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For decades, Thanksgiving has offered us a day to celebrate and to reflect on our many blessings. However, this year, this familiar holiday may just serve as a much-needed respite from the unusual level of divisiveness and political rancor that has permeated our everyday existence for months. All of higher education has donned battle gear to wrestle not only with…
Continue readingAs we make our way through the longest government shutdown we have yet experienced, we in the community college world occupy an unwelcome front row seat as direct witness to the impact on many of our students and employees. Roughly 85 percent of all community college students come from economically challenged areas; thus their lives are often financially challenged. While…
Continue readingMay is both the best of times and the worst of times in the community college world. This lovely spring month ushers in final exam week with its usual rush to grade papers and submit final grades along with some of the best reasons to celebrate any community college professional could hope for. So all that stress translates into a…
Continue readingIn April we celebrated community colleges; in May we celebrate one important segment of our college community, i.e. our Heroes of the Heart: our Nursing faculty and Nursing students. In short, these special people are made up of equal parts compassion, knowledge, discipline and grace. At CCBC, we could not be more proud to join our colleagues across the country…
Continue readingApril is Community College Month, a time to reflect on the transformative power of our sector. This year we do so amid a confusing national climate that feels a bit like the early days of the COVID Pandemic. Rallying despite the stress, we did some of our best work back in those days. As we navigate the current political cross…
Continue readingApril is the month to celebrate Administrative Professionals Day, and so, on behalf of all of us who depend upon the skill of our office staff, I share a message of genuine gratitude and appreciation. We all recognize that every member of a college community plays a specific role in keeping the gears that run both classrooms and offices well-greased….
Continue readingInstitutions across the nation celebrate Women’s History Month by honoring generations of women who refused to accept barriers, led with courage and dedicated their careers to improving their world. And they did all of this while working to inspire and prepare those who would come after. This is a saga that is definitely true for those of us in higher…
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