February 6, 2008 The NEA Higher Education Emerging Leaders Academy, Class of 2008 included MCCC members Mike D'entremont, BHCC, bottom row 3rd from left, Joe O'Neill, MBCC, back row 5th from right, Claudine Barnes, CCCC, back row, 2nd from right. Congratulations to these MCCC leaders!

November 6, 2007 Lois Martin, Professor of Mathematics at Massasoit Community College, was one of eight national winners of the Teaching Excellence Award, given every two years by the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (www.amatyc.org) in a national competition among two-year college math educators. The award was presented by AMATYC President Kathy Mowers in Minneapolis November 1, 2007.

MCCC Congratulates Deval Patrick, Governor Elect   OpEd Page Boston Globe November 17, 2006   Read It

Community College Times (American Association of Community Colleges) April 25, 2006, has an article by President Daniel Asquino on graduation rates in our community colleges. Read it here.

Community College Week, Jan 2,16, 2006 has an article about biomass use, and other energy saving strategies, at Mt. Wachusett Community College. Here's the article.

Nancy Dempsey, Professor of Criminal Justice
Cape Cod Community College

As reported in the Boston Sunday Globe, May 23, 2005: Howard Tinberg, 2004 Outstanding Community College Professor of the Year

As reported on page 20 of the June/July 2005 MTA Today: Math team a big plus for Massasoit Advisor calls standings 'record-breaking for us' The Massasoit Community College Math Team has won the 2003-04 Northeast championship in the competition sponsored by the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges. It marks the first time since 1995-96 that a college outside New York has captured the Northeast title. In 1995-96, the winner was Cape Cod Community College. Massasoit students Mark Lowell and Chris Canavan ranked first and third, respectively, in the competition. "These are record-breaking standings for us," said Math Team advisor and professor of mathematics Lois Martin. Competition scores are determined by tests given on participating campuses. The 18-member Massasoit team was honored at the college's Honors Convocation on June 2.

Jay R. Ducharme, Professor of electronic media at Holyoke CC, was in the January 6, 2003 edition of the Springfield Union-News, "Theme park love sparks virtual tour". Ray spent last summer creating a virtual tour of Lake Compounce, a theme park in Bristol, Conn, "the oldest theme park in the United States". The tour is on a CD Rom. Jay and Karen Ducharme have their own web site at www.karenandjay.com where you can view Ray's model roller coaster among other things. Holyoke Community College Professor Jay R. Ducharme removes snow yesterday from the model roller coaster he has in the back yard of his home in Westfield.

President Andrew M. Scibelli of Springfield Technical CC has a long opinion piece "Community colleges can spark entrepreneurship" in the March 18, 2003 issue of the Community College Times. This issue also has an article "Romney proposes plan to reorganize higher ed" which never mentions that part of the plan is to raise tuitions. President Scibelli's article talks about experiences and programs that inspire and educate potential business creators, using STCC's own programs in entrepreneurship, and the colleges Technology Park, opened in 1996.

Ken Czuchra, Professional Staff at Springfield Technical CC, and MCCC Chapter Treasurer, was in the 3/28/03 Edition of the Springfield Union-News (The Republican as of 4/6/03). ...scientists have been scanning the skies for more than four decades in search of radio signals that might be from intelligent beings elsewhere in the universe. ... An intense four-year effort to find communications from space, which made use of the combined computing power of millions of idle home and office computers to analyze billions of signals that reached earth, has found nothing promising. ... One of the 166 signals re-examined last week originally was processed by Kenneth J. Czuchra, a lab coordinator and technician at Springfield Technical Community College, who enlisted 45 computers at the college and elsewhere in the region to help on the analysis for the project. ... "There is some disappointment," Czuchra said. "You wish that something extraordinary had happened. These days it would be kind of nice if it did." "In the grand scheme of things, it seems like it would be an awful waste of space if there was nothing else out there in the universe. It's too big for our little old Earth to be the only lively place. There's got to be something more," he said.

MCCC Secretary Phyllis Barrettm Holyoke CC, is featured on the MTA "goodschools page in April, 2003. ... view, borrowed from the MTA Web Site (MTA original)

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