the nation)
June 5, 2006... When Pennsylvania State Representative Pete Zug received a call from a National Guardsman who wanted to attend the local Harrisburg Area Community College, he was surprised. Not because his friend, Air National Guard Technical Sergeant Bill...

Do community colleges always try to hire the best?(point of view)
June 5, 2006... Many believe community colleges obtain less qualified faculty because more qualified candidates teach at colleges and universities offering bachelor's degrees or higher. The belief is that because of a community college's high teaching load,...

The battle over Chicano Studies programs: community colleges struggle with ramping them back up, broadening them, or doing away with them altogether.(Cover story)
June 5, 2006... SAN DIEGO -- For Rita Cepeda, president of San Diego Mesa College here, taking Chicano studies classes when she was a student was transformational. "Such ethnic studies were extremely central in my personal and professional development,"...

Dual-enrollment at community colleges aids high schools in winning College Board award.
June 5, 2006... The College Board announced the winners of its 2006 Inspiration Award competition as the school year ended in May. The annual awards recognize high schools with the greatest improvement in helping students achieve equitable access to higher...

Coach admits guilt in Barton County scandal.
June 5, 2006... WICHITA, KAN. (AP) -- A former Barton County Community College basketball coach has admitted participating in a scheme to falsify the records of student athletes. Ryan Cross, one of eight people caught up in the scandal, pleaded guilty in...

Ivy Tech, Tri-State partner to quicken graduation.
June 5, 2006... FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- Ivy Tech and Tri-State University have developed a plan designed to make graduating from the four-year combined program faster and cheaper. Accelerate "U" allows students who complete a two-year associate's degree...

Phone tax could hit colleges hard.(CAPITOL briefs)
June 5, 2006... Colleges could get whacked with nearly nine-fold phone bill increases on average if a Federal Communications Commission idea takes effect. So warns the Flunking Numbers report released by the Keep USF Fair Coalition. FCC has proposed to...

Increased funding depends on cuts elsewhere.(CAPITOL briefs)
June 5, 2006... Those hoping for spending increases in higher education next year won a second minor victory against the administration's plan to hold the line. The House approved an FY 07 budget that would vaguely allow the possibility of increasing funding...

Tax cuts favor business, not students.(CAPITOL briefs)
June 5, 2006... Students can no longer take an above-the-line deduction for education expenses. The provision in the law expired at the end of 2005, but both the House and Senate had passed versions of a Tax Increase Prevention & Reconciliation Act that would...

Grand jury hears testimony in Alabama Fire College probe.(dateline washington)
June 5, 2006... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A federal grand jury reportedly has heard testimony about $300,000 sent by the state's two-year college system to a private foundation that built a house for W.L. Langston, the Alabama Fire College director who was...

Spellings: community colleges one of best investments for nation's future.
June 5, 2006... ROCKIVLLE, MD -- Long before she was the U.S. Secretary, of Education, Margaret Spellings worked at a community, college. And she returned to a two-year institution last month to praise the work of this sector. "I'll always have a special...

La Guardia math instructor loses civil rights case.
June 5, 2006... QUEENS, N.Y. -- A former math instructor at LaGuardia Community College who claims a co-employee sexually harassed him has lost his civil rights case because he waited too long to sue. U.S. District Judge Sandra Townes ruled that Dr. Evan...

N.C. Senate budget high on pay raises, mental health, tax cuts.
June 5, 2006... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The Senate s proposed $18.8 billion budget spends most of an estimated $2 billion surplus on state employee pay raises, tax cuts and boosts for programs short-changed during leaner times this decade. "One of the...

LCCC program builds houses with sustainability in mind.
June 5, 2006... LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) -- The electricity, meter on the house at 2330 Ames Street will run backward. Instead of methodically ticking away the homeowner's cash, it will rotate the other way, contributing more than the homeowner's lazy...

Flash drives: latest and greatest gadget.(technology today)
June 5, 2006... The one constant about personal computers is change, and the one PC technology that has changed the most is storage devices. The first IBM PC in 1981 came with one or two 160-kilobyte floppy drives. Following the lead of Apple's first iMac in...

Montgomery College computer game development students awarded.(around campus)
June 5, 2006... In the first semester of the course's existence, Montgomery College's "Building Game Worlds" class captured second place and $2,500 at the University of Southern California's (USC) Reinventing Public Policy Through Games competition. The...

LaGuardia Community College, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City College of Technology, and Kingsborough Community College collectively received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide English language skills and job training to immigrants interested in seeking employment in the retail and food industries.(Grants & Gifts)
June 5, 2006... LaGuardia Community College, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York City College of Technology, and Kingsborough Community College collectively received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to provide English language...

The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence (SC ATE), headquartered at Florence-Darlington Technical College, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a new national program for two-year college faculty.(Grants & Gifts)
June 5, 2006... The South Carolina Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence (SC ATE), headquartered at Florence-Darlington Technical College, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a new national program...

San Jose City College, in San Jose, Calif., has been granted $10,000 in extension funds from the Intergenerational Center at Temple University for its Project SHINE (Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders).(Grants & Gifts)
June 5, 2006... San Jose City College, in San Jose, Calif., has been granted $10,000 in extension funds from the Intergenerational Center at Temple University for its Project SHINE (Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders). The funds will be used to...

Dyersburg State Community College in Dyersburg, Tenn., has been refunded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.(Grants & Gifts)
June 5, 2006... Dyersburg State Community College in Dyersburg, Tenn., has been refunded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant provides a safety net for Dyersburg State's Student Support Services, which will receive $306,350 each year for...

Dr. Eduardo J. Padron.(Honors & AWARDS)
June 5, 2006... Dr. Eduardo J. Padron, president of Miami Dade College, received the Pioneer Award at the tenth anniversary celebration for the respected state-wide mentoring program, Take Stock in Children. Dr. Padron was lauded for his support and advocacy...

Richard Berne.(Honors & AWARDS)
June 5, 2006... Richard Berne, professor of psychology at St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley, has received the David L. Underwood Memorial Lecture Award. First presented in 1976, the award honors Underwood, the former SLCC-Florissant Valley dean of...

Michael Bautista, a West Valley College music instructor, is a finalist in the prestigious Parkening International Guitar Competition.(Honors & AWARDS)
June 5, 2006... Michael Bautista, a West Valley College music instructor, is a finalist in the prestigious Parkening International Guitar Competition. The winner of this contest will receive $25,000 and a professionally managed performance tour of recitals and...

TCC art history instructor awarded Fulbright.(faculty lounge)
June 5, 2006... Tidewater Community College (TCC) art history instructor Rhonda Deussen hopes ancient artifacts discovered in a recent successful archeological dig will bring a greater understanding in the context and content of historic art. Her studies in...

Wytheville Community College.(PRESIDENTS)
June 5, 2006... Dr. Charlie White became the new president of Wytheville Community College (Virginia) on May 22. White came to WCC from New River Community College, where he had served as Vice President of Instruction and Student Services since 2000. White...

Lake Land College.(PRESIDENTS)
June 5, 2006... Bill a. Thallemer was appointed president of Lake Land College. He is currently vice president for student services at Odessa College in Texas. Previously he was dean of student affairs at Jefferson Davis Community College and director of...

SUNY Rockland Community College: Alice Chin.(APPOINTMENTS)
June 5, 2006... Alice Chin was appointed the Dean of the Center for Personal and Professional Development at SUNY Rockland Community College. Prior to her position at SUNY Rockland she worked in the continuing and professional education departments of...

Pima Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
June 5, 2006... Susan Kifer was named the director of the Small Business Development Center at Pima Community College. Kifer was previously a vice president at the Desert Energy Credit Union where she was responsible for overseeing the Small Business Deposit...

SUNY Rockland Community College: Professor Bill Baker.(APPOINTMENTS)
June 5, 2006... Professor Bill Baker was officially appointed Vice President for Academic Affairs of SUNY Rockland Community College. He has held that position on an interim basis since November 1, 2004. Baker joined SUNY Rockland in 1970 and earned a rank of...

Coming events.(Calendar)
June 5, 2006... June 10-12, 2006 National University Telecommunications Network Managing and Maintaining Quality in Distance Learning Minneapolis, Minn. http://www.nutn.org June 16, 2006 Institute for Community College...

Survey: most community colleges don't use web to recruit.(around the nation)
June 19, 2006... Many admissions offices aren't taking maximum advantage of available technology to recruit students. At least they aren't if a Noel-Levitz survey that included 45 two-year public colleges is right. Four-year colleges and universities paced far...

College loses bid to select buyer for television station.
June 19, 2006... COSTA MESA, Calif. -- The Coast Community College District lost another round in its legal battle to choose the buyer of its public television station. A California appellate court revised a ruling it made last July which said the Orange...

My shadow experience with AACC's president.(point of view)
June 19, 2006... On August 29, 2004, I attended the 6th Annual Leadership Institute sponsored by the National Council of Black American Affairs and Morgan State University's Community College Leadership Doctoral Program George Boggs, President of the American...

Interpreting the numbers.(SPECIAL REPORT 2006 top 100 ASSOCIATES DEGREE PRODUCERS: ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-05)(Cover story)
June 19, 2006... A total of nearly 1.4 million associate's degrees and one- and two-year certificates were awarded in academic year 2004-'05, representing a near five percent increase from the prior academic year. Half of these awards, just fewer than 700,000...

Trends in associate degrees and one- and two-year certificate conferrals.(SPECIAL REPORT 2006 top 100 ASSOCIATES DEGREE PRODUCERS: ACADEMIC YEAR 2004-05)
June 19, 2006... As mentioned at the top of this article, associate degree and one- and two-year certificate awards increased by nearly five percent over the last academic year. This represents the fourth year in a row of at least four percent growth since...

Associate's degrees: all disciplines--non-minority.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES All Discipline--Non-Minority 2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 2 VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Fla. 3 SALT...

Associate's degrees: all disciplines--American Indian.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES All Disciplines--American Indian 2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 1 DINE COLLEGE Ariz. 2 ...

House committee recommends Pell increase.(CAPITOL briefs)
June 19, 2006... The maximum Pell Grant might increase by $100 next year. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies approved a spending bill for fiscal year 2007 that would increase the maximum grant...

Disabled students could lose housing benefits.(CAPITOL briefs)
June 19, 2006... Some students with disabilities may soon lose their eligibility for the largest federal housing assistance program. But a couple of representatives from Ohio are trying to block the new rule before it takes effect. Last year, Congress...

Hurricane-ravaged campuses to get funds.(CAPITOL briefs)
June 19, 2006... Higher-education institutions impacted by Gulf hurricanes last year would get an additional $50 million to defray their expenses under a congressional agreement. Negotiators from the House and Senate agreed to that figure, which will come as...

Committee to study textbook prices.(CAPITOL briefs)
June 19, 2006... The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance will report next May on the skyrocketing cost of college textbooks. The committee vowed to spend the year examining the issue at the request of leaders of the House Committee on Education &...

ED revises family contribution limits for student aid.(CAPITOL briefs)
June 19, 2006... Family income can go up 2.8 percent before most students will have to put up more money to receive federal student aid a year from now. The U.S. Department of Education revised the Expected Family Contribution for the 2007-'08 school year. ...

Ala. pres. denies influencing hires.(dateline washington)
June 19, 2006... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The head of Alabama's two-year colleges, Roy Johnson, told the State Board of Education he didn't use his influence to secure work with the system for his relatives, the subject of recent news reports. Johnson,...

Associate's degrees: all disciplines--Asian American.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES All Disciplines--Asian American 2005 RANK INSTITUTIONS STATE Two-Year Institutions 1 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE Calif. 2 ...

Associate's degrees: all disciplines--black.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES All Disciplines--Black 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 3 BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE Fla. 4 CUNY BOROUGH...

NISOD approaches three decades of mentoring faculty leaders.
June 19, 2006... As John Roueche remembers it, it all started with a handful of ambitious comments hastily written on stray pieces of paper and napkins during a breakfast meeting three decades ago. "That is really where our program began," says Roueche of...

Associate's degrees: all disciplines--Hispanic.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES All Disciplines--Hispanic 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 2 EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE Texas 4 EAST LOS...

State community-tech system in crisis.
June 19, 2006... GREENFIELD, N.H. (AP) -- The head of New Hampshire's community technical college system says the system is in the middle of a crisis because of years of sloppiness overseeing financial aid. Commissioner Bill Simonton says he's confident the...

Prof. accused of planning killing of co-worker.
June 19, 2006... VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) -- A college professor was charged with trying to arrange the killing of a co-worker who had accused him of sexual harassment. The professor's former neighbor and a third man were also charged this week in the...

Associate's degrees--agriculture, agricultural operations, & related sciences.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees-Agriculture, Agricultural Operations, & Related Sciences 2005 2003-2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE TOTAL 2 OHIO STATE...

Associate's degrees--business, management, marketing, and related support sciences.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees-Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 2005 2003-2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE TOTAL Two-Year...

Top 50 associate's degrees--liberal arts and sciences, general studies & humanities.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Top 50 Associate's Degrees--Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies & Humanities 2005 2003-2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE TOTAL Two-Year...

Associate's degrees--communication journalism & related programs.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Communication, Journalism & Related Programs 2005 2003-2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE TOTAL Two-Year Institution ...

Associate's degrees--communication technologies/technicians & support services.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Communication Technologies/Technicians & Support Services 2005 2003-2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE TOTAL Two-Year...

Associate's degrees--criminal justice.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Criminal Justice 2005 2003-2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE TOTAL Two-Year Institutions 1 EVEREST COLLEGE ...

Associate's degrees--computer and information sciences & support services.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Computer and Information Sciences & Support Services 2005 2003-2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE TOTAL Two-Year...

Associate's degrees--education.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Education 2005 2003-2004 RANK INSTITUTION STATE TOTAL Two-Year Institutions 2 MUSKEGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ...

NOVA and LFCC join with wineries to offer new classes.
June 19, 2006... The Loudoun Campus of Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) and Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) in Northern Virginia will work together with regional wineries to offer classes on vineyard management and winemaking. An...

Associate's degrees--engineering-related technologies/technicians.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 2 ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE ...

Associate's degrees--health professions & related clinical sciences.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Health Professions & Related Clinical Sciences 2005 STATE RANK INSTITUTION 2 SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COLLEGE ...

Associate's degrees--family & consumer sciences/human sciences.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 2 MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE ...

Associate's degrees--multi/interdisciplinary studies.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 1 PASADENA CITY COLLEGE ...

College faculty sees 'crisis' personnel, pending decisions questioned.
June 19, 2006... Just five months into the job, College of Lake County President Richard Fonte is butting heads with faculty members who question his decisions on spending and personnel and contend he has created a culture of fear. During a meeting...

Associate's degrees--natural resources & conservation.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Natural Resources A Conservation 2005 INSTITUTION STATE RANK Two-Year Institutions 1 HOCKING COLLEGE ...

Associate's degrees--parks, recreation, leisure & fitness studies.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Studies 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE 1 COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Ohio 3 CUNY KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY...

Associate's degrees--nursing.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Nursing 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 1 NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE N.Y. 2 ...

Associate's degrees--precision production.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Precision Production 2005 INSTITUTION STATE RANK Two-Year Institutions 1 IVY TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE-CENTRAL INDIANA Ind. 1 ...

Nursing shortage prompts new programs.
June 19, 2006... OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Tulsa Community College and Oklahoma Christian University will offer new academic programs to meet the rising need for registered nurses with bachelor's degrees. Tulsa Community College students will be able to take...

N.H. Tech school officials say tuition is highest in nation.
June 19, 2006... LACONIA, N.H. (AP) -- Tuition at the state's community technical colleges has increased by 49 percent since 2000, making it the highest community technical college tuition in the country, according to leaders in New Hampshire's system. The...

Associate's degrees--security & protective services.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Security & Protective Services 2005 INSTITUTION STATE RANK Two-Year Institutions 1 EVEREST COLLEGE ...

Associate's degrees--general sales, merchandising and related marketing operations.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE Two-Year Institutions 2 NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE...

Associate's degrees--science technologies/technicians.(2006 SPECIAL REPORT top 100 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE PRODUCERS)
June 19, 2006... Associate's Degrees--Science Technologies/Technicians 2005 RANK INSTITUTION STATE 1 ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Tenn. 2 COLLEGE OF THE...

Community College board orders audit, adopts disclosure policy.
June 19, 2006... PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Community College of Allegheny County trustees have ordered an outside audit of the school's finances and agreed to adopt the state's Right to Know Law as its policy for releasing information to the public. At a special...

Increase in K-12 teacher pay luring community college professors.
June 19, 2006... CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) Recent pay raises for K-12 teachers in Wyoming are making it tough for the state's community colleges to attract new faculty, officials say. A legislative committee has agreed to look into the issue of college funding. ...

Community college program aims to restart academic careers.
June 19, 2006... RAICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- teens, LaVon Trevelle and Sarah Gold were going nowhere. At 18, Trevelle left the foster home where she lived and dropped out of Chesterfield County's Meadowbrook High School three months before graduation. She...

College board commits to keeping USM Gulf Coast campus open.
June 19, 2006... GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi higher education officials said Tuesday that they intend to keep open the Gulf Coast branch of the University of Southern Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the university's Gulf Park campus and...

What to do about Internet hoaxes.(technology today)
June 19, 2006... If you've been on the Internet for any period of time, you've no doubt been forwarded alarming e-mails from well-meaning friends and relatives about some dire threat or another to your health or safety. You've probably seen similar warnings on...

FLA / Florida Architects, Inc., announced the recent completion of its latest project.(Bits & Bytes)
June 19, 2006... FLA / Florida Architects, Inc., announced the recent completion of its latest project for Indian River Community College, the new $20M Kight Center for Emerging Technologies, located on the Main Campus of Indian River Community College (IRCC),...

Anne Arundel Community College.(Honors & AWARDS)
June 19, 2006... Anne Arundel Community College has won a 2005 Exemplary. Initiatives Award from the National Council of Instructional Administrators (NCIA), an affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges, for its School at Work (SAW)...

John Linder.(Honors & AWARDS)
June 19, 2006... John Linder, professor of psychology at Delaware County Community College (DCCC), has been awarded the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award. Linder has taught psychology at DCCC since 1989. A member of the...

Ezra Teshome.(Honors & AWARDS)
June 19, 2006... Ezra Teshome has been named Highline Community College's 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award winner for his humanitarian efforts in sub-Saharan African villages. Through the service organization Rotary International, Teshome, 54, has spent nearly a...

Dr. Willis Lott.(Honors & AWARDS)
June 19, 2006... Dr. Willis Lott, president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC), has been selected the 2006 National Educational Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Educational Office Professionals (NAEOP). Lott's leadership...

Bush urges MGCCC graduates to continue their resolve.(around campus)
June 19, 2006... In a history-making event, President George W. Bush delivered the commencement address at graduation ceremonies for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on May 11 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi. It was the...

Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) in Springfield, Massachusetts has been awarded $27,000 from Massachusetts Biotechnology Educational Foundation to provide biotechnology professional development to selected area high schools through the BioTeach program.(Grants & Gifts)
June 19, 2006... Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) in Springfield, Massachusetts has been awarded $27,000 from Massachusetts Biotechnology Educational Foundation to provide biotechnology professional development to selected area high schools...