Community College Week articles from September 2009

Community College Week archives from September 2009

Part-time studies.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Part-Time Studies A majority of military undergrads in 2007-08 enrolled in college part-time. Here is a breakdown of their enrollment status: Status Percentage Part-Time/ Part-Year ...

New scholarships available for Ala. 2-year graduates.(around the nation)
September 21, 2009... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A new scholarship program is designed to help two-year college system graduates in Alabama complete a four-year degree free at Alabama State University or Alabama A&M University. Education officials announced the...

Former. Ala. legislator Schmitz appealing fraud conviction.
September 21, 2009... HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) -- Former state Rep. Sue Schmitz is appealing her federal fraud conviction to the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Federal court records show Schmitz' notice of appeal was officially filed with the 11th Circuit ...

Transparency by design: stepping into the light.(point of view)
September 21, 2009... Increasingly, we live in a transparent society where openness is expected and accountability is demanded. The word "transparency" is associated with seeing things more clearly when cast in the proper light. A Google search for the word produces...

Pearl River enrollment boom poses challenges.(tracking trends)
September 21, 2009... HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) -- The record-breaking signs were there on the first day of fall classes: Clusters of students drifting about armed with books and cell phones, and a jam-packed parking lot that saw vehicles overflowing onto the lawn near...

Welcome back: as new GI Bill takes hold, colleges strive to aid vets' transition.
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Community colleges long have been the primary choice of veterans seeking an education after serving their country. A recent study by the American Council on Education found that 43 percent of all military...

Obama college aid bill may fall short of goals.(dateline Washington)
September 21, 2009... WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says a bill in Congress would help send millions more Americans to college. But the measure may fall short of Obama's goal. The bill would boost Pell Grants for needy students. But it does nothing to...

Enrollment up at SC technical, 2-year colleges.(dateline Washington)
September 21, 2009... COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's technical and two-year colleges are seeing unprecedented enrollment increases as the economic downturn pushes people out of work and on a quest for job skills, schools reported. Classes are full and...

Miss. community colleges prepare budget savings.
September 21, 2009... JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi community college leaders are deciding how to absorb budget cuts, even as enrollment increases at many of the two-year schools. Gov. Haley Barbour cut nearly $172 million, or 2.9 percent, from the state's...

Former Michigan hotel welcomes students.
September 21, 2009... FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- A downtown hotel is finding new life as housing for students attending Mott Community College, the University of Michigan-Flint and Baker College. The 16-story, 340,000-square-foot Riverfront Residence Hall opened last...

Ariz. universities, community colleges join forces to boost graduation rates.
September 21, 2009... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Peter Kozak has wanted to be an engineer since high school. After taking drafting classes and helping build a more fuel-efficient vehicle, the Illinois native moved to Tucson with the goal of graduating from the University...

Michigan students paying for Broken 'Promise' Scholarship.(tracking trends)
September 21, 2009... LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Thousands of Michigan college students are being forced to scrape together an extra $500 or more for tuition because of uncertainty over a popular scholarship program. Michigan lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm...

Steelmakers look to colleges to close looming hiring gap.(tracking trends)
September 21, 2009... WEIRTON, W.Va. (AP) -- In the business of steelmaking, a gray-haired work force can be a good thing: Seasoned employees in the mill signify experience and safety, reliability and commitment. At ArcelorMittal's tin mill in West Virginia, they...

New SUNY chancellor completes 64-campus tour.
September 21, 2009... HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) -- The State University of New York system must achieve global academic recognition by first helping the state through tough economic times, its chancellor said. Chancellor Nancy Zimpher was at Herkimer County Community...

College student in Iowa dies after climbing turbine.
September 21, 2009... ESTHERVILLE, Iowa (AP) -- A student at a northern Iowa community college has died after losing consciousness during a climb up a wind turbine. Robert May, 59, was enrolled in the wind energy and turbine technology program at Iowa Lakes...

Missouri town offers land for college campus.
September 21, 2009... JACKSON, Mo. (AP) -- The southeast Missouri town of Jackson is hoping to lure Three Rivers Community College to open a campus there by offering 15 acres of land to the college. Aldermen approved the donation last month. Mayor Barbara Lohr...

Mississippi CC sets record enrollment.
September 21, 2009... BOONEVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Enrollment at Northeast Mississippi Community College has reached a record high this fall. College officials believe the achievement was fueled by increased recruiting efforts and a difficult economy that has caused...

Ky. college offers free training for paramedics.
September 21, 2009... HARLAN, Ky. (AP) -- Officials in southeastern Kentucky ate offering free training, hoping to boost the number of paramedics in the area. Harlan County Emergency Management Director David McGill tells the Harlan Daily Enterprise that there is...

Scholarship to honor slain Ill. professor.
September 21, 2009... BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- A slain central Illinois community college professor will be honored with an art scholarship. Heartland Community College in Bloomington has announced it will set up the art scholarship in memory of 57-year-old...

Smoking ban due to extend off Calif. campus.
September 21, 2009... SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) -- People smoking outside Santa Rosa Junior College would be fined up to $500 under an ordinance being considered by the City Council. There is already a smoking bah on campus as well as a city ordinance that prohibits...

Mich. colleges to allow 3-year credit transfer.
September 21, 2009... YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- Some Mott Community College students will be able to apply more than three years worth of credits to a four-year degree at Eastern Michigan University. The credit transfer agreement lets students earn up to 94 credits...

Despite decade-long ban, cybersquatting is alive and well.(technology today)
September 21, 2009... In addition to the tremendous amount of good that it has created, the Internet has also created its fair share of bad, along with those only too eager to cross the line and take unethical or unlawful advantage of others. One of the more...

Two young women from Germany are enrolled at Mohave Community College in Arizona this year as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange--an exchange student program MCC has participated in for the past four years.(around campus)
September 21, 2009... Two young women from Germany are enrolled at Mohave Community College in Arizona this year as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange--an exchange student program MCC has participated in for the past four years. The pro gram gives young...

At Veterans Memorial Middle School in Covington, Ga., students typically climb out of a warm bed each morning, have plenty of clothes to pick from, have hot meals to eat and come from a loving home.(around campus)
September 21, 2009... At Veterans Memorial Middle School in Covington, Ga., students typically climb out of a warm bed each morning, have plenty of clothes to pick from, have hot meals to eat and come from a loving home. But a group of girls at the school are working...

A little bit of Hollywood is coming to Michigan's Monroe County Community College.(around campus)
September 21, 2009... A little bit of Hollywood is coming to Michigan's Monroe County Community College. In response to increased demand for qualified grips due to a recent spike in the number of movies being produced in Michigan, the college's Office of Lifelong...

Seminole Community College in Florida has received a $10,000 grant from the PBS&J Foundation Inc. to help increase the number of women in science-related careers.(grants & gifts)
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Seminole Community College in Florida has received a $10,000 grant from the PBS&J Foundation Inc. to help increase the number of women in science-related careers. The grant will help fund several initiatives at SCC,...

With the U.S. Census Bureau anticipating critical labor shortages in manufacturing and technical sectors, a $20,000 gift from The Grainger Foundation will enable Monroe Community College in Rochester, N. Y., to launch the Transition to Technology: The Gateway to HVAC/R Program.(grants & gifts)
September 21, 2009... With the U.S. Census Bureau anticipating critical labor shortages in manufacturing and technical sectors, a $20,000 gift from The Grainger Foundation will enable Monroe Community College in Rochester, N. Y., to launch the Transition to...

The Pikes Peak Community College Geography Department has received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a pilot project to implement a Tiered Internship Model For Students In Geospatial Technology.(grants & gifts)
September 21, 2009... The Pikes Peak Community College Geography Department has received a grant from the National Science Foundation for a pilot project to implement a Tiered Internship Model For Students In Geospatial Technology. The project has received nearly...

The prestigious Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award was awarded to Noel Gary, director of aviation technologies at Wichita Area Technical College in Kansas.(faculty lounge)
September 21, 2009... The prestigious Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award was awarded to Noel Gary, director of aviation technologies at Wichita Area Technical College in Kansas. Gary was honored for his efforts of 50 years of service to the aviation maintenance...

Frances Sargent, professor emeritus at Miami Dade College and a former Women's Air Force Service Pilot (WASP), was presented the Congressional Gold Medal by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.(faculty lounge)
September 21, 2009... Frances Sargent, professor emeritus at Miami Dade College and a former Women's Air Force Service Pilot (WASP), was presented the Congressional Gold Medal by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Sargent is one of two local women --and about 300...

Sharon Ahern Fechter, a Spanish professor at Montgomery College in Maryland, recently received the 2009 American Association of teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Teacher of the Year Award for the two-year college level.(faculty lounge)
September 21, 2009... Sharon Ahern Fechter, a Spanish professor at Montgomery College in Maryland, recently received the 2009 American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Teacher of the Year Award for the two-year college level. Fechter is chair of the...

An image depicting a single mother balancing home life and school work was selected to win this year's "College Seen," an annual photo contest co-sponsored by the Foundation for California Community Colleges that draws hundreds of entries from community college students.(honors & wards)
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An image depicting a single mother balancing home life and school work was selected to win this year's "College Seen," an annual photo contest co-sponsored by the Foundation for California Community Colleges that draws...

Austin Community College District.(honors & wards)
September 21, 2009... The Texas Police Chiefs Association Foundation has awarded the Austin Community College District Police Department "Recognized Status" for best practices in law enforcement. The district's department is the first community college police force...

Suffolk County Community College in New York announced that it has been selected to receive the Innovative Educational Institution Achievement Award presented by the Hauppauge Industrial Association as part of the association's Business Achievement Award competition.(honors & wards)
September 21, 2009... Suffolk County Community College in New York announced that it has been selected to receive the Innovative Educational Institution Achievement Award presented by the Hauppauge Industrial Association as part of the association's Business...

Coastline Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Vinicio Lopez has joined Coastline Community College as dean of instruction for the college's Le-Jao Center campus located near Little Saigon in Westminster, Calif. Lopez will be responsible for overseeing the English...

Hazard Community & Technical College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gerald Napoles has been named the new dean of learner outreach at Kentucky's Hazard Community & Technical College. He began work in July and he is devoting his time to four areas--learner outreach, strategic...

Rancho Santiago Community College District.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] California's Rancho Santiago Community College District has named Bart Hoffman as dean of human services and technology at Santa Ana College. As dean, Hoffman leads and administers all aspects of the division. The...

Mohave Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mohave Community College in Arizona has announced that Jann Woods, who has been an employee at MCC since 2001, has been named interim dean of student services. Woods has more than 25 years experience working in a...

Bellevue College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 21, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Washington's Bellevue College has named one of its own graduates, Thomas R. Nielsen, to the post of executive dean of instruction. Nielsen becomes the college's chief academic officer, overseeing its 150 instructional...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 21, 2009... SEPTEMBER Sept. 30-Oct. 2 NATIONAL ACADEMIC ADVISING ASSOCIATION * 2009 Annual Conference San Antonio, TX (785) 532-5717 or Email:nacada@ksu.edu www.nacada.ksu.edu/annualconf/2009/index.htm Sept. 30-Oct. 2 THE NATIONAL...

Programs offered.(Figuring it Out: A look at statistics shaping the higher education landscape)
September 7, 2009... Community colleges offer a wide variety of academic programs. Here are the top tire programs offered by colleges nationwide: Program Number Business Management & 1,162 Marketing Health Professions 1,101 Computer...

NC college adds six-month job retraining program.
September 7, 2009... RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina community college is the latest in the state to launch a job training program that can be completed in six months or less. Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh has announced focused training...

Ore. wins first round against college fund manager.
September 7, 2009... PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon has won the first round in its legal battle against the former investment manager of a state college fund by preventing the lawsuit from going to federal court. U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan has remanded the...

Few Ala. high school grads ready for college work.
September 7, 2009... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A report by college entrance exam administrators shows that only 16 percent of the students who graduated from Alabama high schools in 2009 were adequately prepared for core college subjects. Administrators of the ACT...

Illegal immigrants in Arizona spend millions more on tuition.
September 7, 2009... PHOENIX (AP) -- More than two years after Arizona voters passed a law denying in-state college tuition and other state-funded benefits to illegal immigrants, thousands of people are still applying for those services and being turned away. ...

Even before call to action, colleges manned the frontlines of economic revival.(point of view)
September 7, 2009... Like 25 million other people, I am proud to call myself a Texan. And like millions of other Texans, I have a mother who raised me on one cardinal rule: get an education. For my mother, that rule meant that dinner conversations revolved around...

Alabama officials plot rescue of sinking tuition plan.(point of view)
September 7, 2009... MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama's governor and several candidates for the job say the state government should rescue Alabama's financially troubled prepaid college tuition plan. The question is how to pay for a lifeline that could cost as much...

Colleges look to nuclear industry to help finance training programs.(money tree)
September 7, 2009... RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) -- In an area where nuclear waste cleanup and atomic energy research keep the economy humming, businesses and government agencies are having trouble finding workers with nuclear credentials. A local community college was...

Forging ahead: new UDC president moves swiftly with community college plans.(Cover story)
September 7, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shortly after the Brookings Institution and DC Apple-seed issued a widely-noted report last year recommending that the nation's capitol establish a community college, a star-studded roster of higher education thinkers...

For-profit colleges' increased lending prompts concerns.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... Some of the nation's biggest for-profit colleges and vocational schools are boosting enrollment in tough times by making more loans directly to cash-strapped students, knowing full well many of them probably won't be able to repay what they...

College publisher will rent textbooks to students.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A college textbook publisher will become the first to rent titles directly to students, another option for students fed up with spending $100 or more to buy books they have little use for after a semester. Stamford,...

Grim budget news greets La. panel mulling education overhaul.
September 7, 2009... BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A new commission charged with finding ways to overhaul Louisiana's public college systems began its work with recommendations from Gov. Bobby Jindal and a grim review of the state's budget woes. Jindal told commission...

Retooled program helps Kansas students get college education.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- She must have been only 5 or 6 at the time, but Xochitl Saldivar still remembers her schoolmates' questions. Why do you wear the same clothes every day? "I don't want to get my other clothes dirty," she told them....

States cut aid to college students even as demand for help booms.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... MADISON, Wis. (AP)--Struggling with budget shortfalls that reach into the billions, several states are making deep cuts in college financial aid programs, including those that provide a vital source of cash for students who most need the money....

Nursing can be career cure, but academics are demanding.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... CINCINNATI (AP) -- Their fellow students call them "Mom and Pop." Both 40 years old, Lena Gambill and Bob Mitchell are among the first-year nursing students at Shawnee State University, in the Ohio river city of Portsmouth nearly 100 miles...

Tenn. governor looking again at college study.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- As Gov. Phil Bredesen ponders how to reform higher education in Tennessee, a published report says he's revisiting a decade-old study that was never implemented. Bredesen has said he wants to improve college...

Card catalog? For class of '13, times are changing.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... MILWAUKEE (AP) -- For most teens starting college this rail, rap music has always been mainstream, Mike Tyson has always been a felon, and wars have always unfolded on TV in real time. Incoming freshmen never used a card catalog, never knew a...

Regents approve 6 Furlough days for Georgia colleges.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... ATLANTA (AP) -- Employees at Georgia's colleges and universities will take six furlough days this school year, part of a cost-cutting plan approved to carve millions from campus budgets. The unpaid leave for employees was approved by the...

Grads contemplate where the jobs will be--and won't be--in coming years.(tracking trends)
September 7, 2009... Gloria Lomeli, who has wanted to write since she was a kid, is just finishing her major in magazine journalism at Ohio University. When she graduates, she'll look for a job in her field. During a massive recession. In a profession that is...

Task force looks for ways to improve Wis. aid system.
September 7, 2009... MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A task force will look for ways to improve Wisconsin's system of awarding financial aid to low-income college students. The Higher Educational Aids Board voted to create the task force, which is expected to look at how...

Idaho eases path for CC students transferring to 4-year schools.
September 7, 2009... MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- The University of Idaho is partnering with nearly a dozen community colleges in three states to help students more easily transfer and complete bachelor's degrees. Students completing associate degrees at the Idaho,...

SD tribal college gets federal grant for new tech center.
September 7, 2009... FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) -- Sitting Bull College on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation is getting a $1 million grant from the federal Education Department for a career and technical education center. The 14,000-square-foot facility is part of...

Ivy Tech, Purdue teaming up for agriculture program.
September 7, 2009... WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) -- Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette is working with Purdue University's College of Agriculture on a program that will let students enroll in both schools at the same time. Students in the Pathway Program will...

Michigan colleges collaborate on justice degree.
September 7, 2009... DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Macomb Community College criminal justice students now can move more easily from a two- to a four-year degree program under a collaboration with the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Professor Kevin Early heads the...

President of ND college stepping down after 5 years.
September 7, 2009... NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) -- The president of Fort Berthold Community College is stepping down this fall. Russell Mason Jr. says he plans to pursue other interests and spend time with his family. Mason began his career at the college as the...

New Idaho CC predicts enrollment will triple in spring.
September 7, 2009... BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The president of Idaho's newest community college says student enrollment for next spring semester is expected to triple compared to this year. Bert Glandon says the increased demand for an affordable education has been...

Internet anonymity has value, but protection not absolute.(technology today)
September 7, 2009... Have you ever been tempted to let loose online on some loud, arrogant blogger without revealing your identity? What about a public figure? Or someone in your department you're having a beef with? Venting harsh criticism anonymously is a long...

First flour, now flowers.(around campus)
September 7, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] First flour, now flowers. Johnson County Community College in Kansas students are adding to the mouthwatering tradition of a Friday pastry shop with flower sales. The college's bakery shop and flori-culture club sales...

American farmers labor every day in one of the world's most dangerous occupations.(around campus)
September 7, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] American farmers labor every day in one of the world's most dangerous occupations. The National Education Center for Agricultural Safety, founded on the Peosta campus of Northern Iowa Community College in 1997, views...

Eight community colleges from around the country have been selected to participate in the Walmart Brighter Futures Project led by the League for Innovation in the Community College.(grants & gifts)
September 7, 2009... Eight community colleges from around the country have been selected to participate in the Walmart Brighter Futures Project led by the League for Innovation in the Community College. The Walmart Foundation is providing a $3.5 million grant to...

Con Edison has completed a $50,000 grant ($25,000 per year over two years) to Westchester Community College's Gateway Center in New York.(grants & gifts)
September 7, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Con Edison has completed a $50,000 grant ($25,000 per year over two years) to Westchester Community College's Gateway Center in New York. Con Edison representatives Sandra Miller, director of public affairs, and...

A partnership between Mohave Community College and Northern Arizona University is allowing students to earn a four-year degree in elementary education without leaving the community college campus.(faculty lounge)
September 7, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A partnership between Mohave Community College and Northern Arizona University is allowing students to earn a four-year degree in elementary education without leaving the community college campus. In the spring, 16...

The Findlay-area campus of Owens Community College (Ohio) opened the 2009-10 arts season with an artistic array of masterful photography, drawings, paintings and prints produced by two members of the school's faculty.(faculty lounge)
September 7, 2009... The Findlay-area campus of Owens Community College (Ohio) opened the 2009-10 arts season with an artistic array of masterful photography, drawings, paintings and prints produced by two members of the school's faculty. The Library Gallery...

In fall 2009, Howard Community College becomes the first two-year college in the nation offering an arts and sciences associate of arts transfer degree program in public health, a dynamic field that focuses on saving lives through disease and injury prevention strategies.(faculty lounge)
September 7, 2009... In fall 2009, Howard Community College becomes the first two-year college in the nation offering an arts and sciences associate of arts transfer degree program in public health, a dynamic field that focuses on saving lives through disease and...

Tammie De Los Santos, coordinator of school-business programs at Missouri's St. Charles Community College, received the Dove Award for Educational Influence from Saint Charles Business Magazine.(honors & awards)
September 7, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Tammie De Los Santos, coordinator of school-business programs at Missouri's St. Charles Community College, received the Dove Award for Educational Influence from Saint Charles Business Magazine. The annual Dove Awards...

Javier Avila, associate professor of English at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Penn., has won the Puerto Rico Institute of Culture Award for his book of poetry, El Papel de Difunto (The Dead Man's Positon).(honors & awards)
September 7, 2009... Javier Avila, associate professor of English at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Penn., has won the Puerto Rico Institute of Culture Award for his book of poetry, El Papel de Difunto (The Dead Man's Positon). The award is an...

Alabama's Gadsden State Community College graduate Ansley Dare Justice was awarded a $3,000 scholarship from the National Federation of the Blind during the organization's annual convention in Detroit.(honors & awards)
September 7, 2009... Alabama's Gadsden State Community College graduate Ansley Dare Justice was awarded a $3,000 scholarship from the National Federation of the Blind during the organization's annual convention in Detroit. In addition, she received a $1,000 check...

Calendar.(Calendar)
September 7, 2009... Event listings are free! SEPTEMBER Sept. 21-23, 2009 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF TRANSFER STUDENTS * "Increasing Access Through Transfer" Co-Sponsored by NISTS, NASPA and APLU Albuquerque, NM ...

North Carolina's Central Piedmont Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 7, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] North Carolina's Central Piedmont Community College has announced the appointment of two new deans. Paul Koehnke has been named dean of the college's Central Campus. Koehnke joined the CPCC in 1995 as a director of...

Ohio's Terra Community College Board of Trustees.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 7, 2009... Nancy Lee Grandillo, an elementary school teacher, is the newest member of Ohio's Terra Community College Board of Trustees. Currently a sixth grade teacher with the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, ah online charter school, Grandillo has more...

Owens Community College.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 7, 2009... Owens Community College in Ohio has named Tinola Mayfield-Guerrero as the new chair of Arts and Sciences on the Findlay-area Campus. Her responsibilities will include overseeing the arts and sciences academic programs in the School of Arts and...

Advanced Technology & Education Park.(APPOINTMENTS)
September 7, 2009... Rocco J. Cifone has been appointed to the position of dean of instruction and student services at the Advanced Technology & Education Park, the newest campus of the South Orange County Community College District in Tustin, California. He has...