President's Blog

President's Blog

June 14, 2013

It’s Just a Piece of Paper. . .

with some fancy calligraphy and a couple of signatures, right?

Sure, but—

May 3, 2013

Monday, our college community participated in our first annual “Safety Day,” a full day’s worth of activities and training focused on enhancing campus safety.  We’ve all become much more attuned to safety issues in public spaces, particularly in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, the Auror

April 4, 2013

Greetings and welcome back for Spring Quarter!  I hope you had a chance to relax and recharge if you were on break last week, and that you could get out and enjoy the preview of spring we had last weekend.  Now that the Spring Quarter is kicking off, we’re looking forward to another busy and pro

February 15, 2013

That pesky Sandy Shugart, president at Valencia College in Florida, is at it again—pushing us in the community college to once again examine our preconceptions about student learning and one of our latest higher ed themes: The Completion Agenda.  In a recent essay published in Insid

January 11, 2013

Happy New Year!

I trust this blog post finds you well, refreshed after a  happy and peaceful holiday season, and energized for the new year.

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