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Life Elevation Skills: A Community Partnership to Reduce Barriers to Housing
David Throgmorton, Kathryn Murray April 2007
Volume: 2 Issue: 4
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Our rural county is defined by poverty. Fifty years ago Del Norte County, California, was awash in timber money and fishing money, but the big timber is gone and the coastal waters are fished out. One sad consequence of jobs that require little education is that machines can replace the people who used to do the hard work, and that has happened here.
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An Unusual Attraction: A Zoo on Campus
Julie Garrett March 2007
Volume: 2 Issue: 3
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Most community colleges attract their students locally. But Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida, has one program so unique and prestigious, it draws 50 percent of its students from out of state. In fact, students have come from as far away as Switzerland and Japan. This program has a 12- to 18-month waiting list and requires 1,800 hours of physical labor. Students will get nipped and scratched, dig ditches, trim trails, and sweat through a five-month, 90-degrees-plus Florida summer. And they won't care, because they'll be doing what they love.
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Art in the Corporate Community
Susan Breault February 2007
Volume: 2 Issue: 2
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Pizza and cake are normal daily fare in the Foster Corporation's lunchroom. The pizza may be edible, but the cake is part of a work of art, Let Them Eat Cake, by 2006 Quinebaug Valley Community College graduate Jennifer Kuszaj of Danielson, Connecticut. Foster Corporation is a full-service material solutions company serving medical device, pharmaceutical delivery, and biotechnology companies with extremely precise polymer technologies.
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Celebrating Publishing in the Pines Montgomery College Offers a Festival a Home
Cliff Hudder, Alicia Bankston January 2007
Volume: 2 Issue: 1
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On a Mission Where can inexperienced and aspiring authors explore the business of publishing, chat with editors of small presses, learn the grassroots steps of publication, and obtain advice from successful authors? For several years in the Texas Gulf Coast region, that place was the Texas Writers and Publishers Festival, presented annually at the Walden Yacht Club by the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council.
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Diego Rivera's Pan American Unity
William Maynez December 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 12
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City College of San Francisco (CCSF) is home to a world treasure called Pan American Unity, a mural by the famous Mexican artist Diego Rivera. This true fresco was painted locally as a gift for the college in 1940 at Treasure Island's Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE).
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No Mausoleum This! The Kalamazoo Valley Museum and Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Tom Thinnes November 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 11
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"Anyone who sees a difference between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either one." So said cultural historian and communications theorist Marshall McLuhan. Inspired by his vision, Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) in Southwest Michigan decided to accept the recommendation of a citizens committee and assume the governance of a regional museum of history, science, and technology.
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Montgomery County Community College: Cultural Center for Writers
Melissa Caviston, Raina Davison, Lee Doty, Traci Ginnona October 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 10
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This November, hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and community members, as well as budding writers from nearby cities and states, will once again journey to Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) in the Philadelphia suburb of Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, for the Eleventh Writers' Club Conference. Begun in 1988, the conference lasts from one to three days and includes a keynote presentation, workshops, panels, agent appointments, and other features for writers in many disciplines.
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Artrain USA: Connecting to the Community
Kevin Pollock, Linda R. Boitos September 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 9
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In conducting an economic and intrinsic impact study for the Ludington Area Arts Council, West Shore Community College in Scottville, Michigan, has found a distinctive way to connect and work with the local community. The college, located in rural northwest lower Michigan, has a service area of approximately 60,000 people. The area, hard hit by Michigan's slow economic recovery, relies on tourism as a major part of its economy.
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After the Storms: One College's Response to Hurricane Victims
Gary Honnert August 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 8
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Twenty-five students and faculty from Sinclair Community College (OH) gave up their leisure plans for Memorial Day weekend to build a Habitat for Humanity home as part of Blitz Week in and around Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The build site was not far from the worst damage from Hurricane Katrina.
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Embracing Tradition, Celebrating Success: Home Craft Days
Melissa L. Potter July 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 7
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It happens every October: The campus of Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, bustles with activity amid crowds of people. The sound of old-time and bluegrass music echoes through the mountains overlooking the school, while the smell of comfort food permeates the air around it. Yes, it must be that time of year again, time for Home Craft Days in southwestern Virginia.
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Keeping Education Affordable by Teaching Financial Literacy
Kathy Johnson June 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 6
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It is common knowledge that income directly corresponds to education. It is also common knowledge that community colleges provide affordable education. As federal education funding continues to be cut, though, the question becomes, "How can community colleges keep education affordable?" At Wright College (IL), the answer is, "Teach financial literacy."
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Art at the Heart of Overland Park
Julie Haas May 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 5
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Whether they inspire contemplative reflection or provoke searing social comment, the arts are opportunities for growth. A painting, a dance, a musical passage reveal something about ourselves, our community, and our world that we didn't know before. Not just beautiful or provocative, the arts are, at heart, educational.
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Responding to Community Needs: The Century College Dental Institute
Mary Morales April 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 4
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Faculty members in the dental programs at Century College (MN) have always emphasized to students that community involvement is part of their professional responsibility. As part of its efforts to provide access to dental care for those experiencing oral health disparities, the college established the Century College Dental Institute (CCDI). The CCDI is committed to making a positive difference in the oral health care system through service to underserved populations and the education of dental professionals. 
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Inclusive Mission, Inclusive Music: The Virginia Mountain Music Festival
Boo Browning March 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 3
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Almost heaven. At least, that's what folks attending the annual Virginia Mountain Music Festival near Richlands, Virginia, are inclined to think. The festival, a 30-year-old tradition, is held on the campus of Southwest Virginia Community College, nestled at the foot of the Clinch Mountains on 185 acres of hills and rolling valleys.
Tags: Economic Development, Administrative Services, Alternative Funding, Innovations
The Crile Archives: From a Closet to a Center for History Education
James Banks, Al Zavar February 2006
Volume: 1 Issue: 2
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In the Spring of 1944, the U.S. War Department opened Crile General Hospital on a 150-acre campus in the village of Parma, Ohio. It would be one of 60 such general hospitals in "the zone of the interior." The hospital was named in honor of General George Washington Crile (1864-1943), a pioneering surgeon and officer in the Army Medical Corps. General Crile took the first American surgical team to France during World War I. Upon returning from war and as a result of these experiences, he and three colleagues founded the now world famous Cleveland Clinic.   
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