Learning to take a STEM idea to scale
Barrett Williams could hardly believe it. Last semester, he was in an Engineering 101 course at Ohlone College in Freemont, California, when he joined a team of students that wanted to participate in a National…
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In photos: The Community College Innovation Challenge
Last week, teams comprised of students and mentors from 10 selected community colleges traveled to the Washington, D.C., area to, in part, learn how to pitch innovative STEM projects they developed. The Community College Innovation…
Developing STEM innovators and potential careers
Central Lakes College in Minnesota plans to leverage mobile technology to help the families of active military and veterans deal with stress. Forsyth Technical Community College in North Carolina is testing a type of light…
AACC news & notes
Editor’s note: The monthly AACC Letter, which was previously sent to members of the American Association of Community Colleges via email, is now AACC News & Notes, and will be published in CC Daily the…
The power of good mentors
As she shared the promising results of her biomaterials research, Jin Kim Montclare dazzled her audience at the 2017 Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigators Conference with stories about the educators who mentored her and…
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
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…
The ins and outs of a STEM entrepreneur
On March 30, Daniel DeAvila, 24, and Gabriel DeAvila, 21, received a check for $17 from the first customer of U-Labs, the business they proposed this winter for the inaugural Entrepreneurial & Innovation Challenge at…
Commentary: The challenge of a lifetime
This excerpt comes from the American Association of Community Colleges’ 21st-Century Center. I was fortunate enough to be part of a team at Tulsa Community College that competed in the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC),…