Community College Week articles from November 2009

Community College Week archives from November 2009

Education of young adults.(Figuring It Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
November 30, 2009... The percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds attending college in the U.S. reached an all-time high in October 2008. The 300,000 student increase was almost entirely due to community college-enrollment. Here is a breakdown: 2007...

Wyo. program to train women for 'green' jobs.
November 30, 2009... CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- A program aimed at training single mothers in careers that will enable them to support their families is moving into "green" occupations with the help of a $60,000 grant. Climb Wyoming recently received the money from the...

Penn. college offering midnight welding.
November 30, 2009... OAKDALE, Pa. (AP) -- A community college near Pittsburgh says supply and demand has prompted it to offer a midnight welding class four nights a week. The Community College of Allegheny County says the demand for welders is rising but it only...

Don't let the Atlantic Ocean inhibit articulation and opportunity.(point of view)
November 30, 2009... You've seen the headlines: University of California Raising Tuition and Limiting Admission' California State University Reducing 2010 Class by 40,000 'California Community Colleges Enroll Record Numbers Despite all of that, community...

Panel recommends college merger plan be scrapped.
November 30, 2009... MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A panel considering the governor's proposal to consolidate the University of Vermont with the five state colleges has recommended against merging the institutions. In a draft report, the five-member task force...

The young and the jobless: recession swells ranks of younger students.(SPECIAL REPORT: FASTEST-GROWING COMMUNITY COLLEGES)
November 30, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The historic urban campus of Fresno City College in California's Central Valley has 3,000 parking spaces for students. The school's enrollment this fall was 25,574. Do the math. "We don't call them parking permits...

The big get bigger: though fewer in number, larger colleges account for majority of enrollment.(SPECIAL REPORT: FASTEST-GROWING COMMUNITY COLLEGES)
November 30, 2009... It seems like a long time since the national economic collapse began, but it was just over a year ago--Sept. 15, 2008--that the Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy as a leading indicator of the troubles to come. Although not yet nationally...

Colleges may benefit from philanthropic initiative by Goldman Sachs, Buffett.(money tree)
November 30, 2009... NEW YORK (AP) -- Community colleges will be a chief beneficiary of a plan by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and billionaire investor Warren Buffett to invest hundreds of million of dollars in small businesses and education. Goldman and Buffett...

Colo. panel backs more flexibility for colleges.
November 30, 2009... DENVER (AP) -- A Colorado legislative committee studying long-term fiscal reform has approved a bill giving colleges and universities more flexibility, and a study of the state's complicated state and local tax structure to be delivered in 2011....

International rankings termed poor measure of U.S. higher ed.(tracking trends)
November 30, 2009... RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- The United States spends more money than any other country, and its elite institutions are the world's best. But overall the system is wasteful, fails too many--and is falling behind other countries. No, the...

Oklahoma regents request budget increase of $27.5m.
November 30, 2009... OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- spite plunging state revenues, the Oklahoma State Regents have asked the state Legislature for a $27.5 million increase over last year's budget and another $35.8 million to make up for this year's budget cuts. The...

'Macbeth' returns to BRCC; as a learning experience.
November 30, 2009... BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Shakespeare's "Macbeth" returned to Baton Rouge Community College after an earlier run was shortened by a hurricane, but with big changes. "We had it on our schedule last year, but we had to reschedule it because of...

La. career diploma raises hopes and draws criticism.(tracking trends)
November 30, 2009... WEST MONROE, La. (AP) -- Beginning next year, a lot of Louisiana high school classrooms could look like Wes Sebren's: equipped with welding gear, safety goggles and circular saws. Sebren, a teacher at West Ouachita High School near West...

Ark. program to provide career coaches to schools.(tracking trends)
November 30, 2009... NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Forty-three "career coaches" will be placed in high schools around Arkansas next year to help students chart their college and career goals, state officials announced. The coaches will be placed in schools...

Board approves $290k salary for Ala. chancellor.(tracking trends)
November 30, 2009... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The State Board of Education approved a salary of nearly $290,000 for Alabama's new two-year college chancellor, who's getting a 57 percent raise by moving from Georgia and accepting more responsibility. The board...

Texas toughening standards for teacher training programs.(tracking trends)
November 30, 2009... HOUSTON CHRONICLE HOUSTON (AP) -- Texas is among the first states to toughen its standards for colleges of education and other teacher-training programs amid criticism that too many are "cash cows" that produce weak instructors. Under a...

Tenn. higher ed center opens high-tech 'smart classroom'.(tracking trends)
November 30, 2009... KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- A new "smart classroom" at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education signals the advancing technology for college work. Students at the center will be able to take advantage of distance learning opportunities. The...

Penn. adult education courses offering new career paths.
November 30, 2009... MEADV1LLE, Pa. (AP) -- At Crawford County Career and Technical Center, "night school" definitely isn't what it used to be. While the evening "hobby" classes traditionally offered at the facility formerly known as Crawford County Area...

Va. board hikes tuition at 2-yr. colleges.
November 30, 2009... RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Taking community college classes in Virginia will cost more starting this spring. The State Board for Community Colleges has approved a midyear tuition increase to offset state budget cuts. The increase of $7.30 per...

Ala. architect ordered to pay $300k in case.
November 30, 2009... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- An Anniston architect has been ordered to repay $300,000 to the two-year college system and serve three years of probation. U.S. District Judge Karon O. Bowdre issued the order to 77-year-old Julian Jenkins. He...

College, Tribe to train health workers.
November 30, 2009... NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) -- Fort Berthold Community College plans to work with the Three Affiliated Tribes to train staff for the Elbowoods Memorial Health Center being built on the Fort Berthold Reservation. The college this fall started a...

Miss. coast residents have fewer degrees.
November 30, 2009... BILOXI, Miss. (AP) -- Roughly one in five adult residents of South Mississippi's largest cities has a bachelor's or advanced college degree. This is among new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, which ranks Pascagoula and Gutfport near the...

New Idaho college receives $7.5 million grant.
November 30, 2009... NAMPA, Idaho (AP) -- The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation has followed through on its pledge to give $10 million in financial backing to Idaho's newest community college. The foundation's board of directors announced it was awarding a...

Calif. colleges set record in applications.
November 30, 2009... BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- California State University officials say they are seeing a record increase in applications for the next school year, although enrollment is being curbed. So far, the nation's largest public university system has...

RI's colleges report record enrollment.
November 30, 2009... PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- The number of students attending Rhode Island's three public colleges is at a record high. State higher education officials say the recession and high unemployment have helped drive the number of students at the...

Officials call for tighter payment rules.
November 30, 2009... BURLEY, Idaho (AP) -- Officials in Cassia County say they want a better way to track community college residency costs. The county pays a portion of in-state community college tuition for residents. The Times-News reports that Viki Osterhout,...

More robust laptops can be an inviting alternative to desktops.(technology today)
November 30, 2009... For your next personal computer, should you go with a laptop PC even though you compute primarily at one location? More people have been answering this question in the affirmative. Sales of laptop PCs surpassed desktop PCs for the first time...

A home-schooled student enrolled at Rockland Community College (N.Y.) is conducting graduate school-level work to alter a common blue-green algae in order to make biologically derived solar panels.(around campus)
November 30, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A home-schooled student enrolled at Rockland Community College (N.Y.) is conducting graduate school-level work to alter a common blue-green algae in order to make biologically derived solar panels. Yudi Pardo is...

Elgin Community College in Illinois had an exemplary showing at Harvard University's Fourth Annual Crimson Classic Tournament, a mock trial competition.(around campus)
November 30, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Elgin Community College in Illinois had an exemplary showing at Harvard University's Fourth Annual Crimson Classic Tournament, a mock trial competition. The ECC team earned victories against Yale and Villanova...

New in North Carolina's Davidson County Community College library is a high-tech, grant-funded digital production studio, complete with two computers, a scanner, several digital still cameras, video cameras and professional quality software for video and audio editing.(around campus)
November 30, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New in North Carolina's Davidson County Community College library is a high-tech, grant-funded digital production studio, complete with two computers, a scanner, several digital still cameras, video cameras and...

Massasoit Community College's main campus in Brockton, Mass., lies in an economic region with strong trades and blue-collar representation dating as far back as the 1800s, when a bustling shoe manufacturing industry dominated the city.(grants & gifts)
November 30, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Massasoit Community College's main campus in Brockton, Mass., lies in an economic region with strong trades and blue-collar representation dating as far back as the 1800s, when a bustling shoe manufacturing industry...

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a $190,894 grant to the Department of Biological Sciences and Geology at Queensborough Community College in New York to create training workshops that will help prepare science students for careers as biomedical researchers.(grants & gifts)
November 30, 2009... The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a $190,894 grant to the Department of Biological Sciences and Geology at Queensborough Community College in New York to create training...

Illinois' College of Lake County and Northeastern Illinois University have won a $3.5 million grant awarded under the U.S. Department of Education's Title V: Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program.(grants & gifts)
November 30, 2009... Illinois' College of Lake County and Northeastern Illinois University have won a $3.5 million grant awarded under the U.S. Department of Education's Title V: Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. Title V grants are awarded to enhance...

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved more than $8 milliom in funding for Hagerstown Community College and Howard Community College.(grants & gifts)
November 30, 2009... The Maryland Board of Public Works approved more than $8 million in funding for Hagerstown Community College and Howard Community College, money that will provide construction and design costs for facilities to address science, technology,...

Wichita Area Technical College in Kansas has joined a highly select and very small group of training providers which provide aviation training encompassing a wide array of knowledge and skill standards and certifications as set forth by the National Center for Aircraft Technician Training.(faculty lounge)
November 30, 2009... Wichita Area Technical College in Kansas has joined a highly select and very small group of training providers which provide aviation training encompassing a wide array of knowledge and skill standards and certifications as set forth by the...

Michigan's Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery in the Visual Arts and Design Center presented an exhibition of the work of Mary Cusack, dean of the college's Fine Arts Division and a professional photographer.(faculty lounge)
November 30, 2009... Michigan's Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery in the Visual Arts and Design Center presented an exhibition of the work of Mary Cusack, dean of the college's Fine Arts Division and a professional photographer. The exhibition was entitled...

Recently retired after 50 years of teaching in Springfield, Mo., schools, Ozarks Technical Community College, instructor Carl Locke was honored with a 2009 Senior Faculty Service Award from the Missouri Community College Association.(faculty lounge)
November 30, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recently retired after 50 years of teaching in Springfield, Mo., schools, Ozarks Technical Community College, instructor Carl Locke was honored with a 2009 Senior Faculty Service Award from the Missouri Community...

Frank Wang, an associate professor of math at LaGuardia Community College in New York, was among three educators who received the newly created CUNY Chancellor's Award for Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction.(honors & awards)
November 30, 2009... Frank Wang, an associate professor of math at LaGuardia Community College in New York, was among three educators who received the newly created CUNY Chancellor's Award for Undergraduate Mathematics Instruction. Wang received the award for his...

Madeline Barillo, director of marketing and public relations for Connecticut's Norwalk Community College, has been named Communicator of the Year (District One) by the National Council for Marketing and Communications.(honors & awards)
November 30, 2009... Madeline Barillo, director of marketing and public relations for Connecticut's Norwalk Community College, has been named Communicator of the Year (District One) by the National Council for Marketing and Communications. The council is one of the...

Louisiana's Delgado Community College Architectural/Design Construction Technology program team distinguished itself at the 2009 CANstruction New Orleans competition with its entry, "CANdles of Hope: Peace, Love and Faith," which received the first place award for structural ingenuity.(honors & awards)
November 30, 2009... Louisiana's Deigado Community College Architectural/Design Construction Technology program team distinguished itself at the 2009 CANstruction New Orleans competition with its entry, "CANdles of Hope: Peace, Love and Faith," which received the...

EDUCAUSE.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 30, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EDUCAUSE, the association for information technology in higher education, announced the appointment of Linda Thor, president of Rio Salado College, to a four-year term on the EDUCAUSE Board of Directors. The appointment...

Washington's Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 30, 2009... Chad R. Wright has joined Washington's Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees. Wright is the CEO of Marine View Ventures, the economic development arm of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. He earned a bachelor's degree from Boston College, a law...

Anoka-Ramsey Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 30, 2009... Mary Stueve recently accepted the interim position of dean of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Minnesota. Prior to accepting this position, Stueve was assistant dean in the Lone Star...

Southwest Tennessee Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 30, 2009... Robert J. Walker, recently hired to chair the Education Department for Southwest Tennessee Community College, was selected as the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help Outstanding Educator of the Year for Ethiopia. During the year...

HACC.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 30, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Linda Lefevre, a 20-year veteran administrator, has been named executive dean of academic affairs at the Harrisburg Campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's community college. Lefevre will oversee all campus academic oper...

Calendar.(Conference news)(Calendar)
November 30, 2009... JANUARY Jan. 23-26, 2010 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEADERSHIP CONSORTIUM * Community College Futures Assembly 2010 Orlando, FL www.coe.ufl.edu/futures January 21-23, 2009 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF TRANSFER STUDENTS * 7th Annual...

Tuition and fees.(Figuring it Out: A look at Statistics shaping the higher education landscape.)
November 16, 2009... Tuition and Fees All sectors of higher education are seeing increased tuition and fees. Here is a breakdown: Sector 2009-10 2008-09 % Ch. Public $2,544 $2,372 7.3% 2-Year Public $7,020 ...

Ky. Colleges president pushes back on looming budget cuts.(around the nation)
November 16, 2009... HICKORY, Ky. (AP) -- The head of Kentucky's community college system is trying to build opposition to potential state budget cuts on the horizon. Michael McCall, president of the Kentucky Community & Technical College System, is seeking...

Maricopa board president gets jail term for DUI.
November 16, 2009... PHOENIX (AP) -- The president of the Maricopa Community Colleges' governing board has pleaded guilty to drunken driving and will serve 30 days in jail. Authorities say Colleen Clark pleaded guilty on in Scottsdale City Court to one...

Panel nixes planned Md. doctoral program.
November 16, 2009... ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP)--State education officials have ruled that the University of Maryland University College will not be allowed to offer students in Maryland a doctoral program for community college administration. The Maryland Higher...

Settlement allows PRCC to rebuild facilities.
November 16, 2009... HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- Pearl River Community College is moving forward on rebuilding facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina after four years of "moving in quicksand." Officials settled with Zurich Insurance Co. in August over extensive...

Art used as tool: in fighting substance abuse on Maryland Campus.(point of view)
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One of the biggest challenges colleges and universities face is alcohol and other drug abuse by students. The scope of this challenge was best summarized in a recent report published by the National Center on Addiction...

CCSSE finds increasing use of social networking tools.
November 16, 2009... Community colleges are increasingly using social networking tools to reach out to students, but gaps persist between older students and their younger peers in using the technology. That is one of the findings of the 2009 cohort of the...

Wash. College pilot program to rent text-books, materials.
November 16, 2009... BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP)--Bellevue College is embarking on a pilot program in the hopes of saving students money for the costs of their college textbooks. The school in an eastern suburb of Seattle has received a nearly $300,000 grant from the...

Upward bound: college costs continue rise despite recession.
November 16, 2009... In Rhode Island, community college tuition will rise by 8.2 percent next year, or $276. Since 2004, tuition and fees have increased by 72 percent at the Community College of Rhode Island. Starting in January, students at Mott Community...

Oklahoma regents consider tweaking scholarship program.
November 16, 2009... OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- State higher education regents have approved a possible tweak to the income verification process for a popular state-run scholarship program. Meeting at Tulsa Community College, regents passed a proposal that would make...

Thousands of Oregon students miss aid deadline.
November 16, 2009... EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- The state's primary need-based financial aid program stopped awarding grants two months ago, but that hasn't deterred students from continuing to apply for one. The Oregon Opportunity Grant was cut from $68 million to $57...

Boggs stepping down as AACC President in 2010.
November 16, 2009... WASHINGTON -- George R. Boggs, president of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) for a decade and a community college advocate for more than 40 years, has announced his retirement from the association effective Dec. 31, 2010....

Tribal college president encounters backlash on tuition.(tracking trends)
November 16, 2009... LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Linda Sue Warner had big ambitions when she arrived in 2007 as president of Haskell Indian Nation University, the only four-year college operated by the federal government for American Indians. Now she wonders whether...

Student's project stocks Ala. school system with nursing supplies.
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) -- Joshua Norris did more than lend a sympathetic ear to a school nurse when she told him about how she and many of her peers bought extra medical supplies out-of pocket. He got moving. For a...

Windows 7 can wait until it's time to buy a new computer.(technology today)
November 16, 2009... Every time Microsoft, developer of the world's most popular personal computer operating systems, comes up with a new version of Windows, computer users wrestle with the question of whether they should upgrade. The answer, in short, is yes, if...

Nebraska College to sue others in state aid dispute.
November 16, 2009... OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The board of Metropolitan Community College has voted to sue Nebraska's five other community colleges in an effort to collect millions in state aid dollars. Metro lawyer Bob Canella says the lawsuit will be filed in...

Ky. open records ruling goes against colleges.
November 16, 2009... FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- The state attorney general's office says officials at the Kentucky Community and Technical College System improperly withheld documents that could be related to the removal of Owensboro Community and Technical College...

Hawaii benefits from presence of foreign students.
November 16, 2009... HONOLULU (AP) -- International students and their dependents spent $160 million in Hawaii during the last academic year. That's according to a study released by the state and the Hawaii-Pacific division of NAFSA: Association of International...

Enrollment at Ga. colleges zooms past 100,000.
November 16, 2009... ATLANTA (AP) -- Enrollment has skyrocketed at Georgia's technical colleges since last year, hitting an all-time record. The number of students in the Technical College System of Georgia is up 24 percent since last fall, hitting 110,254. It...

Alaska gets first director of rural education.
November 16, 2009... JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska has its first director of rural education. Juneau School Board Member Phyllis Carlson has been selected for the position. Gov. Sean Parnell made the announcement at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention...

Tenn. College posts alert after ID theft.
November 16, 2009... HARRIMAN, Tenn. (AP) -- Roane State Community College has posted an "ID alert" on its Web site after the theft of a storage device containing confidential information on more than 10,000 people. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported officials...

Southwest Tennessee Community College students will use newly-learned business statistics concepts to prepare the groundwork for classes designed to raise educational and achievement levels for residents in the Brinkley Heights community.(around campus)
November 16, 2009... Southwest Tennessee Community College students will use newly-learned business statistics concepts to prepare the groundwork for classes designed to raise educational and achievement levels for residents in the Brinkley Heights community. The...

The Yuba County (Calif.) Sheriff's Crime Prevention Unit, in conjunction with the Yuba Community College District Police Department, provided 71 children with free electronic fingerprinting services at the Yuba College Child Development Center.(around campus)
November 16, 2009... The Yuba County (Calif.) Sheriff's Crime Prevention Unit, in conjunction with the Yuba Community College District Police Department, provided 71 children with free electronic fingerprinting services at the Yuba College Child Development Center....

Second- and sixth-graders from Topock Elementary School in Arizona recently participated in a field trip to Arizona's Mohave Community College Dental Hygiene Clinic to take part in the sealant program.(around campus)
November 16, 2009... Second- and sixth-graders from Topock Elementary School in Arizona recently participated in a field trip to Arizona's Mohave Community College Dental Hygiene Clinic to take part in the sealant program. Funded by a grant from the Legacy...

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced that the State Energy Program is awarding a $1 million grant to Portland Community College's Net Zero energy efficiency plan for its Sylvania Campus.(grants & gifts)
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced that the State Energy Program is awarding a $1 million grant to Portland Community College's Net Zero energy efficiency plan for its Sylvania Campus. As part of the first phase of...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $300,000 grant to Bergen Community College (N.J.) for a three-year project that will include training, educational programs and physical improvements on the college's campuses.(grants & gifts)
November 16, 2009... The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $300,000 grant to Bergen Community College (N.J.) for a three-year project that will include training, educational programs and physical improvements on the...

The Police Department at Georgia's DeKalb Technical College is getting a new set of wheels from the city of Clarkston.(grants & gifts)
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Police Department at Georgia's DeKalb Technical College is getting a new set of wheels from the city of Clarkston. "New" may not be correct word, because the 2003 Mercury Sable has more than 90,000 miles on it, but...

With 12 complete degree programs available online, along with a wide selection of general education classes, new and continuing students are taking advantage of online classes at California's Allan Hancock College.(faculty lounge)
November 16, 2009... With 12 complete degree programs available online, along with a wide selection of general education classes, new and continuing students are taking advantage of online classes at California's Allan Hancock College. Enrollment in distance...

Susan Hackney, vice president of adult education for Georgia Northwestern Technical College, has successfully completed an intensive two-year training program and is now a Certified Manager in Program Improvement.(faculty lounge)
November 16, 2009... Susan Hackney, vice president of adult education for Georgia Northwestern Technical College, has successfully completed an intensive two-year training program and is now a Certified Manager in Program Improvement. This certification is the first...

When the economy takes a downturn, the relationship between institutions of higher education and their local communities becomes more important than ever.(honors & awards)
November 16, 2009... When the economy takes a downturn, the relationship between institutions of higher education and their local communities becomes more important than ever. That was the message delivered by Evan S. Dobelle, president of Westfield (Mass.) State...

Awards presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship in Chicago show the diversity of the organization and its mission to promote entrepreneurial education.(honors & awards)(Conference news)
November 16, 2009... Awards presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship in Chicago show the diversity of the organization and its mission to promote entrepreneurial education. Two entrepreneurs--both educated...

Daytona State College.(honors & awards)
November 16, 2009... Seven Daytona State College students and employees were honored this month for their lifesaving response to emergency incidents as part of the Campus Safety Department's annual Wall of Fame program. The incidents occurred on two consecutive days...

Three faculty members at HACC, central Pennsylvania's community college, have received national recognition from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) for their professional accomplishments.(honors & awards)
November 16, 2009... Three faculty members at HACC, central Pennsylvania's community college, have received national recognition from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) for their professional accomplishments. Honored with the...

New River Community and Technical College.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Karen L. Carter-Harvey has been appointed visiting instructor of psychology at New River Community and Technical College in West Virginia. Carter-Harvey teaches at New River's Raleigh County Campus at the Public Higher...

Florida's Edison State College.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Florida's Edison State College Board of Trustees approved Erin Harrel as principal of the planned Collegiate High School on the Lee Campus. Harrel is a long time faculty member at Edison State, most recently serving as...

Arizona State Assembly of the Association of Surgical Technologists.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Michelle Schmidt, associate faculty member in the surgical technology program at Mohave Community College in Arizona, has been named to the board of directors of the Arizona State Assembly of the Association of Surgical...

Rancho Santiago Community College District.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rancho Santiago Community College District in California has appointed Ruth Cossio-Muniz as director of the Workplace Learning Resource Center. In this role, she oversees resource development for the state-funded...

Michigan's Mott Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
November 16, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Trustee Celia M. Turner was elected national treasurer of the Association of Community College Trustees at the ACCT Leadership Conference in California. As treasurer, Turner will serve on the national ACCT Board of...