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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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Central Ohio Technical College: Lifelong Learning Institute
Steven Nyeste November 2012 Count all 833
Many students can reflect back on college as a time of personal and educational growth, but through the Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) of Central Ohio Technical College (COTC), this opportunity for growth goes beyond the traditional college years.
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Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City: Collaboration With Global IT Giant to Develop Talent
October 2012 Count all 789
Cerner Corporation, a global health information company with headquarters in North Kansas City, has roughly 10,000 employees and licenses health information solutions to more than 9,000 facilities worldwide. Now in its fourth decade, the company has an annual revenue of $1.9 billion—and there is no slow-down in sight. To meet the workforce needs of current and future growth in the constantly transforming industry of digital medical records, Cerner needs a constant pipeline of sharp, skilled prospective employees.
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Cuyamaca College: Cuyamaca Takes the Lead in Water/Wastewater Technology
October 2012 Count all 814
In southern California, no resource is more precious than water. After years of drought and water sources from northern California drying up, saving every possible drop of water has become increasingly important. Cuyamaca College's water/wastewater technology program is addressing this vital issue and providing job training for what is sure to be a growing field as more residents and businesses look for ways to save water while irrigating their landscaping.
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Lone Star College-University Park: LSC Students and Innovation Win National Attention
September 2012 Count all 804
Lone Star College (LSC)-University Park's investment in students and innovation recently paid big dividends as its students and advisor won the 2012 National Education Startup Challenge with their entry known as the Educational Positioning System (EPS).
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Housatonic Community College: HCC Unveils New Program for Advanced Manufacturing Center
August 2012 Count all 793
Housatonic Community College (HCC), in Bridgeport, CT, has unveiled a two-certificate Advanced Manufacturing Program at the college's new regional advanced manufacturing center. The program, which is currently accepting applications for the fall 2012 semester, will prepare students for advanced manufacturing positions that include machine operator, Computer Numeric Control (CNC) operator, CNC programmer, assembler, and quality control inspector, positions that can pay in the $15-20 range.
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Central Wyoming College: Regional Law Enforcement Officers Use Rural Justice Training Center at CWC
Carolyn Aanestad July 2012 Count all 762
Law enforcement officers and first responders from throughout the region are using the training opportunities at the Rural Justice Training Center (RJTC) at Central Wyoming College (CWC).
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Tallahassee Community College: Community Connections Become Part of Developmental Studies Strategy
Carmy Greenwood July 2012 Count all 724
Tallahassee Community College (TCC) has been awarded funding from Campus Compact to pilot a program designed to help community college students stay in school and ultimately graduate. The opportunity has excited faculty and staff of the college, which serves more than 15,000 students in Florida's capital city."This builds directly on what we are already doing to support college completion," said TCC President Jim Murdaugh.
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