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January 2, 2014
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Get Real Estate Credentials Through MCC Credit-Free Programs (December 24, 2013) - Investors and people looking to become licensed to sell real estate can build their knowledge and credentials through real estate courses offered by Manchester Community College Credit-Free Programs... |
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Winter Arts Festival Opening Reception (December 11, 2013) - Manchester Community College will present the Winter Arts Festival featuring student art exhibits, vocal and musical performances by MCC vocal and instrumental groups. Student paintings, sculptures, ceramics and photography will be displayed. The Fine Art Student Exhibition opening of the Winter Arts Festival will be held on December 13 at 6pm in the Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery... |
The Hartford Guardian - CREC to Offer Program that Explores Diversity (December 24, 2013) - Exploring Diversity through Aquaculture, an inter-district grant program operated by CREC since 1999, is currently accepting applications for the 2014 season. EDA offers students the opportunity to take a semester-long science course that is offered by CREC in conjunction with Manchester Community College... |
Hartford Courant - MCC Grants Alumnus Award (December 29, 2013) - As part of the yearlong celebration of Manchester Community College's 50th birthday, the MCC Foundation hosted a celebratory Homecoming and Hall of Fame reception Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the Culinary Arts Center. The 2013 Alumnus of the Year Award was presented to Tina Carnelli, Class of 1998... |
Hartford Courant - Getting His Caffeine Fix (December 20, 2013) - Trevor Troy, of Hebron, takes a break before donning a Dunkin Donuts iced coffee costume at the XL Center before a UConn men's game against Stanford Wednesday night. Troy, a student at Manchester Community College, works part-time for Big Fish Promotions... |
Hartford Business Journal - Movers & Shakers (December 17, 2013) - MCC Foundation appoints two board members The Manchester Community College Foundation has appointed Peter H. Grose and Paul H. Mounds to its board of directors. Grose is president and CEO of Manchester's Fuss & O'Neill. He has also served on the Manchester Road Race Development Committee for the past three years. Mounds is an accountant at MCC, where he has worked for the past 20 years... |
Hartford Courant - Manchester CC Turns 50 (December 15, 2013) - Gena Glickman, Manchester Community College president, and state Sen. Steve Cassano will appear on "Manchester Review" with host Jack Peak in December to discuss MCC's growth over the years and to celebrate its 50th anniversary. MCC has grown from a college without a campus in 1963 with an enrollment of 125 students to al60-acre campus with 7,600 students... |
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Inside Higher Ed - Big Test for Common App (December 30, 2013) - The early decision deadlines of many colleges this fall grew confusing and chaotic -- to applicants and colleges alike -- when glitches in a new version of the Common Application resulted in system crashes that made it impossible for many to complete applications... |
Inside Higher Ed - Not in Our Name (December 27, 2013) - Dozens of college and university presidents have released statements condemning the American Studies Association's vote to boycott Israeli universities, but professors at one institution have penned their own letter saying that the president does not speak for them... |
Community College Daily - Md. University Offers Scholarships To Community College Grads (December 19, 2013) - The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) has started a new scholarship program for community college graduates seeking to earn a bachelor's degree in any of the university's undergraduate programs, including in-demand fields such as cybersecurity, business, health care and public safety... |
Inside Higher Ed - Two Hats, One Man (December 19, 2013) - Piedmont College's business school dean and chief financial officer are one and the same: John Misner, a former investment banker who jokes that sleep is "an overrated commodity... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - Despite Push for College Completion, Graduation Rates Haven't Budged (December 16, 2013) - With all of the president's preaching, lawmakers' legislating, and foundations' financing, you might expect college-completion rates to be inching up, at least slightly. But a report out this week from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that the nation's six-year graduation rate hasn't budged... |
Chronicle of Higher Ed - Should Colleges Be Able to Limit Students' Borrowing? (December 11, 2013) - Coconino Community College, in Flagstaff, Ariz., has low tuition: just $87 a credit hour for in-state students. So in 2008, when the federal government raised the amount students could borrow in unsubsidized loans by $2,000 a year, the college's financial-aid director wasn't sure that was a good thing for his students... |
an on-site visit with college student interns recently to share his experience...students have attended universities and colleges including UConn, University of Pennsylvania, University of Vermont, Fordham University, Rider University, Tunxis Community College and Manchester Community College... |
South Windsor Patch - South Windsor Police Welcome New Officer (December 18, 2013) - South Windsor Police Chief Matthew Reed swore in the department's newest officer Monday. Officer Jonathan Caldwell ... holds an Associates degree in Criminal Justice from Manchester Community College... |
CT Mirror - CT State College System Discloses Merit Pay Hikes (December 27, 2013) - The state's merged public college system released details Friday on merit pay increases, which averaged 2 percent for each of 278 officials and administrators... |
CT MIrror - College System Chief to Release Officials' Raises (December 5, 2013) - After denying The Mirror's requests for a list of salaries of the top university officials slated for raises this month, the president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education said Wednesday he'd release the information... |
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Inside Higher Ed - A Lump of Coal for Kansas (December 19, 2013) - Earlier this week, I mentioned my suspicion that part of the reason that the Adler case in Colorado was attracting so much attention is that it's the increasingly rare no-brainer. Now, Kansas decides to up the ante. I may have to rethink my assumption that no-brainers are increasingly rare... |
Community College Daily - Why Marketing The Completion Agenda Matters (December 18, 2013) - When it comes to architectural features, community colleges may not be known for Corinthian pillars or historic bell towers-but we are quite known for our open doors... |
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