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Bergen Community College, Partners Launch $12M Health Care Grant

Bergen Community College announced receiving a $12 million U.S. Department of Labor grant during a Sept. 25 event in the institution’s Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center. The Bergen-led application represented one of 23 projects awarded a total of $183.8 million by the federal government during this cycle. As part of the Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based […]

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Roxbury Community College Nursing Program Loses State Approval

The nursing program at Roxbury Community College (RCC) is facing an uncertain future. This week, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing voted to withdraw its approval of the program. Officials said several deficiencies led to the move, including a lack of stability in academic leadership. According to the state, the school has appointed five administrators since […]

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CA Assembly Committee Hears Proposed Bill Centered on Reducing Community College Student Homelessness

A new bill that would work to reduce homelessness among California community college students was recently presented to the state Assembly Committee on Higher Education. The bill, AB 302, would require state community colleges to grant any homeless student who is “enrolled in coursework, has paid enrollment fees if not waived, and is in good […]

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Oakton Community College to Offer Certificate in Medical Marijuana

Oakton Community College, located in Des Plaines, Illinois, could become the first community college in the nation to offer a training program for medical marijuana. The community college is still awaiting approval for two new health care certificates, “Cannabis Dispensary and Patient Care Specialist” and “Perioperative Nursing” from the Illinois Community College Board. A third program, […]

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At Innovation Conference, Poverty Among Issues Discussed

NEW YORK—More than 1200 educators converged on the Big Apple earlier this week to discuss ways to cultivate innovation at the community college level. The League for Innovation in the Community College — an international nonprofit focused on student success and institutional excellence — used their annual conference to encourage college administrators, staff and faculty to […]

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James Sprunt Community College Hosts Food Distribution Event For Students, Faculty

Located in eastern North Carolina, James Sprunt Community College recently hosted a large food distribution event for its students, faculty and staff. As part of the grant-funded program from the non-profit organization Single Stop, James Sprunt partnered with the organization and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina to distribute pallets of food […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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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