Articles from Community College Week (August 24, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A self-described "unlikely" poet laureate, Kay Ryan is gearing up for her second term as the nation's poet laureate.			224
Amy Fugate, vice president for academic affairs at Mott Community College in Michigan, has been elected to serve as an at-large member on the Board of Directors of the National Council of Instructional Administrators.			107
Arizona college seeking 100 new instructors.			83
Ark. college can issue bonds for purchase of health building.			128
Ark. sees dip in rate of college enrollment among HS grads.			142
Berkeley College.			117
Calendar.		Calendar	382
Campus violence placing premium on safety measures, surveillance gear.	Zagier, Alan Scher		412
Cash infusion helping colleges expand offerings; Calif. grant program to help guardsmen attend college.			125
Cash infusion helping colleges expand offerings; grants to help pay for two-year Ind. college programs.			100
Cash infusion helping colleges expand offerings; Miss. college gets $2m grant to boost student retention.			119
Cash infusion helping colleges expand offerings; Va. college gets $720,000 to work on hybrid vehicles.			127
Colleges struggle: to keep head above water as wave of students arrive.	Bradley, Paul		716
Congratulations: 2009 NISOD Excellence Awards recipients.			4514
Dawn E. Langley, dean of general education and developmental studies at Piedmont Community College in North Carolina, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research at the universities in Islamabad, Pakistan during the 2009 academic year, according to the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.			192
Education turf war set off by Michigan colleges' effort to offer 4-year degrees.	Goodman, David N.		741
Federal stimulus funds allow Va. to limit tuition hike to 5 percent.	Sampson, Zinie Chen		530
Fund would repay students if for profit schools close.			109
Half of La. school districts to skip 'career' diploma.			90
Historic downturn, unprecedented opportunity: Obama's community college plan elicits both praise and concern.	Bradley, Paul		2423
Idaho college partners with tribe to create business degree.			113
Ill. man accused of ID theft with college computer.			108
In these tough economic times, Colorado community colleges have experienced hardship from state budget reductions and corporate sponsorships falling behind, leaving a deficit that affects the college's students, programs and staff.			108
Indian River State College in Florida has been awarded a $3.9 million grant by the federal Economic Development Administration to develop a new Center for Competitive Economics and Entrepreneurship.			129
Indiana report says financial aid is out of reach of adult students.	Kusmer, Ken		443
Ivy Tech lab to focus on advanced manufacturing.			102
Ivy tech renting space in Muncie to handle growth.			125
Like personal computers, digital cameras continue to advance.	Goldsborough, Reid		793
Lone Star College System.			382
Maya Durnovo, dean of economic and workforce development at Houston Community College's Spring Branch and Katy campuses, has been awarded the Carl M. Nelson Administrative Leadership Award for 2009 by the Texas Association of Community Colleges.			201
Miss. Coast tourism officials enlist students for survey.			111
New GI Bill sending thousands of veterans back to classrooms.	Hefling, Kimberly		996
Only public college in DC opens new CC, reinvented school.			377
Pensacola businesswoman Jan Miller is a longtime supporter of Florida's Pensacola Junior College both with her time and monetary gifts and the college was pleased to announce her additional legacy gift of $1 million.			107
PPG Industries Automotive Refinish representatives visited Corning Community College's Airport Corporate Park Auto Body facility in Big Flats, N. Y., to demonstrate state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly PPG Envirobase[R] High Performance waterborne coatings system.			144
President Obama and community colleges: the needs will only increase.	Katsinas, Stephen G.		1253
Report prompts questions over Iowa job training plan.	Glover, Mike		462
Students from Elaine Adams' Introduction to Psychology class offered at Houston Community College Spring Branch volunteered at the Bread of Life Ministries at St. John's Downtown Church.			284
Task force begins work to improve college access.			84
Texas college tuition fund going broke.			454
The Fisher Building, a downtown Muncie, Ind., landmark and former world headquarters for Ball Corp., has been donated to the Ivy Tech Foundation for use by Ivy Tech Community College.			119
The National Great Rivers Research and Education Center at Lewis & Clark Community College is welcoming a group of Chinese scientists to exchange information and expertise related to large rivers.			151
Washington state program opens high-tech world to deaf students.	Thompson, Lynn		1061
Washington's Clark College automotive professor Mike Godson was named Educator of the Year during the 2009 North American Council of Automotive Teachers Conference.		Conference news	150
Wyoming community college budget cuts outlined.	Gruver, Mead		448