Changing lives a continent away
Tanzania is one of the largest countries in Africa, but almost half of its 51.8 million people live on less than $1.90 per day, and 54 percent of its rural areas lack access to water. …
Sustainability
Funding roundup
In Illinois, students and instructors involved in Highland Community College’s agriculture program were on hand to receive $5,000 from Vita Plus Corporation. The donation will support the dairy judging program and the purchase of feed…
New England colleges team to aid green workforce
Four colleges in three New England states are working together to train students and make it easier for them to create programs for their region’s growing green building and resilient design industries. Associated PressCopyright 2018…
Pitching their passion projects
Danial Nasr Azadani is passionate about his work. The work? Saving lives. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of AACC’s Community College Journal.More Posts – Website
Colleges save money on energy
Faced with declining public funds and less tuition revenue because of lagging enrollments, many community colleges are looking for ways to curb spending to balance their books. One area that several colleges have focused on…
Funding roundup
In Kentucky, Big Sandy Community and Technical College (BSCTC) met its youngest donor in school history. Eight-month-old Laila Rani Slone Varia joined her family to make a $15,101 donation to the East Kentucky Science Center…
The next generation of STEM innovators
What do the digital fabrication of a house to help alleviate homelessness and using viruses to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria have in common? They are among the projects that 10 selected community college teams will continue…
Poised for a booming construction industry
The construction technology lab area at the North Lake College West Campus in Texas is a bustling, warehouse-sized building teeming with students, practicing their skills in different areas of the program. Cesar Canizalesis associate director…