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Dear Friends of Tri-C,
At Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) we value our strong relationships with our civic and community leaders, and have developed this e-newsletter to share information with you.
We hope this information is helpful to you. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions, or to offer feedback.
Sincerely,
Claire Rosacco Vice President for Government Relations and Community Outreach
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92 employers and more than 1,000 job seekers attend Tri-C job fair
Tri-C Career Centers offer FREE career services to students and the community
Ninety-two employers and more than 1,000 job seekers attended Cuyahoga Community College's (Tri-C) annual Spring job fair March 29.
The job fair is one of many free events organized by Tri-C's Career Centers to help connect students and community members with potential employers. More... |
Senator Brown visits
Tri-C to urge Congress to lower subsidized Stafford loan rates
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown hosted a news conference April 15 at Cuyahoga Community College to urge Congress to block a rate hike for federally subsidized Stafford loans that would double the 3.4 percent interest rate to 6.4 percent beginning on July 1.
Untaya Miller, a Tri-C law enforcement student, also joined Brown to urge repeal of the interest rate hike. More... |
Tri-C Pilots Innovative Math Curriculum
Tri-C is one of eight community colleges nationally participating in
QuantwayTM, in partnership with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which pilots techniques to improve student success in developmental mathematics and collects and uses evidence of factors that contribute to their success.
Quantway allows students who are not in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs to select an accelerated pathway through developmental mathematics that applies mathematics and numerical reasoning skills to real-world issues.
View a recent Tri-C Times article on this innovative program here.
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Tri-C offers free dental care for children at "Give Kids a Smile Day"
Tri-C's dental hygiene and dental assisting students, staff and community dental volunteers provided free dental screenings to children without dental insurance at the annual "Give Kids a Smile Day", April 14.
View a two minute video featuring highlights from the day.
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Need Resources on College Financial Aid to Share with Your Community?
As government and community leaders, you may encounter questions from constitutents or community members regarding the availability of financial aid resources for college and post-secondary training. Follow this link to a series of informational videos on college financial aid - please feel free to share these resources. |
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Opened in 1963, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) is Ohio's first community college and remains the state's largest, serving more than 52,000 students each year. More than 900,000 county residents have come through Tri-C's doors.
The college offers two-year associate degrees, certificate programs, and the first two years of a baccalaureate degree. The curriculum includes over 1,000 credit courses in more than 140 career, certificate and university transfer programs.
Courses are offered at four campus locations, two Corporate College facilities, many off-campus sites, and via television and the Internet.
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Office of Government Relations & Community Outreach
Claire Rosacco, Vice President
700 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115
(216) 406-8821 [email protected]
Stephanie Franz, Government Affairs Liaison
700 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216) 987-3499
[email protected]
www.tri-c.edu
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