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Germanna Community College: Serving While Learning, Students Apply Engineering Concepts to Benefit the Community
Davyda M. Hammond and Shashuna Gray July 2013 Count all 743
How do we engage students in meaningful, community service activities that reinforce classroom learning? Germanna Community College (GCC), in northern Virginia, makes a dedicated effort to engage in programs and support activities that help students connect classroom knowledge with community needs and service learning. GCC engineering students participated in the local CANstruction competition held January 18-21, 2013, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The event was held as one of many National Day of Service events in tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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2012-2013 Year in Review
July 2013 Count all 797
The League for Innovation recognized and highlighted many outstanding programs, events, and achievements by its member colleges in the League Alliance Member Spotlight, a segment in our monthly newsletter—League Connections. Colleges showcased in this year's Member Spotlight included:
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Neosho County Community College: If You Build It, They Will Come
June 2013 Count all 792
Neosho County Community College (NCCC) was recognized at the Community College Futures Assembly annual meeting held January 31, 2011, in Orlando, Florida, as a finalist in the Planning, Governance, and Finance category, sponsored by Council for Resource Development. The presentation, titled, "If You Build It, They Will Come," highlighted the construction of the Ottawa Campus completed in nine months using no state or local tax dollars.
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Salem Community College: Meeting Industry Needs With Unique Programs
Chuck Erhardt June 2013 Count all 831
Salem Community College (SCC) is meeting the need for unique and high-demand careers, regionally and nationally. Located in Carneys Point, New Jersey, SCC offers two-year degrees in Scientific Glass Technology and Nuclear Energy Technology which support industry's need for employees with specialized skills.
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Phoenix College: Math Professor Innovates for the YouTube Generation
May 2013 Count all 894
Reach students where they live—on social media. Practice makes perfect. Show it, don't just tell it. Finances should not be a barrier to education.
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Helena College University of Montana: Access to Success
May 2013 Count all 789
Kristin Grue doesn't teach a typical high school English class, and maybe it's because she doesn't teach in a high school, or to typical students. Grue is a teacher for the Access to Success program at Helena College University of Montana. The program aims to re-engage youth who have dropped out of high school, by bringing them to college.
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Iowa Western Community College: Iowa Western Partners With Leading Robotics Integrator
April 2013 Count all 892
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Snead State Community College: Honoring the Past While Planning for the Future
April 2013 Count all 982
Snead State Community College has been educating students in the small town of Boaz, Alabama, since 1898. To celebrate its history and prepare for its future, the college recently completed a $7 million renovation project of the Administration Building. Originally designed by Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris of Philadelphia beginning in 1921, the neoclassical style building is the oldest, most architecturally significant, and most cherished building on campus.
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Brookdale Community College: Brookdale Community Foundation Comes up BIG
March 2013 Count all 759
As part of its ongoing mission to develop and manage private philanthropic support for the college, the Brookdale Community College Foundation secured a $100,000 donation from a new donor (who wishes to remain anonymous) to augment institutional and Foundation funding of the Brookdale Innovation Grant (BIG) program. The donation will be allocated at $10,000 annually for ten years.
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Butler Community College: Early College Health Sciences Academy
March 2013 Count all 791
South-Central Kansas high school students interested in careers in health-care professions have found a low-cost, high impact way to get a head start on their college education. The Butler Community College Early College Health Science Academy (ECHSA) offers an exceptional opportunity for students to integrate the last two years of high school with the first two years of college.
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Nebraska Indian Community College: A Positive Step
Mark Gordon February 2013 Count all 787
What does it mean to live a better life? There is some truth in that we all may define this somewhat differently, and as individuals these definitions may even change throughout the cycle of life, but what are the commonalities? Most would say happiness and a positive outlook are key ingredients to living a better life; however, having a means to support yourself and your family is essential.
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North Iowa Area Community College: Entrepreneur for a Day
December 2012 Count all 810
Kelly Ward and Samuel Scott work diligently as a team, creating their company's new flat screen televisions. Talking about the details as they assemble tiny parts, the two act as if they own the place. Today, they do. These fifth grade students from Charles City, Iowa, have become something for a day that many students don't even have on their spelling tests: an entrepreneur.
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Heartland Community College: The Cornerstone Project, Developing a Meaningful Gen Ed Outcomes Assessment Culture
December 2012 Count all 803
Heartland Community College (Heartland) in Normal, Illinois, has taken a progressive approach to General Education Program assessment. Typically, colleges develop standard program outcomes, generate rubrics for measuring those outcomes, ask faculty to use the rubrics and share results, and then report results that demonstrate student performance.
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Columbia Gorge Community College: Responding to Workforce Needs, CGCC Leads the Way in Rural Oregon
Abigail Brown December 2012 Count all 831
What is the role of higher education in our world today? Some say universities and colleges should prepare students to think and research critically. Others proclaim that institutions need to mold future citizens of the world. But there is one thing people agree on—schools of higher learning are supposed to ready individuals to fill the workforce needs of tomorrow. Columbia Gorge Community College (CGCC), in north-central Oregon, has been ahead of the curve in stabilizing the fragile economy for the last decade.
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Phoenix College: New One-Stop Enrollment Center Goes High Tech, High Touch
November 2012 Count all 944
When the doors opened to the Phoenix College Hannelly One-Stop Enrollment Center on January 3, 2012, a new era of student services at the flagship institution of the Maricopa Community Colleges was launched.
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