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Centennial College: Supporting Academic Freedom Through Global Scholars at Risk Network
October 2011 Count all 714
It's a sad fact that regressive regimes often target scholars and restrict academic freedoms by inhibiting research, publication, teaching, and learning in an attempt to restrain access to information and new ideas.
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Cañada College: Focus on STEM Education
September 2011 Count all 819
Cañada College in Redwood City, California, is a member of the California Community College System and is one of three colleges in the San Mateo County Community College District. The student body is genuinely multicultural, with Hispanic students as the largest single group. During 2009-2010, the college enrolled 10,451 unique students and 4,982 full-time equivalent students.
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Georgian College: Centre for Health and Wellness to Provide State-of-the-Art Health Sciences and Clinical Facility
August 2011 Count all 742
Students, staff, and the entire Barrie community have a lot to look forward to this fall at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, as construction progresses on the Centre for Health and Wellness.
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Mt. Hood Community College: Blending Health Care and High Tech for New Program
Todd Schwartz June 2011 Count all 785
A nationwide mandate for electronic health records means the days of paper charts in the doctor's office are numbered—and a multitude of new jobs are available. That manila folder your doctor carries into the exam room, full of papers and charts containing your medical history, is on the way to being as long gone as the house call. The new age of health care requires much faster and easier sharing of information between providers, so medical records are rapidly becoming, like your financial records, part of a secure electronic database.
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Miami Dade College: MDC Launches Culinary Institute
May 2011 Count all 758
With Miami's emerging culinary scene—one known for fusing a mélange of cultures and tastes into bold and unique creations—comes the need for the training and education of the people conceptualizing and serving up the newest and latest dishes.
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South Seattle Community College: Students Given the Gift of Tuition-Free Education
April 2011 Count all 627
Cheers erupted from more than 200 stunned Chief Sealth International High School seniors as they absorbed the news that a free year of college is in their future.  South Seattle Community College (South) President Gary Oertli caught the assembled Class of 2011 by surprise with his announcement that the college's 13th Year Promise Scholarship has been expanded to Chief Sealth.
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Tulsa Community College: New Businesses Launch From Entrepreneur Program
March 2011 Count all 696
"In designing Launch, it was important to us that program participants understand the steps that make a successful startup and to physically take their startup idea on that journey," said Tom McKeon, Tulsa Community College (TCC) President. "Oklahoma is one of the most active states for entrepreneurial activity.
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Chandler-Gilbert Community College: Developing the Digital Technologist for the New Millennium
February 2011 Count all 688
Engineering instructors from across the United States will flock to Chandler-Gilbert Community College (CGCC) over the next three years to learn state-of-the-art technology thanks to a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CGCC received the Advanced Technology Education grant, "Developing the Digital Technologist for the New Millennium," in partnership with the University of New Mexico.
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Wallace State Community College: State-of-the-Art Advanced Visualization Center
October 2010 Count all 703
Wallace State Community College in Hanceville recently celebrated the grand opening of its Advanced Visualization Center. The Advanced Visualization Center is a comprehensive state-of-the-art learning center for developing and implementing innovative, engaging curricula for education and workforce development.
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Owens Community College: New Renewable Energy Technology
Brad Meyer September 2010 Count all 661
Area residents recently received a firsthand look at Owens Community College's new renewable energy technology on the Findlay-area campus as the academic institution officially unveiled a new solar array and wind turbine during a community dedication in partnership with GreaterFindlayInc. "Owens Community College is committed to providing area residents leading-edge academic resources and programming within the growing field of alternative and renewable energy," said Dr.
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Santa Fe College: Supporting the Troops, Operation CarePak
June 2010 Count all 664
Many colleges and universities across the United States have lost students called up for military service in Iraq or Afghanistan, and Santa Fe College (SFC) is no exception. In April of 2003, Sgt. John Travis Rivero was killed at the age of 23 in a Humvee accident in the Iraqi desert. Three months later, Sgt.
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Cayuga Community College: Reviving the Entrepreneurial Spark
May 2010 Count all 747
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Sinclair Community College: Workforce Development, Driving Success in the New Economy
April 2010 Count all 878
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Suffolk County Community College: College Success Program, Pathway for Underprepared Students
March 2010 Count all 717
Suffolk County Community College, the largest multicampus community college in the State University of New York system, serves over 24,000 students. Among the entering first-time, full-time students, 60 percent need developmental courses in at least one of the three areas—reading, writing, and mathematics—before they can pursue various degrees.
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Western Nebraska Community College: WNCC Serves Cabela's Across the Nation
February 2010 Count all 806
Cabela's Inc., with headquarters in Sidney, Nebraska, is known across the United States as "the world's foremost outfitter."  So in 2003, when corporate leaders and former Western Nebraska Community College President Dr. John Harms were looking at how WNCC could effectively provide quality training and advanced continuing education to Cabela's employees across the nation, the first Corporate Academy at WNCC was formed.
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