Community College Week articles from November 2008

Community College Week archives from November 2008

Sarah Palin is North Idaho's 2008 Alumni Award pick.
November 17, 2008... COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- Governor Sarah Palin, has won this year's Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award at North Idaho College. She has also been invited to be the May 2009 commencement speaker at the two-year school she attended...

Knox Co. to pay CC tuition for 500 high school seniors.
November 17, 2008... KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Knox County will be offering a ticket to college along with a diploma to up to 500 graduating high school seniors next year thanks to a privately funded tuition assistance program. The KnoxAchieves program...

Mass. to scale back generous preschool to CC free education.
November 17, 2008... BOSTON (AP) -- State Education Secretary Paul Reville says the state's financial crisis will force Gov. Deval Patrick to scale back his free preschool-to-community college education plan. The administration intends to proceed in January...

Times-Chronicle higher education cabinet to add CCs after protests.(around the nation)
November 17, 2008... A "higher education cabinet" formed by The New York Times and The Chronicle of Higher Education will be reconstituted after an outcry from community college leaders that they had been excluded from the original 76-member panel. "We are...

Microbiology: not just for nursing students anymore.(point of view)
November 17, 2008... If you haven't taken a microbiology class in the last decade, you may not be aware of the intricacies of the super bug epidemic. You likely can't navigate through the myriad of probiotic products, or know what to do about the latest...

New aircraft maintenance facility accelerates popular avionics program at Arizona college.
November 17, 2008... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Pima Community College officials hope a new aircraft maintenance facility will help create high-tech .jobs in the region and meet a growing need for highly skilled workers in the industry. The new avionics program,...

Restoring history: Decorative Restoration Program benefits pipeline to Asheville community.(from the vaults of Community College Week)
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- The green marble with its pearly veins looks regal and stately. So does the rich, dark mahogany nearby. Mahogany? Ha. Marble? Look again. It's all fake. It's plywood transformed by students...

Policing immigration: colleges fret over new rules banning illegal immigrants.
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CHAPEL HILL, N. C. -- Community college presidents in North Carolina, a state embroiled in a debate over whether to allow illegal immigrants to enroll, are worried that their schools could soon be forced into...

CCSSE '08: more accessible student services key to improving success of students and bolstering college accountability.
November 17, 2008... Squeezed between rising enrollments and falling budgets, community colleges across the country nonetheless are heeding the growing call for dramatic improvements in student outcomes. Yet higher graduation rates, better retention and other...

Top tech-savvy colleges identified.(Digital Survey)
November 17, 2008... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The top tech-savvy community colleges in the country have been named by the Center for Digital Education. The annual Digital Community Colleges Survey identified colleges that provide a high level of service to their...

Federal officials issue new rules on student loan programs.(dateline Washington)
November 17, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The Office of Postsecondary Education has issued new rules governing when students can get deferments from repaying Perkins Loans, Family Federal Education Loans and Direct Loans. The rules, which take effect July 1,...

Report finds slight dip in average cost of 2-year colleges.(capital briefs)
November 17, 2008... WASHINGTON -- If inflation is factored in, the cost of attending public community colleges dropped in the last academic year, according to a recent report. Trends in College Pricing 2008, a study released by the College Board, said that...

Audit finds that trade school misused millions in Title IV funds.(capital briefs)
November 17, 2008... WASHINGTON -- A federal audit has found that a multisite trade school has improperly used Title IV money. Touro College--which calls itself "a Jewish-sponsored independent institution of higher and professional education"--was founded in...

Comments sought on new student aid eligibility form.(capital briefs)
November 17, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The Office of Federal Student Aid is proposing a new cash management information form colleges must complete to establish eligibility for student aid and to prevent fraud. The office wants to alter the form to comport with...

DOE moves to ease paperwork in TEACH grants applications.(capital briefs)
November 17, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Paperwork would be cut almost in half for TEACH grants compliance paperwork under a proposed new form. It would take administrators about 15 minutes per student to complete the report, which is required annually, the U.S....

Call him 'Medicare man': 73-year-old suits up for hoop team at Tennessee College.
November 17, 2008... Climbing out of the car after the first few days of practice was torture. During speed and agility drills, his teammates ran the 40-yard dash in 5 seconds or less. He ran 6.6. Their vertical leaps ranged from 41 inches to the low 30s. He...

College and career fairs growing in size, attendance, impact, importance.
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) -- Thousands of Snohomish County high school students are attending fairs this fall, but they won't be winning any blue ribbons for prized livestock or tasty pies. Instead, their rewards...

Gambling measure approval to boost Colo. college funding.
November 17, 2008... Colorado voters broke new ground in support for community colleges this month by approving a ballot initiative giving two-year institutions the vast majority of new revenue from a major expansion of casino gambling. Community college...

Texas appeals court upholds fired professor's reinstatement, settlement.
November 17, 2008... It's three strikes and maybe you're out for the Alamo Community College District, which has thrice been told to rehire a tenured chemistry professor it fired for allegedly improper sexual behavior. The Texas Court of Appeals pitched the...

Pierce College.(around campus)
November 17, 2008... One hundred children were on hand to sing "Build Me a School and join representatives from Pierce College and the Los Angeles Community College District as they symbolically broke ground on the college's new $6.8 million Child Development...

Jay Withgott, author of "Environment: the Science Behind the Stories," an award-winning textbook used at Seminole Community College, spoke at the school's Oviedo Campus about environmental issues facing President-elect Barack Obama.(around campus)
November 17, 2008... Jay Withgott, author of "Environment: the Science Behind the Stories," an award-winning textbook used at Seminole Community College, spoke at the school's Oviedo Campus about environmental issues facing President-elect Barack Obama. In...

The home team came out on top at Dutchess Community College's 11th Annual Punkin' Chunkin' competition held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds.(around campus)
November 17, 2008... The home team came out on top at Dutchess Community College's 11th Annual Punkin' Chunkin' competition held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds. The team from Dutchess, located in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., scored two direct hits on their tar get in...

A $50,000 gift to Onondaga Community College in New York will be used to support construction of the college's planned athletic complex.(grants & gifts)
November 17, 2008... A $50,000 gift to Onondaga Community College in New York will be used to support construction of the college's planned athletic complex. Ava Shapero Raphael and her husband Irving G. Raphael made the gift in memory of her father, the late...

$2 million.(grants & gifts)
November 17, 2008... Spokane, Wash., philanthropist and retired physician Elizabeth Welty has donated $2 million to Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation to establish the Drs. Robert F. and Elizabeth M. Welty Systemic Program and Professional Development...

The National Science Foundation awarded Montgomery College in Maryland a four-year, $600,000 grant under its Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program.(grants & gifts)
November 17, 2008... The National Science Foundation awarded Montgomery College in Maryland a four-year, $600,000 grant under its Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program. Montgomery College's first S-STEM grant will...

The demand for Internet-based college courses to meet the needs of non-traditional students continues to grow, but the lack of real-time interaction between students and instructors can hinder learning.(grants & gifts)
November 17, 2008... The demand for Internet-based college courses to meet the needs of non-traditional students continues to grow, but the lack of real-time interaction between students and instructors can hinder learning. Determining if the addition of regular...

The Casper College Center for Training and Development in Casper, Wyo., has received a one-year Employment and Training for Self Sufficiency grant for $117,942.(grants & gifts)
November 17, 2008... The Casper College Center for Training and Development in Casper, Wyo., has received a one-year Employment and Training for Self Sufficiency grant for $117,942. The money will be used for three upcoming job training programs at the center...

Though dwindling in number, newsgroups still occupy Internet niche and provide information on lots of topics.(technology today)
November 17, 2008... It's the world's largest gabfest. If you're younger than 25, you may never have heard of it. And for many Internet users, it's getting harder to access. Usenet is a network of tens of thousands of online discussion groups that has been...

Oregon college finds buyers for $50 million bond issue.
November 17, 2008... SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Chemeketa Community College says it has sold $50 million in bonds to pay for its expansion. Although the school is one of a number of Oregon local governments and agencies shut out of the bond market by the credit...

Ex-professor gets 3 years in flint area knife attack.
November 17, 2008... FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- A former Mott Community College professor and psychologist has been sentenced to three years in prison in a double stabbing. William Harshman pleaded guilty last month to first-degree home invasion and assault with...

Virginia's CC nursing grads increase 67% in last 5 years.
November 17, 2008... RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The number of students graduating from nursing programs in Virginia's community colleges grew 67 percent over the last five years. Gov. Timothy Kaine's office said 1,365 students graduated from state community...

PepsiCo Inc. plans lab at former NC textile mill.
November 17, 2008... KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) -- PepsiCo Inc. will open a biology and nutrition research lab at the site of a former North Carolina textile mill that is now a research park. Billionaire David Murdock, who owns the site and Dole Foods, announced...

Tech Centers in Tenn. struggle as budget cuts slash funding.
November 17, 2008... KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Directors at Tennessee Technology Centers are preparing for a second round of budget cuts as program waiting lists soar for people wanting to become nurses, auto mechanics and computer operators. About 30,000...

FANUC Robotics America, Inc. announced that Rick E. Wagner, professor of electronics at Des Moines Area Community College in Iowa, has successfully completed Certified Education Robot Training requirements, making the college the first school in the country to complete the program.(faculty lounge)
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FANUC Robotics America, Inc. announced that Rick E. Wagner, professor of electronics at Des Moines Area Community College in Iowa, has successfully completed Certified Education Robot Training requirements, making...

RamSey Community College art faculty and curator Margaret B. Bussey has invited regional artists using watercolor as a primary medium to show together at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery in Minneapolis.(faculty lounge)
November 17, 2008... RamSey Community College art faculty and curator Margaret B. Bussey has invited regional artists using watercolor as a primary medium to show together at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery in Minneapolis. This exhibition of watercolor work from...

Columbia State Community College.(honors & awards)
November 17, 2008... Phi Kappa Theta honor society members at Tennessee's Columbia State Community College voted James Senefeld the winner of the group's second annual Faculty Appreciation Award. The award is based on nominations and votes from members of the...

Oakton Community College's.(honors & awards)
November 17, 2008... Ross Barney Architects is the winner of an award from the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects for the Art, Science, and Technology Pavilion on Oakton Community College's Skokie, Ill. campus. The AIA Chicago 2008 Design...

Pensacola Junior College.(honors & awards)
November 17, 2008... The Pensacola Junior College student newspaper The Corsair won the top prize at the 2008-09 Florida Community College Press Association Convention held in Sarasota. For the 15th time in the past 18 years, The Corsair captured the General...

Bryan Albrecht.(professional notes)
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College in Kenosha, Wis., is one of a group of education leaders named to the first-ever national education council focused on expanding and enhancing the...

Collin County Community College.(professional notes)
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sonja Andrus, English professor and president of the faculty council at Collin County Community College District in Texas, was recently appointed to serve on the Support for the Learning and Teaching of English...

Rancho Santiago Community College.(professional notes)
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rancho Santiago Community College District in California has appointed Donald E. Mahany as assistant dean of fire technology at Santa Ana College, with responsibility for planning and delivering the school's fire...

Victoria College.(professional notes)
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Elaine Everett-Hensley is the newly appointed student activity director at Victoria College in Victoria, Texas. After graduating from Texas A&M with a bachelor of business administration-marketing degree,...

Schenectady County Community College.(professional notes)
November 17, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After 17 years as president of Schenectady County Community College in New York, Gabe Basil will retire effective Dec. 1. During his time as the longest-serving president at a Capital Region college and the longest...

Norman Watson.(professional notes)
November 17, 2008... Norman Watson, whose vision helped expand the California Coast Community College District, has died at age 92. The district's first chancellor, Watson was a well-known figure in the district. Watson became chancellor in 1964 and held the...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 17, 2008... DECEMBER Dec. 3-5, 2008 Community College Media Relations Marriott Washington Washington. DC www.iccd.cornell.edu Dec. 4-6, 2008 2008 ACTE CONVENTION & CAREER TECH EXPO Charlotte Convention Center...

Reasons for enrollment.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
November 3, 2008... Reasons for Enrollment Percentage of community college students reporting various reasons for enrollment, 2003-04: Personal Interest: 46% Complete Associate Degree 43% Obtain Job Skills 42% Transfer...

Community college enrollment rises as economic angst grows.(around the nation)
November 3, 2008... SEATTLE (AP) -- Enrollment is up at community colleges across Washington state, reflecting a pattern that state college officials have witnessed every time the economy tanks. The pattern is being mirrored on a national level, too....

English prof cleared in flap over Palin assignment.
November 3, 2008... DENVER (AP) -- A college English instructor's assignment to write an essay on whether Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is living a fairy tale has been cleared of wrongdoing. Metropolitan State College of Denver probed...

Enrollment is up by 3 percent in Minnesota's college system.
November 3, 2008... DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is reporting a 3 percent increase in enrollment over the last year. Officials say growing numbers of students of color and high school students helped boost...

Librarian who shot colleague charged with Texas murder.
November 3, 2008... SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- A 62-year-old librarian was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a fellow librarian at a community college here. Alan Godin, an adjunct librarian, allegedly walked into the library at Northeast...

In defense of associate degree nurses.(point of view)
November 3, 2008... I write to offer a different perspective than the one reflected in the cover story on nursing education in the Oct. 20, 2008, edition of Community College Week. I found the article very unflattering to the nursing profession, though that...

Oregon classrooms filling with boomers returning to college for 'encore careers'.(point of view)
November 3, 2008... PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Not a week passes without Jan Abushakrah getting calls from students who want to come to Portland Community College to find themselves. Not a surprise, considering that's what college is for. But the people on the...

Florida colleges targeting binge drinking: new rules in effect.
November 3, 2008... ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- On any given night, a University of Central Florida student can drink with little money and few limits. Taverns near campus offer specials: "Two-dollar Tuesdays," "Wasted Wednesdays," "Bombs Away Fridays." ...

Condensed calendar, added benefits: students, employees laud colleges' four-day workweeks.
November 3, 2008... While many people are happy with the decision of Florida's Brevard Community College to offer employees a four-day workweek, Mercie Morgan and her grandma Persia are ecstatic. For Morgan, who works in the school's financial aid office and...

Bits by bytes: a cyborg future looms.(from the vaults of Community College Week)
November 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BOSTON -- Even here at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a campus well-known for nerd hi-jinx, these three young men in the school's media lab look pretty weird. Leonard Foner resembles a collision...

Michigan colleges beef up training for 'green' energy jobs.(tracking trends)
November 3, 2008... LANSING. Mich. (AP) -- Brandon Knight entered the alternative energy engineering program at Lansing Community College in 2006 with an eye toward owning a business dedicated to developing solar panels, wind turbines and perhaps even other...

Many eligible students never apply for financial aid, new report finds.(dateline Washington)
November 3, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Large numbers of community college students who are eligible for financial aid do not apply for the assistance, according to a new report. The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, a panel established in 1986...

Follow-up student survey being planned by institute.(capital briefs)
November 3, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The Institute of Education Sciences is planning a second follow-up study of students who participated in the 2004 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study. The institute already conducted a follow-up in 2006 and a...

Bailout bill contains help for students in disaster areas.(capital briefs)
November 3, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Students in natural disaster areas will get some added tax relief to help pay for their education. The $700 billion bailout bill for Wall Street signed into law also includes tax benefits for students in parts of the Midwest...

Aid office proposes to reduce Title IV paperwork.(capital briefs)
November 3, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Three Title IV reporting forms will be condensed into one for some colleges if the Office of Federal Student Aid gets its way. The office has proposed a new form for colleges to replace the current PMS 270 Form,...

Report: generational gains in post-secondary Ed stall.
November 3, 2008... WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of minorities in college has increased substantially in recent years, but not fast enough to keep up with demographic changes. As a result, U.S. adults in their late 20s are reaching only about as far as the...

Reynolds College class to decorate Virginia Governor's Mansion for Christmas holidays.
November 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- When she enrolled in a horticulture class at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Betty Moore didn't know she would be doing homework for Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and his wife, first lady Anne...

Background checks completed on Ala. 2-year system employees.
November 3, 2008... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Background checks have been completed on all those employed through Alabama's two-year college system, and 73 of 9,349 employees had confirmed felony records. Chancellor Bradley Byrne announced that 23 of those...

As economy swoons, parents fret over college costs.(money tree)
November 3, 2008... ELON, N.C. (AP) -- Erin O'Connell recently took the tour at Elon University, a handsome, up-and-coming college with a $31,000-a-year price tag. That's hefty, but $20,000 less than some "uppity" schools she may have to cross off her list. ...

More budget cuts hit Tenn. colleges as tax revenues decline.(money tree)
November 3, 2008... KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Faced with a faltering economy and falling tax collections, Tennessee is turning to its public colleges and universities, and its health care programs for the poor, to absorb a new round of budget cuts worth more than...

Expansion plans delayed: credit crunch stymies planned La. college bond sale.(money tree)
November 3, 2008... MONROE, La. (AP) -- The credit crunch is affecting a community college's expansion plans. A tight bond market has delayed the sale of bonds that were to finance the construction of Louisiana Delta Community College's new Monroe campus. ...

Economic meltdown hampers plans for W.Va. college construction bonds.(money tree)
November 3, 2008... CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia still plans to offer around $78 million in bonds to fund college campus construction projects, but officials say they realize there may be no buyers. Higher education officials are reviewing bids...

Server crash at SW Mississippi exposes 7,000 records on web.
November 3, 2008... SUMMIT, Miss. (AP) -- Southwest Mississippi Community College officials say the records of more than 7,000 students and former students were left vulnerable by a recent computer breach. Southwest officials say the junior college has hired...

Athletic group probes booster club spending at Three Rivers.
November 3, 2008... POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) -- The National Junior College Athletic Association is looking into Three Rivers Community College. The school's president, Joe Rozman, said the organization has asked to see documents on the creation of the Three...

Embattled chief resigns post at Oregon's Coos Bay CC campus.
November 3, 2008... COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) -- The embattled president of Southwestern Oregon Community College has resigned. Relations with the college board were so strained that the board did not even want Judith Hansen back on campus after she finished work...

3 Va. colleges pool resources to create new internet service.
November 3, 2008... BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Three Virginia colleges have pooled their resources to create a more powerful Internet network. Jeff Crowder with Virginia Tech says students and professors at Radford University, New River Community College and...

Fort Wayne's Ivy Tech gets first endowed professorship.
November 3, 2008... FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- The Fort Wayne campus of Ivy Tech Community College will have the system's first endowed professorship. Officials at Ivy Tech Northeast say the $1.3 million endowment from the Dekko Foundation of Kendallville is...

Enrollment at Mass. colleges is climbing to record levels.
November 3, 2008... BOSTON (AP) -- Education officials say students looking for lower tuition costs helped drive up enrollment at the state's universities and colleges by 4 percent this fall. The state Department of Higher Education said on Tuesday that the...

Tribal college starts certified program in horsemanship.
November 3, 2008... FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) -- Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates has started a certified horsemanship program. It's designed to give students an opportunity to learn about the care and training of horses, along with the significance of the...

Maldonado is selected to be president at TSTC Harlingen.
November 3, 2008... WACO, Texas (AP) -- Cesar Maldonado has been chosen from among four finalists as the next president of Texas State Technical College Harlingen. Texas State Technical College Chancellor Bill Segura announced selection of the former vice...

Report says Internet blogs growing in popularity, influence.(technology today)
November 3, 2008... One of the most curious recent trends in Internet communication are blogs, these Web logs where people let their hair down and reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings to the world, or whoever happens upon their words. Technorati...

A new $25,000 Computer Forensics Lab at South Texas College's Technology Campus in McAllen has opened its doors to help students get advanced training in this field.(around campus)
November 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A new $25,000 Computer Forensics Lab at South Texas College's Technology Campus in McAllen has opened its doors to help students get advanced training in this field. The only one of its kind south of San Antonio,...

A team of Kishwaukee College (Malta, Ill.) horticulture students competed in the 4th Annual Green Industry Challenge held at Joliet Junior College and placed in several categories, including two first-place finishes.(around campus)
November 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A team of Kishwaukee College (Malta, Ill.) horticulture students competed in the 4th Annual Green Industry Challenge held at Joliet Junior College and placed in several categories, including two first-place...

Travis Bensink, 29, a culinary arts student at North Carolina's Guilford Technical Community College, found that working with top-notch chefs and culinary arts students during his three months as an intern as a cook's assistant at Walt Disney World in Orlando last summer wasn't a Mickey Mouse job.(around campus)
November 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Travis Bensink, 29, a culinary arts student at North Carolina's Guilford Technical Community College, found that working with top-notch chefs and culinary arts students during his three months as an intern as a...

Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been awarded an Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant for $485,425 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.(grants & gifts)
November 3, 2008... Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been awarded an Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant for $485,425 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. The Emergency Management for Higher...

Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Wash., received a $1.4 million grant for international education from the U.S. Department of State.(grants & gifts)
November 3, 2008... Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, Wash., received a $1.4 million grant for international education from the U.S. Department of State. Together with Whatcom Community College and Community Colleges of Spokane, Edmonds has formed the...

A two-year, $2.4 million U.S. Department of Education grant awarded to South Seattle Community College will help improve the success of low-income and underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander students.(grants & gifts)
November 3, 2008... A two-year, $2.4 million U.S. Department of Education grant awarded to South Seattle Community College will help improve the success of low-income and underserved Asian American and Pacific Islander students. The college, one of only six...

Miami Dade College's North Campus has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from the Hispanic Serving Institutions Program of the U.S. Department of Education College Cost Reduction and Access Act to support science education.(grants & gifts)
November 3, 2008... Miami Dade College's North Campus has been awarded a $2.3 million grant from the Hispanic Serving Institutions Program of the U.S. Department of Education College Cost Reduction and Access Act to support science education. The purpose of the...

100 Days--a new book by Farmington, Conn.'s Tunxis Community College faculty members Carianne Mack, assistant professor of fine arts, and Steve Ersinghaus, associate professor of English--fills 204 pages with the series of 100 watercolor drawings Mack completed over the course of 100 days during summer 2008, accompanied by 100 daily poems that the watercolors inspired Ersinghaus to write.(faculty lounge)
November 3, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 100 Days--a new book by Farmington, Conn.'s Tunxis Community College faculty members Carianne Mack, assistant professor of fine arts, and Steve Ersinghaus, associate professor of English--fills 204 pages with the...