Articles by Tabitha Whissemore

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Montgomery County Community College’s (MCCC) Challenger Learning Center will continue to provide immersive STEM education thanks to new $500,000 federal grant. The funding, secured by U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean and Sen. John Fetterman, will support…


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Drake State Community and Technical College recently celebrated a $5 million gift from the E. Hart Fund — the single largest donation in the college’s history — made in honor of the late Ellenae Fairhurst….


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Wake Technical Community College in North Carolina will re-name a building at its Southern Wake Campus the Kellie J. Falk Center for Building Technologies in recognition of a $1 million gift from Falk, a local…




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The Duke Energy Foundation is investing $600,000 to strengthen North Carolina’s energy workforce, including $500,000 for 20 North Carolina community colleges and $100,000 for two regional partners expanding access to high-demand training programs aligned with…



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San Diego City College’s (SDCC) nursing education program will use nearly $2 million through the state’s Rebuilding Nursing Infrastructure Program to expand nursing education capacity and address critical healthcare workforce shortages across California. The grant…



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Ellen and Joe Checota and Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) announced recently the launch of the largest scholarship program in MATC history. The Second Ellen & Joe Checota MATC Scholarship Program will provide $15 million…