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National Nurses Week: “Angels in Comfortable Shoes”

May 5, 2026

Each spring we pause to recognize one of the most extraordinary components of our college communities—our Heroes of the Heart; nursing faculty and students. This metaphor was forged to honor the heroic efforts of nurses across the country who brought all of us safely through the pandemic. May is National Nurses Month, but the American Nurses Association has designated May…

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National Nurses Week: The Heart of Healthcare

May 8, 2025

In 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…

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A Holiday Season of Gratitude

December 16, 2024

This holiday season marks a time of change and transition on both personal and national levels. While uncertainty is sometimes a concomitant of change, it is the resilience and unity of our collective community spirit that keeps us strong. As we close another challenging year, it is more important than ever to celebrate the remarkable work that powers our nation’s…

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Emeritus Professionals: A Legacy of Wisdom

May 20, 2024

May is a busy month in the community college world, marking the end of the academic year. It is a time devoted to celebrating not only our students as scholars, athletes and leaders, but also our faculty and staff. To that end, CCBC recently recognized eight retiring colleagues at an annual Emeritus Induction Ceremony where we honored the community college tradition…

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National Nurses Week: Honoring Our Heroes of the Heart

May 7, 2024

Community colleges across the country have joined the American Nurses Association in honoring America’s 5 million registered nurses during National Nurses Week. Given the nature of the community college, I have a favorite phrase that I like to use for moments like these: “Everything we do is workforce development.” I think this is true whether we are educating accountants, cyber…

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Community College Journals Reflect a Community of Scholars

March 19, 2024

Many pedagogical achievements have been born in the prolific incubators of community college classrooms. Faculty and staff have transformed these big ideas about teaching and learning into practical applications now mirrored in community college classrooms across the country. After reading the third volume of CCBC’s own journal, TALES: Teaching and Learning Excellence Through Scholarship, I am reminded of the invaluable…

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Women’s History Month: Leaders in Higher Education

March 11, 2024

In 1987 as a junior administrator at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, I spent a week in Phoenix, Arizona at a Leaders Seminar sponsored by the American Association for Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) under the guidance of two sheros: Dr. Mildred Bulpitt and Dr. Carolyn Desjardins. The strength of that experience lay in the exposure to these two…

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