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Northwest-Shoals to Offer Medical Sonography, Diagnostic Imaging Programs

Northwest-Shoals Community College, located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, will soon offer programs in medical sonography and diagnostic imaging in the fall in an effort to meet an increasing demand for more health care and medical courses. When Northwest-Shoals officials first discussed the possibility of adding the programs, the college surveyed students involved in health studies […]

Macomb Community College to Begin Veterinary Assistant Program in Fall 2019 Semester

Beginning in September, students at Macomb Community College can enroll in a new nine-month, noncredit veterinary assistant certificate program. The program will prepare students to be able to help care for animals in a veterinary clinic or hospital and be an important part of a veterinary health care team, according to a Macomb release. Veterinary […]

How Food From Harvard Feeds Hungry Community College Students

Lunch had just ended inside the cafeteria of Harvard University’s Annenberg Hall. Trays full of chicken, noodles and snow peas remain, and Motoy Kuno-Lewis was making sure none of it will go to waste. Each week, he and other student volunteers package 1,200 pounds of leftovers into microwaveable frozen meals. Kuno-Lewis, who studies environmental science, […]

TB Cases Stir Notices at San Diego City College, MiraCosta College Annex

San Diego County health officials are trying to reach people who may have been exposed to tuberculosis at San Diego City College and a MiraCosta College annex in Oceanside. The county Health and Human Services Agency says the cases were unrelated. One was at the MiraCosta College Community Learning Center, 1831 Mission Ave., Oceanside, with […]

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Holyoke Community College receives funds for community health worker training program

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Holyoke Community College health sciences program has just received a $1.6 million grant for health education. The money will be used to train up to 75 community health workers at the Holyoke Health Center along with community facilities in Springfield and Greenfield. “These folks can really connect with their peers in a way […]

New Hampshire Community College Opens New Lab

NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — The White Mountains Community College is celebrating an expansion. Its North Conway Academic Center has a new science lab. It will offer courses such as human anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and human biology. A massage therapy program is heading to the center for the spring semester.

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Cuomo: All N.Y. Public Colleges Will Have Food Pantries

Every State University of New York and City University of New York campus will have a food pantry or similar program by the end of the fall semester, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. The food pantries are part of Cuomo’s “No Student Goes Hungry” initiative that he announced in his 2018 State of the State […]

Hospital Offers Job to Homeless Student

HARTFORD, Conn. — Daisia Kai Walker, a 21-year-old college student who hasn’t had a steady place to sleep for months, tries to take life one day at a time. Sometimes, it all moves too fast for the aspiring criminal justice major “trying to figure out everything.” But Walker knows where she’ll be on Sept. 17 […]

GPS-Based App Helps Visually Impaired Navigate Ohio Campus

After the excitement of going back to college wore off, Patrick Simmons had to confront a reality: Getting around Columbus State Community College’s 88-acre campus wouldn’t be easy. Simmons, who is blind, couldn’t rely on a standard GPS because it wasn’t precise enough — and totally insufficient inside campus buildings. The 54-year-old also used COTA’s […]

Texas College Approved for Second Bachelor’s

Tyler Junior College is set to launch three new programs this fall, encompassing two certificate programs, two new associate’s degrees and its second bachelor’s level degree. On Monday, the college announced they have been approved to offer their second bachelor’s degree for the school’s Healthcare Technologies program. They also launched the website for a new […]

Ohio College Prepares for Testing Medical Marijuana

As Hocking College prepares to start testing medical marijuana in its new laboratory, administrators plan to offer related courses to students interested in cannabis and other fields requiring laboratory research skills. “We are getting a lot of inquiries about laboratory sciences in general, and specifically about cannabis laboratory technicians,” Hocking College President Betty Young said. […]

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Colorado College Will Offer 4-Year Nursing Degree

Front Range Community College will soon offer a bachelor’s degree in nursing, according to a news release. The program is intended to help meet a growing need for skilled health care providers in Colorado, while offering students an affordable route to a job in their home state. At a meeting July 12, the State Board […]

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