Community College Week articles from September 2003

Community College Week archives from September 2003

Calif. student's suit shakes up free-speech restrictions.(around the nation)
September 1, 2003... GLENDORA, Calif. -- Citrus College has agreed to pay $24,500 in legal fees to a student who sued the college in federal court last May, complaining that the college's limitation of protest activities to three "free-speech zones" on campus had...

Calif. college in quandary over sale of valuable TV station.(around the nation)
September 1, 2003... COSTA MESA, Calif. -- The Coast Community College District is pondering the late of its public television station, after soliciting bids to sell its license that garnered offers as high as $25 million. The district has been subsidizing the...

Ariz. schools hope to raise $950 million in wake of Chancellor scandal.
September 1, 2003... MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Maricopa Community College District officials are hoping to simultaneously put the controversy surrounding their former leader behind them and raise about $950 million for capital improvements. The community-college...

Colleges cry foul as Ed. Department names non-compliant schools.(dateline Washington)
September 1, 2003... After issuing a warning in July, the U.S. Department Education last month released a list of about 500 institutions that did not complete a survey of institutional data in 2002-2003. In warning letters to 80 schools, the Education...

Bill would link Tribal colleges, Head Start.(Capitol briefs)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Tribal colleges would get funds to work with Head Start programs under legislation recently introduced by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. The measure would support partnerships so Head Start staff could receive training at tribal colleges, most...

College reforms are on Congress' fall agenda.(dateline Washington)
September 1, 2003... Community-college issues will be widely debated on Capitol Hill this fall, as lawmakers enter final negotiations on the 2004 education budget and consider major changes to federal welfare and workforce-development programs. The U.S. Senate...

College must stay affordable.(point of view)
September 1, 2003... Following its initial passage in 1965, the U.S. Congress has faced the task of reauthorizing the Higher Education Act every six years. The legislation provides the legal basis for much of the current, broad range of federal student-aid...

Not making the grade.(point of view)
September 1, 2003... Reading through a stack of essays one of my classes had recently written, I was brought up short by a page titled "Nothing Personal." Digressing from the given assignment, he had written some alarming sentences: "Personally I have been turned...

Federal withholding: with the Higher Education Act up for reauthorization, the fate of student aid and the future of colleges' regulatory independence is up in the air.
September 1, 2003... WASHINGTON -- When Congress gets back to work this month, it'll have plenty on its plate, but all eyes and hopes in higher education will be pinned on the reauthorization of the legislative behemoth known as the Higher Education Act. ...

Iowa colleges struggle to recruit minority leaders.
September 1, 2003... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Community colleges looking to make their leadership more racially and ethnically diverse are finding it difficult to recruit minorities to head their schools. All of Iowa's community-college presidents are white. ...

Poll: most Americans say affirmative action should end in 25 years.
September 1, 2003... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Most Americans agree that in 25 years, colleges and universities should no longer need to look at an applicant's race to make sure there is racial and ethnic diversity on campus, a new poll finds. Seventy percent of...

In faculty we trust. We must.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Honoring the Trust: Quality and Cost Containment in Higher Education By William F. Massy Anker Publishing Co., 2003 Hardcover, 250 pages , $39.95 I had looked forward with great expectation to reading William Massy's latest book, "Honoring...

Reading the Naked Truth: Literacy, Legislation and Lies.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... By Gerald Coles Heinemann, 2003 paperback, 35 pages, $19 Gerald Coles, a former psychiatry professor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the University of Rochester, has put together a critical examination of the educational...

Organizing and Managing Information Resources on Your Campus.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Educause Leadership Strategies Vol. 7 Edited by Polly Ann McClure Jossey-Bass, 2003 Paperback, 176 pages, $20 With the rapid advancement and use of information technology, college and university leaders are constantly trying to stay on top...

Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education: Foundations for Success.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... By A.W. Bates and Gary Poole Jossey-Bass, 2003 Hardcover, 336 pages, $36 A book by faculty and for faculty, this work shows how to incorporate technology into teaching and learning in higher education. A.W. Bates, who is director of...

University budget woes boost Illinois college enrollments.
September 1, 2003... NORMAL, Ill. (AP) -- Shannon Kennedy will be a sophomore at Illinois State University this rail, but she'll take less than half of her classes there. The state's cash squeeze has trimmed course offerings at ISU, sending the 19-year-old a...

Ore. college funding falls far short, critics say.
September 1, 2003... SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Community colleges would get more money than Gov. Ted Kulongoski originally proposed under a bill passed by the Oregon House of Representatives last month, but opponents said it falls short of what the schools need in the...

Female machinist instructor is 'just one of the guys'.(faculty lounge)
September 1, 2003... STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Sharon Rouse stands out among her fellow machining instructors at Mitchell Community College, and it might have something to do with her shoulder-length curls and gold jewelry. Rouse is the only female machining...

Adrienne Dinneen, a computer-careers instructor at Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn., has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Exchange from the Department of State.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Adrienne Dinneen, a computer-careers instructor at Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn., has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Exchange from the Department of State. She will teach Visual Basic, databases and systems analysis at Tower Hamlets...

Dr. Mayling Simpson-Hebert, an adjunct professor of anthropology and sociology at Colorado Mountain College's Alpine Campus in Steamboat Springs, Colo., has received a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research on the Roma Gypsies of Belgrade who make a living sifting through garbage.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dr. Mayling Simpson-Hebert, an adjunct professor of anthropology and sociology at Colorado Mountain College's Alpine Campus in Steamboat Springs, Colo., has received a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research on the Roma Gypsies of Belgrade,...

Teresa Hess, a professor and department chair of arts and humanities, and Philip D. Roskos, an associate professor of chemistry, both at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, have received the 2003 Excellence in Teaching Awards.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Teresa Hess, a professor and department chair of arts and humanities, and Philip D. Roskos, an associate professor of chemistry, both at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, have received the 2003 Excellence in Teaching Awards from The...

Dr. Jack S. Price, a mathematics instructor at Orange Coast Community College in Costa Mesa, Calif., was recently awarded the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dr. Jack S. Price, a mathematics instructor at Orange Coast Community College in Costa Mesa, Calif., was recently awarded the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics by the National Council of Teachers of...

Dr. Orlando Moreno, a professor of Spanish language and culture at Central Florida Community College in Ocala, Fla., was recently invited by the Trade Commission of the Embassy of Spain for a weeklong visit to Spain.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dr. Orlando Moreno, a professor of Spanish language and culture at Central Florida Community College in Ocala, Fla., was recently invited by the Trade Commission of the Embassy of Spain for a weeklong visit to Spain, where he met with directors...

Barry Boatwright, a biology and chemistry instructor, and Luanne Longan, an English instructor, both at Gadsden State Community College in Gadsden, Ala.(Honors & Awards)
September 1, 2003... Barry Boatwright, a biology and chemistry instructor, and Luanne Longan, an English instructor, both at Gadsden State Community College in Gadsden, Ala., have been included in Who's Who Among American Teachers. Community College Week...

College hosts community anti-drug program.(around campus)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... MAYSVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- As abuse of the drug methamphetamine grows throughout the state, an Ohio River college will work to keep the drug out of its neighborhood. The Buffalo Trace Agency for Substance Abuse Policy recently hosted the Meth...

Montgomery College's Arts Institute.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Montgomery College's Arts Institute in Maryland recently received a $75,000 grant from the Webber Family Foundation to increase and enhance its program offerings. The one-year grant allows for additional master classes, a permanent video...

Pellissippi State Technical Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Pellissippi State Technical Community College in Knoxville, Tenn., has received a $289,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its math, science and technology programs for future K-12 teachers. The award will create a math-...

Monroe Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of $746,312 to Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y., for support of its Workshops for the Improvement of Science Education Project. The WISE Project is a collaborative effort between...

Johnson County Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Johnson County Community College in Smithfield, N.C., received a $5 million matching gift from the Victor and Helen Regnier Charitable Foundation to support the construction of a new technology complex on its campus. The Regnier challenge gift...

Edmonds Community College.(Grants & Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Edmonds Community College in Lynwood, Wash., received a $28,600 grant from Sound Transit, a public transit agency, to help train more workers for entry-level jobs in construction, the building trades and apprenticeship programs. Community...

James A. Hoffman, president of Key Bank's Northwest Ohio District, presents Owens Community College President Christa Adams and Gary Dettling, the college foundation's president and chief executive officer, with a $100,000 donation.
September 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: James A. Hoffman, president of Key Bank's Northwest Ohio District, presents Owens Community College President Christa Adams (center) and Gary Dettling (right), the college foundation's president and chief...

Ariz. colleges get $900,000 grant to train tech students.(Bits & Bytes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Maricopa Community Colleges recently received a federal grant through which they hope to provide up-to-the minute curriculum and training to faculty, working technicians and future employees for the U.S. high-tech industry....

Student maps out N.J. Township.(Bits & Bytes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... LINCROFT, N.J. -- Brookdale Community College student Siggy Arnason is putting Howell Township in touch with satellites. Arnason is participating in a project to develop computerized maps that will pinpoint data sites. The town's engineering...

Nebraska college grades go online.(Bits & Bytes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) -- Central Community College students won't have to worry about possibly losing their grades in the mail anymore. The college now issues grades only over the Internet. Using a secure Web page and e-mails to deliver...

College whiz kid computes for customers; 18-year-old student puts his computer skills to work.(technology today)
September 1, 2003... PLAINVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- He calls himself "a solution man." Give him an invoice from a competitor and he vows he'll beat the price. Call him at 3 a.m. and he promises prompt service. He's Brian Wilson, CEO of Integrated Network Solutions LLC....

Crashing doesn't have to mean burning.(A Tech Perspective)
September 1, 2003... If you've worked with computers for any length of time, you've undoubtedly heard the warnings and the recommendations. Data stored on personal computers can disappear in an instant, so you need to back up any crucial data you can't risk...

Indian River Community College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dr. Johnny M. Moore has been named vice president of student affairs at Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce, Fla. An IRCC faculty member since 1994, Moore most recently served as an associate professor of mathematics. He holds a...

Indian River Community College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Christina Hart was recently appointed associate dean of institutional effectiveness for Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce, Fla. A 22-year veteran at Indian River, Hart was previously the college's director of institutional...

San Juan College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The new dean of the school of humanities at San Juan College in Farmington, N.M., is Lisa Wilson. Wilson has been a faculty member in San Juan's English department since 1993 and she has served as humanities interim dean for the past year. She...

Central Florida Community College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dr. James Harvey was recently appointed vice president of administration and finance at Central Florida Community College in Ocala, Fla. Harvey, who will assume his new post Oct. 1, replaces Dr. Charles Hayes, who retired. Harvey most recently...

San Antonio College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The new dean of student affairs at San Antonio College in Texas is Dr. Joy Gates Black. Before taking the post Aug. 18, Black had served as the dean of equity and diversity at California's Los Angeles City College. She obtained her bachelor's...

Lake Superior College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dr. Kathleen Nelson, president of Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn., recently announced the appointment of Jeralyn Jargo as the dean of allied health and nursing. Before coming to Lake Superior, Jargo was the director of e-learning...

Jeri Ann Jurkovich has been appointed interim dean of liberal arts and sciences at Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Jeri Ann Jurkovich has been appointed interim dean of liberal arts and sciences at Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minn. Jurkovich comes to Lake Superior from Mesabi Range Community and Technical College in Eveleth, Minn., where she was...

Northwest State names new leader.(Presidents)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Dr. Betty Young has been named president of Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio. Young comes to Northwest State from Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio, where she was the associate vice president for academic services. All of...

Oakland picks chancellor.(Presidents)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Oakland Community College in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has selected Dr. Mary S. Spangler as chancellor. Spangler was most recently president of Los Angeles City College in California. She has a bachelor's degree from Chestnut Hill College, and a...

Coming events.(Career Connections)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... September 18-21, "Reaching New Heights--Leading for the Future," (National Community College Hispanic Council) 8th Annual Leadership Symposium, at the Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado. To make reservations, call 800-444-2326. Conference...

Calif. Colleges oppose race-blind initiative slated for ballot.(around the nation)
September 15, 2003... SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- College administrators in California are opposing a voter initiative slated to appear on the Oct. 7 recall ballot that would ban the collection and use of racial data on the state's students, employees and contractors. ...

Instructor dead in apparent suicide after husband's murder.(around the nation)
September 15, 2003... HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) -- A psychology instructor at Hutchinson Community College apparently killed herself late last month as police converged on her car to question her about her husband's shooting death, officers said. Lillian Jeanne...

Democratic presidential candidate calls for revamping college loans.(around the nation)
September 15, 2003... DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Presidential aspirant and North Carolina Sen. John Edwards recently proposed a revision of the nation's college-loan program, warning that the doors to higher education are increasingly closed to children from working...

Report: Calif. College officials refuse to explain contracts, perks.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... COMPTON, Calif. (AP) -- Officials at Compton Community College have spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars in the last four years on contracts they refuse to explain, while receiving costly perks not commonly available to directors of...

Higher ed. groups call for easier SEVIS payment system.(dateline Washington)
September 15, 2003... Higher-education groups are calling on the Bush administration to make it easier for foreign students to pay a required fee before registering with the government as part of a new program that tracks their activities in the United States. ...

Bill would give student-loan breaks for rural relocation.(Capitol briefs)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., was at Dodge City Community College in Kansas recently, stumping for a bill he sponsored that would offer incentives for recent graduates to relocate to a small town in return for lower student-loan rates. ...

Congressman rallies against reducing pell.(Capitol briefs)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., recently gathered students and financial-aid experts to speak out against a federal rule change that would reduce funding for the Pell Grant program by $270 million. The proposed rule change would leave a million...

The death of Common Sense.(point of view)
September 15, 2003... Today in America, we mourn the death of an old friend by the name of Common Sense. Common Sense lived a long life here in these United States, but died a slow death toward the end of the 20th century. No one really knows how old she was,...

The truth about transfer.(point of view)
September 15, 2003... I suspect that few community-college leaders and policy makers carefully read Phillip Richards' thoughtful and refreshingly honest opinion piece that recently appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Richards argues that while some...

Transfer ability: students, community colleges and highly selective universities are all finding something to gain in transfers from two-year schools to Ivy League-caliber colleges.
September 15, 2003... NEW YORK -- Nathalie Vaughn was 37 and raising two children when she decided to go back to school and get a degree. She enrolled at Borough of Manhattan Community College because it was close to home and work, figuring she would major in...

Shooting in bookstore robbery attempt leaves students shaken.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) -- A man fired shots inside a college bookstore late last month during an attempted robbery, sending students scrambling for safety. No one was hit, police said. The incident on the Erie Community College's north campus...

CUNY admissions keep rising despite tightened academic standards.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... NEW YORK (AP) -- Admissions at the City University of New York have increased by more than 12 percent--the third year of growth since the school tightened its academic standards, CUNY reported recently. That figure, which includes both...

Ala. President on leave pending ethics investigation.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) -- The president of Northwest Shoals Community College was placed on paid leave late last month to deal with an ethics complaint accusing him of seeking double reimbursement lot three meals. The complaint alleges...

N.J. student accused of murdering teenage son.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... OLD TAPPAN, N.J. (AP) -- A community-college student has been charged with murdering her 14-year-old son, who had called police after being punched and kicked, authorities said. Matthew Calbi died at a hospital after calling 911, the Bergen...

Tribal colleges expand despite limited funding.
September 15, 2003... FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) -- Classrooms are crowded. Buckets collect water from the leaky roof. Poor wiring has started fires and caused power outages. When the pipes burst and flooded the library at Sitting Bull Community College, it was the last...

Enrollments climb steeply at Vermont Colleges.
September 15, 2003... BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Enrollments at colleges around Vermont have surged this fall, according to school officials. The reasons are varied. Vermont colleges remain appealing, safe destinations for urban students two years after the Sept....

Maine bond package would earmark $19 million for higher ed.
September 15, 2003... AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- After grueling negotiations, state lawmakers voted recently to send to Maine voters a compromise bond package containing $19 million for higher education, most of which has been promised to community colleges. The...

Shark attack kills Calif. instructor.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... AVILA BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- A 50-year-old college instructor taking a morning swim bled to death after she was attacked by a great white shark 15 to 18 feet long, preliminary autopsy results showed. Deborah Franzman, a sociology instructor...

Iowa college administrator elected state representative.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A community-college administrator has been elected as a state representative from Johnson County in a special election. Dave Jacoby, 47, director of jobs programs at Kirkwood Community College and a member of the...

Iowa College, Ohio university plan joint bachelor's degree.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Under a new agreement, North Iowa Area Community College students could combine their on-campus courses with online courses offered by Franklin University of Columbus, Ohio, to earn a bachelor's degree. Students...

Arizona College considers opening downtown campus.(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... MESA, Ariz. (AP) -- Mesa Community College's sprawl soon may rival that of the city itself. MCC President Larry Christiansen has outlined a plan to use $10 million in seed money to start a downtown branch--the first phase of a three-phase...

East is east.(faculty lounge)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... EAST IS EAST. The husband and wife team of Maggie Bali, an associate professor of performing arts and Larry Fask, an associate professor of social sciences, both from Carroll Community College in Westminster, Md., recently returned from India....

While Alberto Aguilar, a part-time art faculty member at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill., and one of his students Abby Siedlecki, adjust the hue of their paint, Rozina Kanchwala, and Minjeong Ko, paint a large-scale mural on the outside wall of a building at the corner of Main and Duane Streets across from the Glen Ellyn village hall.(faculty lounge)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... While Alberto Aguilar (right), a part-time art faculty member at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill., and one of his students Abby Siedlecki, adjust the hue of their paint, Rozina Kanchwala, (center, in background), and Minjeong Ko (far...

The faculty at Yakima Valley Community College in Yakima, Wash., recently received several awards for their work.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... The faculty at Yakima Valley Community College in Yakima, Wash., recently received several awards for their work. English instructor Mark Fuzie won first place in the humor category of the Allied Arts Juried Poetry Contest; English instructor...

Dr. Sue Wedam, a veterinary technology instructor, received the Technician's Choice Award at the annual meeting of the Washington State Association of Veterinary Technicians; faculty emeritus Mildred Stenehjem received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Minnesota State University-Moorhead Alumni Foundation.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Dr. Sue Wedam, a veterinary technology instructor, received the Technician's Choice Award at the annual meeting of the Washington State Association of Veterinary Technicians; faculty emeritus Mildred Stenehjem received a Distinguished Alumni...

Ginger T. Osborne, a psychology professor at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Ginger T. Osborne, a psychology professor at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, Calif., was honored by her peers with the 2003 Distinguished Faculty Award.

Dr. Robert L. Brown, music department chair at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Dr. Robert L. Brown, music department chair at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio, has been selected to appear in the 58th edition of Who's Who in America.

The 2003 Haywards Awards for Excellence in Education were recently announced in Sacramento, Calif., honoring four community-college faculty members.(Honors & Awards)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... The 2003 Haywards Awards for Excellence in Education were recently announced in Sacramento, Calif., honoring four community-college faculty members. The winners were chosen from about 56,000 full-time and part-time community-college faculty...

Reaching new heights.(around campus)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... REACHING NEW HEIGHTS. Climbing to the summit of Mount Elbert in Leadville, Colo., participants in Colorado Mountain College's First Ascent Youth Leadership Academy recently spent a week in Leadville working an team-building, communications...

Final exams labor-intensive for Neb. Student.(around campus)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Final exams in college are stressful enough, but Joy Conner had even more to deal with while taking four finals in one day. She went into labor. The expectant mother's contractions started on a recent Wednesday as...

Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio, recently celebrated the unveiling of its new Center of Fine and Performing Arts.(around campus)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio, recently celebrated the unveiling of its new Center for Fine and Performing Arts. The $11 million, 74,369 square-foot facility, shown during its grand opening below and at left, house a 500-seat theater;...

Indiana College gets $100,000 to create high-tech work force.(Bits & Bytes)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) -- Ivy Tech State College has received $100,000 from the city this year as part of a partnership aimed at increasing opportunities for high-tech jobs. The college plans to lease more than 11,000 square feet in an...

N.C. students design 'Diet Download'.(Bits & Bytes)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Need an extra push to put down that tantalizing Twinkle? Looking for some extra resolve when facing a thick slice of cheesecake? Four North Carolina State students may have the answer. The students have designed "Diet...

Missouri College, government compute a quid pro quo.(technology today)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri House of Representatives plans to donate 40 computers to a community college as a way to say thanks for student interns who provided free computer help to a large class of new lawmakers and staff this...

Tribal College program is out of this world.(technology today)
September 15, 2003... FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) -- Tortillas, pudding and Tang. It might not be a gourmet meal, but astronauts devour them when traveling through space. That's what Becky Riedinger told students here as they learned to make the three space menu...

Don't let thieves snatch your identity.(A Tech Perspective)
September 15, 2003... Imagine having your bank account drained, being unable .to use your credit cards, and seeing your credit rating trashed. You'd have to spend countless hours trying to clear your good name and get your life back together. Identity theft is...

Monroe Community College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Hezekiah N. Simmons has been hired as assistant vice president for administrative services at Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y. He is the former president and chief executive officer of New Horizons Computer Learning Center, and a...

Mercer County Community College.(Appointments)(Brief Article)
September 15, 2003... Dr. L. Diane Banks Campbell has been promoted to dean for student and academic services at Mercer County Community College in Trenton, N.J. Most recently, Campbell served as the college's assistant dean for academic and student affairs and...