Community College Week articles from September 2008

Community College Week archives from September 2008

HSI locations.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
September 22, 2008... More than 200 Hispanic-Serving institution are located in 14 states and Puerto Rico, the vast majority of them community colleges. Here are the top five locations: California 67 Texas 40 Puerto Rico 32 New Mexico 17...

Grant money runs out for tech college students.
September 22, 2008... MILWAUKEE (AP) -- An estimated 4,000 low-income technical college students may get less aid this fall because the state has run out of grant money for them. The state Higher Educational Aids Board stopped giving Wisconsin Higher...

President of Cape Cod CC submits resignation.
September 22, 2008... BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) -- The president of Cape Cod Community College says she is stepping down. Kathleen Schatzberg announced on that she will resign at the end of next summer after more than a decade on the job. Schatzberg raised...

New policy dictates evaluations for all Ala. two-year college presidents.(around the nation)
September 22, 2008... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's State Board of Education unanimously has approved a policy to begin earnest performance evaluations of the state's two-year college presidents. "This is something that has been a concern of mine for a...

Popular bright futures penalizes needy Florida students, critics say.(around the nation)
September 22, 2008... TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Until he heard about Bright Futures, 18-year-old Frank Jaffe thought he'd go to college out of state, perhaps to New York University or Temple University. Bright Futures, though, was a deal he couldn't refuse....

Two-year students, promised a free ride, see tuition hike instead.(around the nation)
September 22, 2008... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Despite a 6 percent tuition hike at Tennessee community colleges this semester, Gov. Phil Bredesen says the state's two-year schools "remain a very good bargain." The tuition increase followed cuts in the state's...

Driving forward: South Texas College key to region's economic future.(HISPANIC FOCUS)
September 22, 2008... Win the years following its founding in 1993, South Texas College made a mark by producing truck drivers--thousands of new certified big-rig drivers, said founding President Shirley A. Reed. The North American Free Trade Agreement had...

Expanded Web site will allow students to share college goals.(dateline Washington)
September 22, 2008... WASHINGTON -- High school students may soon use a federal format to share "inspirational messages" about why they want to go to college. The office of the under secretary of the Department of Education is planning to expand its...

Input being sought on revamped rules for student aid program.(dateline Washington)
September 22, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Negotiated rulemaking committees will give the higher education community a chance for early input on new financial aid rules. The Office of Postsecondary Education announced it will form committees to help draft proposed...

Audit finds trade school violated aid rules.(capitol briefs)
September 22, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Star Technical Institute, a proprietary trade school operating in three states, failed to comply with the "90-10 rule," a federal audit found, placing it in jeopardy of participating in tile federal student loan program. ...

Comments being sought on new aid application.(capitol briefs)
September 22, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Now is your chance for input on revisions to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid needed to comply with the renewed Higher Education Act. The Department of Education is taking comments on the form it will use for...

House approves resolution on Campus Safety Awareness.(capitol briefs)
September 22, 2008... WASHINGTON -- The House approved a resolution supporting September as National Campus Safety Awareness Month. It encourages colleges "to provide campus safety and other crime awareness and prevention programs to all students throughout the...

More details sought on migrant aid program.(capitol briefs)
September 22, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Grantees of the College Assistance Migrant Program may soon have to provide more detailed reports on their activities. The Office of Migrant Education announced plans to request a customized annual performance report online...

Report on aid to two-year college students set for release.(capitol briefs)
September 22, 2008... WASHINGTON -- A new federal report will soon be issued recommending on how to make community college affordable to everyone eligible to attend. The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance has scheduled Oct. 1 as the date for...

Alabama community college's innovative "Ready to Work" program helping older, displaced workers find new jobs.(money tree)
September 22, 2008... FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) -- Being unemployed is tough enough, but job seekers who are middle-aged or near retirement age face additional significant challenges as they try to re-enter the work force. Their job-seeking period is longer, too. It...

Albuquerque envisions a "seamless educational pathway" for N. M. students.(money tree)
September 22, 2008... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Central New Mexico Community College, the University of New Mexico, and Albuquerque Public Schools have signed an agreement that officials say will help students more easily pursue higher education. CNM...

Calif. appeals court backs firing of former Compton dean.(around the nation)
September 22, 2008... A former executive dean at the financially troubled Compton Community College District has lost another round in his racial discrimination and retaliation suit. A unanimous state California Court of Appeal panel has refused to reinstate...

Students face juggling act as cafeteria at Idaho college goes 'tray-less'.(around the nation)
September 22, 2008... TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- Students at the College of Southern Idaho are juggling more than books this semester after the school adopted a "tray-less dining" policy in its cafeteria. College officials say they got rid of the food trays to...

Jump in GED test-takers puzzles eduators.(around the nation)
September 22, 2008... IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- Education officials in eastern Idaho are reporting a nearly 100 percent increase over the last four years in the number of students taking the General Education Development test. The test, known as the GED, has...

Mississippi ponders tuition increase as enrollment slides, pay levels dip.(around the nation)
September 22, 2008... JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Tuition increases have caused a drop in enrollment among less affluent students at Mississippi's eight public universities, according to a report from the state College Board. The trend endangers what Mississippi's...

Del. college's airframe program classes delayed.
September 22, 2008... GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) -- The start of Delaware Technical & Community College's airframe maintenance technology classes has been put on hold. The program was scheduled to begin with the start of the fall semester last week, but...

Labor Dept. announces grant for Iowa workers.
September 22, 2008... CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The Department of Labor has announced a $441,000 grant to assist Iowa workers who were affected by the closing of Winnebago Industries manufacturing facility in Charles City. Deputy Assistant Secretary for...

Upgrades planned for Hawaii campuses.
September 22, 2008... HONOLULU (AP) -- University of Hawaii campuses statewide will be getting $60 million in capital improvement projects. The governor's office said that the bulk of the money--more than $58 million--will be used for repair and...

Enrollment growth fueled by job losses in Maryland.
September 22, 2008... HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Hagerstown Community College officials say people who return to college alter losing their jobs are one reason for the increase in enrollment. Jennifer Fisher, director of admissions at HCC, says the struggling...

Wake Tech students can transfer to NC State.
September 22, 2008... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Students at Wake Technical Community College can now work on their associate's and bachelor's degree at the same time under an agreement signed by the school and North Carolina State University. The Partnership for...

Iowa college president resigns after photo appear.
September 22, 2008... FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Central Community College is losing its president after a photo that appears to show him pouring beer into a young woman's mouth surfaced and raised questions about his conduct. The school's board of...

Rise of social networking underscores generational digital divide.(technology today)
September 22, 2008... There's always been a generation gap, more or less, with the younger generation trying to improve on the latter. Seeing things differently, trying for new solutions to old problems, is one of the agents of progress. Today's generation...

New York's Corning Community College will host "The Raptor Project," a Cool Kids event during the fall semester.(around campus)
September 22, 2008... New York's Corning Community College will host "The Raptor Project," a Cool Kids event during the fall semester. Participants will receive an up-close-and-personal introduction to a variety of raptors including a Golden Eagle. Host Jonathan...

For ten years, Michigan's Muskegon Community College has provided an opportunity for students and staff to participate in a bilateral exchange program with its sister college, Kaufmannische Schule Stuttgart-Nord in Stuttgart, Germany.(around campus)
September 22, 2008... For ten years, Michigan's Muskegon Community College has provided an opportunity for students and staff to participate in a bilateral exchange program with its sister college, Kaufmannische Schule Stuttgart-Nord in Stuttgart, Germany. The...

Before entering the new clean room at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Penn., students must don a special suit sheathing them from head to toe.(around campus)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Before entering the new clean room at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Penn., students must don a special suit sheathing them from head to toe. The facility, opened at the start of this fall semester,...

Johnson County Community College in Kansas has received a $25,000 grant to fund a new advanced dementia care certificate program.(grants & gifts)
September 22, 2008... Johnson County Community College in Kansas has received a $25,000 grant to fund a new advanced dementia care certificate program. The grant is from the International Longevity Center under the 2008 Community College Caregiver Training...

Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, New York, announced that it has received a $108,734 grant from the State University of New York to support the growing enrollment of its nursing program.(grants & gifts)
September 22, 2008... Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, New York, announced that it has received a $108,734 grant from the State University of New York to support the growing enrollment of its nursing program. The funds for instructional support will...

Portland Community College has announced it is the recipient of a three-year, $698,095 National Science Foundation grant to infuse sustainability content, practices, tools and techniques into college programs that impact building construction.(grants & gifts)
September 22, 2008... Portland Community College has announced it is the recipient of a three-year, $698,095 National Science Foundation grant to infuse sustainability content, practices, tools and techniques into college programs that impact building...

Santa Monica College has received a $10,000 water conservation grant that will be used for student-created video public service announcements, which will address how the college's international students save water in their home nations.(grants & gifts)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Santa Monica College has received a $10,000 water conservation grant that will be used for student-created video public service announcements, which will address how the college's international students save water...

Officials of Randolph Community College in Asheboro N.C., unveiled two commemorative construction plaques for the college's original building (originally called the Randolph Industrial Education Center) and a later addition after the center was renamed the Randolph Technical Institute.(faculty lounge)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Officials of Randolph Community College in Asheboro N.C., unveiled two commemorative construction plaques for the college's original building (originally called the Randolph Industrial Education Center) and a later...

The American Association of Community College Trustees has selected Gretchen Wheeler as recipient of the 2008 Western Regional Faculty Member Award.(honors & awards)
September 22, 2008... The American Association of Community College Trustees has selected Gretchen Wheeler as recipient of the 2008 Western Regional Faculty Member Award. Wheeler is a communications instructor, director of forensics, and director of service...

Colleen Brickle, program chair of dental hygiene and interim dean of health sciences at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn., was the recipient of three prestigious awards in her profession this year.(honors & awards)
September 22, 2008... Colleen Brickle, program chair of dental hygiene and interim dean of health sciences at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn., was the recipient of three prestigious awards in her profession this year. She received the...

Monroe Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Larry W. Tyree has been appointed interim president of Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y. Tyree has more than 40 years experience at eight different community colleges in Georgia, Florida, Texas, Kentucky...

Central Piedmont Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Central Piedmont Community College recently named Linda Dunlap the new director of teacher education initiatives at the college. In her new position, Dunlap will oversee curriculum and course development of teacher...

Calhoun Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Ala., has announced the appointment of Bethany Clem as dean of the business/computer information systems, technologies and workforce development division. Clem comes to Calhoun...

Northern Virginia Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Northern Virginia Community College has named Miguel Angel Garcia as the vice president of financial and administrative services. Garcia is an accomplished financial executive with more than 15 years of experience...

Lake Sumter Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Barbara Howard has assumed the duties at vice president of academic affairs at Central Florida's Lake Sumter Community College. Prior to relocating to Florida, Howard served as the special assistant to the chief...

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As economy sags, enrollment surges at Community Colleges.(around the nation)
September 8, 2008... RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Community colleges are seeing surging enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities. But while the shift solves one funding...

Iowa College president defends photo with keg.
September 8, 2008... FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) -- The president of Iowa Central Community College is defending a photograph that appears to show him pouring beer down the throat of a young woman. In a copyright story in The Des Moines Register, Robert Paxton says...

For college freshmen, cultural markers stem from growing up in a digital world.
September 8, 2008... MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Students entering college this fall have lived their whole lives in a digital world--one where GPS has always been available, phones have always had caller ID and tax returns could always be filed online. Born mostly in...

On the front lines: new GI Bill has colleges bracing for a surge of returning veterans.
September 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On Mother's Day of this year, Sgt. Ricky J. Jackson, 28, returned to his hometown of Norfolk, Va., and hung up the Army National Guard uniform that he had worn for most of his adult life. Becoming a civilian...

Many colleges bypassing Federal Grant program.(dateline Washington)
September 8, 2008... WASHINGTON -- Many eligible students do not apply for Academic Competitiveness Grants because their colleges are not participating in the program, according to an audit by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Education. ...

College presidents spark debate on drinking age.(dateline Washington)
September 8, 2008... The college presidents said they wanted a national debate on the 21-year-old drinking age. They got it. For years, former Middlebury College President John McCardell has been criticizing the law, saying it only encourages binge drinking...

Former Ala. legislator sentenced to 15 months in scandal.(dateline Washington)
September 8, 2008... BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Former State Rep. Bryant Melton of Tuscaloosa has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for using some of his legislative discretionary money for personal gain. Melton, who resigned from the Alabama House in 2006...

Arkansas panel unveils plan to boost college graduation rates.(dateline Washington)
September 8, 2008... LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Arkansas needs to put tens of millions of dollars more into scholarships, incentives and other programs to raise the state's number of college graduates to the regional average by 2015, according to a recently-released...

12 Arkansas Colleges Sit out program for high schoolers.(dateline Washington)
September 8, 2008... MONTICELLO, Ark. (AP) -- Twelve colleges have decided to sit out a state program that allows high school students to earn college credits through distance learning. The Legislative Audit Division is investigating allegations that the...

Lottery Eyed for Scholarships: Indiana lease plan revived.(money tree)
September 8, 2008... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels has revived a contentious proposal to lease the Hoosier Lottery to a private operator, saying the money could fund a proposed college scholarship program. Daniels wants to create Hoosier...

New Hampshire seeing jump in number of students seeking aid.(money tree)
September 8, 2008... MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Rising college costs are putting the squeeze on family budgets, and more people looking to attend college in New Hampshire applied for financial aid this year. The U.S. Education Department says aid requests at...

Ky. Bond purchase will provide bridge for student loan program.(money tree)
September 8, 2008... FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky state officials have a way to help thousands of college students banking on a student loan to help finance the fall semester, Gov. Steve Beshear said. The state is buying a $50 million bond to help the...

Returning to his roots: former Michigan College president balances cabinet duties with historical research and writing.(money tree)
September 8, 2008... LANSING, Mich -- As a community college president, William Anderson tried to make time to continue his research as an historian. But when then-Gov. John Engler tapped Anderson as the state's first director of the Department of History,...

Colleges confront shootings with survival training.(money tree)
September 8, 2008... KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Hundreds of colleges cross the nation have purchased a training program that teaches professors and students not to take campus threats lying down but to fight back with any "improvised weapon," from a backpack to a...

Ariz. immigrant law creating hardships.(money tree)
September 8, 2008... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Changing laws have made life tougher for illegal immigrants in Arizona, including young people giving up dreams of college and better lives because they are unable to pay out-of-state tuition as required by voters. ...

NC Community Colleges will stay closed to illegal immigrants.(money tree)
September 8, 2008... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The State Board of Community Colleges has voted to retain a policy barring illegal immigrants from admission while members study other states' admissions practices and consider drafting a new, permanent policy. The...

Preservationists want Ivy Tech to save former hospital.
September 8, 2008... INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Ivy Tech Community College officials are considering whether they can find the money to renovate a 95-year-old former hospital building that preservationists want saved. But with no money earmarked yet by the General...

Lawsuit over required haircut deemed three decades too late.
September 8, 2008... A Texas prisoner was 35 years late in suing Tyler Junior College for tearing up his basketball scholarship after he refused to cut his Afro short enough, a federal district court judge ruled. Wendell Day, who represents himself, wrote in...

Plenty of options available for seekers of storage.(technology today)
September 8, 2008... Most new PCs today come with capacious hard drives, with more than enough storage space for your word processing, spreadsheet, and photography needs. But auxiliary storage can come in handy. The same is true with digital devices you use...

Applications for aid on rise in Oklahoma.
September 8, 2008... OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The number of Oklahoma college students applying for federal financial aid is rising. Officials say the number of applications for aid is up 3 percent from about 127,000 last year to more than 130,000 applications...

25 percent of Wyo. grads college-ready.
September 8, 2008... CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Less than a quarter of Wyoming high-school students who took the ACT college entrance exam tested well enough to show they are ready for college, with 79 percent possibly needing remedial college classes. ...

NW Miss. CC seeing record enrollment.
September 8, 2008... SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) -- Northwest Mississippi Community College president Gary Lee Spears says the school could exceed 7,000 students for the first time this fall. Spears said during a visit to the DeSoto Center campus that the...

Va. officials appeal alcohol ads ruling.
September 8, 2008... RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia officials are appealing a federal ruling that overturned the state's decades-old ban on alcohol-related advertising in college newspapers. Attorney General Bob McDonnell filed a notice of appeal of U.S....

Maine College applications rising.
September 8, 2008... PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine's community colleges say applications are up 9 percent, and they're still coming in. Maine Community College System President John Fitzsimmons says the number of applications tends to grow when the economy...

United Tribes College adds justice classes.
September 8, 2008... BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The president of United Tribes Technical College said the college will be adding classes in criminal justice and law enforcement. "Law enforcement issues are a major concern and a major problem in our tribal...

Graham Elwood is the first 14-year-old to attend Southwest Tennessee Community College.(around campus)
September 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Graham Elwood is the first 14-year-old to attend Southwest Tennessee Community College. Co-valedictorian of his Gateway Christian School senior class of 116, Elwood tested out of five grades in six months and...

Eight budding entrepreneurs graduated from Entrepreneur's Boot Camp, held in August at Randolph Community College's Archdale Center.(around campus)
September 8, 2008... Eight budding entrepreneurs graduated from Entrepreneur's Boot Camp, held in August at Randolph Community College's Archdale Center. The college and the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center sponsored the five-week course aimed at...

Glamour magazine has named Sanford, Fla.'s Seminole Community College alumnae Lalita Booth one of the top 10 college women of 2008.(around campus)
September 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Glamour magazine has named Sanford, Fla.'s Seminole Community College alumnae Lalita Booth one of the top 10 college women of 2008. Booth, a 2008 Truman Scholar, joined college students from Yale, Brown and the...

Equine Studies students at Central Florida Community College bid farewell to their thoroughbred yearling Tiger Lily at the Ocala Breeders' Sales auction recently.(around campus)
September 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Equine Studies students at Central Florida Community College bid farewell to their thoroughbred yearling Tiger Lily at the Ocala Breeders' Sales auction recently. The sale was the culmination of a semester-long...

The Nevada System of Higher Education and the College of Southern Nevada and CSN Foundation have announced an $8.2 million gift from the Engelstad Family Foundation to the College's School of Health Sciences.(grants & gifts)
September 8, 2008... The Nevada System of Higher Education and the College of Southern Nevada and CSN Foundation have announced an $8.2 million gift from the Engelstad Family Foundation to the College's School of Health Sciences. This is the largest gift in...

The Community College of Allegheny County Educational Foundation recently received word that the college won a $403,000 nursing education grant from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation to aid needy second-year nursing students through scholarships in the 2008-09 academic year.(grants & gifts)
September 8, 2008... The Community College of Allegheny County Educational Foundation recently received word that the college won a $403,000 nursing education grant from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation to aid needy second-year nursing students...

Scholarship America has announced that seven colleges across the country will each receive a $50,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation through the Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Assistance program.(grants & gifts)
September 8, 2008... Scholarship America has announced that seven colleges across the country will each receive a $50,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation through the Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Assistance program. The program addresses the high dropout...

Barnes & Noble and the Tennessee's Columbia State Community College Foundation have created a TextBook Scholarship for Columbia State students.(grants & gifts)
September 8, 2008... Barnes & Noble and the Tennessee's Columbia State Community College Foundation have created a TextBook Scholarship for Columbia State students. Barnes & Noble will fund the scholarship with a $10,000 donation for 10 consecutive academic years...

Joni Pirnot, associate professor in the Manatee Community College mathematics department, has had a book published by VDM of Verlag, Saarbrucken, Germany.(faculty lounge)
September 8, 2008... Joni Pirnot, associate professor in the Manatee Community College mathematics department, has had a book published by VDM of Verlag, Saarbrucken, Germany. Published in English, the book is entitled, Two-dimensional Automata: Shift Spaces and...

Four of Arizona's Maricopa Community College employees have begun a yearlong leaders program sponsored by the National Institute for Leadership Development.(faculty lounge)
September 8, 2008... Four of Arizona's Maricopa Community College employees have begun a yearlong leaders program sponsored by the National Institute for Leadership Development. The leaders program is an international program for administrators and faculty in...

Nationally-recognized speakers will be featured as part of the new Viewpoint distinguished speakers series created by the Eastern Iowa Community College District.(faculty lounge)
September 8, 2008... Nationally-recognized speakers will be featured as part of the new Viewpoint distinguished speakers series created by the Eastern Iowa Community College District. The series opens with Tom Brokaw, former NBC Nightly News anchor and current...

Tennessee's Columbia State Community College Film Crew Technology students participated in the 48 Hours Film Competition in Nashville.(honors & awards)
September 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tennessee's Columbia State Community College Film Crew Technology students participated in the 48 Hours Film Competition in Nashville. The students won more overall awards than any other group participating in the...

Mott Community College trustee Lenore Croudy has received the Michigan Community College Association's Distinguished Service Award.(honors & awards)
September 8, 2008... Mott Community College trustee Lenore Croudy has received the Michigan Community College Association's Distinguished Service Award. She has been a member of the college's Board of Trustees member for more than 20 years. She was elected to her...

Mary Beth Boland of Philadelphia, a student at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, Penn., has received a 2008 American Kennel Club/Bayer K9 Advantix Veterinary Technician Scholarship.(honors & awards)
September 8, 2008... Mary Beth Boland of Philadelphia, a student at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, Penn., has received a 2008 American Kennel Club/Bayer K9 Advantix Veterinary Technician Scholarship. Twenty-five scholarships in the amount of $1,000 dollars each...

New York's Corning Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New York's Coming Community College announced the appointment of Sherri Arnold as the new director of the Small Business Development Center. Arnold brings a diverse background to the college, having worked in the...

Del Mar College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 8, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, announced that English professor Mike Anzaldua, Jr. will fill the dean's post for the Division of Arts and Sciences. Anzaldua joined Del Mar's faculty as a teaching...