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Dear Friends, With the holidays now upon us, we may find ourselves feeling nostalgic about cherished time spent with family and friends. As you reminisce about seasons’ past, partake of this year’s festivities, and ponder the possibilities that lie ahead, I wish you abundant happiness and peace during this holiday season. And, I find no better way to end the…
Continue readingThe generation raised on television’s CSI dramas and sophisticated detective work brings a much more mature awareness of the world of violence and crime than the more simple “shoot-em-up” cop shows of the past. Recently, 80 high school freshmen and sophomores from four local high schools descended on CCBC Dundalk to grapple with the substantive issues of civics and law. …
Continue readingAt CCBC, it has become a truism that 21st century students need a 21st century education and skills to prepare for 21st century jobs; and, they need 21st century models to achieve these goals. We recently held a press conference at CCBC to celebrate one of the best of those 21st century models: the Baltimore County College Promise Scholarship program. …
Continue readingEach year I have the privilege of presiding over CCBC’s Graduation Ceremony held under a massive tent on the lawn of our Essex campus. With a capacity to hold 5,000, the tent overflowed with guests gathered to honor and celebrate their very own graduate, often the first in the family to earn a college degree. Grandmothers, babies, moms, dads and…
Continue readingOn June 1, 2019, CCBC will graduate 3,249 students, representing hundreds of new nurses, accountants, educators, counselors, computer technicians, and almost any other profession you might name. These graduates are well prepared to enter the workplace or move on to one of our four-year partners to finish the credentialing job with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or Ph.D. Our faculty…
Continue readingSpring is among the best times of the year at any college because almost everyday we get to celebrate students, athletes, scholars, service, honor recipients…all the way up to Commencement. So it was with both pride and pleasure that I welcomed 400 of our academic elite at the recent Student Awards Banquet. Here at CCBC we often say that our…
Continue readingAs Virginia Senator Tim Kaine accepted the National Education Service Award at this year’s National Legislative Summit, he described education as “the great lifter and the great leveler.” These words speak to the heart of the open door mission of America’s community colleges, serving the 12 million Americans who fill our classrooms each year. The theme of “Diversity, Equity and…
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