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Yahoo
29-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
EPCC recognizes top staff, faculty for annual awards
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Community College is honoring its top educators and staff 'for their tireless effort and unwavering commitment,' the college said. As part of Community College Month, EPCC has announced the 2024-2025 Excellence in Education Award winners and Professional and Classified Staff honorees. This year's President's Excellence Award winner is Rebecca A. Escamilla, dean of Architecture, Art, Math, and Science at the Valle Verde campus, as selected by EPCC President William Serrata. 'Escamilla is driven by a mission to provide experiences that inspire and help students complete their educational goals, knowing firsthand how transformative education can be,' EPCC said in its announcement. 'I am truly honored and grateful for this recognition. This is a testament of the amazing teamwork that was accomplished, and I am likewise honored to work with such a wonderful group of individuals,' Escamilla said. This year's Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award winner is Lorely Ambriz, librarian at the Northwest campus. 'I am deeply honored and humbly grateful to receive this recognition and award. My love and passion for this institution, which has been my second home for almost 30 years, makes this moment even more meaningful,' Ambriz said. EPCC's Minnie Stevens Piper Professor nominee is submitted into a statewide competition to become one of the 10 annual Minnie Stevens Piper Professors for Texas, EPCC said. The 2025 Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award winners are: Full-time Faculty Achievement Awards Laura Erickson Alvarado, speech, Mission Del Paso Carmen Castillo-Attar, counseling, Valle Verde/Northwest Ivette Chuca, mathematics, Valle Verde Adjunct Faculty Achievement Awards Wendy Alvidrez, dental hygiene, Rio Grande James Fynquist, government, Transmountain Edward Lowrance, art, Transmountain EPCC said it also wanted to recognize the following award winners: Douglas Schirmer, Professional Staff Full-time award winner and IT systems manager; Monica Tarin, Professional Staff Part-time award winner and marketing and community relations graphics designer; Timothy Archut, Full-time Classified Staff award winner and academic resource specialist; and Margaret Torres, Part-time Classified Staff award winner and library clerk. All EPCC Excellence Award winners are selected by their peers. The Excellence Award winners, Professional and Classified Staff honorees, will be recognized at EPCC's Employee Recognition Dinner on Friday, May 2. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
InFocus: Impact of Community Colleges
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP)–April is recognized at Community College Month. Massachusetts has 15 Community Colleges statewide that provide education for over 100-thousand students a year. According to the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges, these schools accounted for 46% of undergraduate credit enrollments and 38% of the students in the Massachusetts public higher education system in 2022. InFocus: Literacy improvement programs This week on 22News InFocus we'll be talking about the impact of community colleges in the Pioneer Valley. Our guests are representatives from Holyoke (HCC), Greenfield (GCC) and Springfield Technical Community Colleges (STCC). Watch 22News this Sunday at noon and learn about the essential role these schools play not only in education but to the communities they serve. GREENFIELD COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Newsmakers to Feature: Challenges and Changes in Education, April 13, 2025
(WBRE/WYOU) Newsmakers will take a closer look at some of the challenges facing higher education this Sunday Host Jayne Ann Bugda will be joined by a panel from Luzerne County Community College. John Yudichak, LCCC President, Rebecca Brominski, Executive Director, LCCC Foundation, and Dr. Graceann Platukus, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Enrichment, will discuss the changes and challenges in higher education and the vital role community colleges play. April is Community College Month. Newsmakers airs Sunday, April 13, at 7:30 am on WYOU and Noon on WBRE. LCCC History Luzerne County Community College formally began operations on October 2, 1967. The first class of 836 students attended classes in two buildings in downtown Wilkes-Barre located near the Hotel Sterling. The college offered 11 programs at the time, with tuition at only $12.50 per credit. In January 1974, the College moved to its permanent 122-acre campus in Nanticoke. Missions of Community Colleges Help Students transfer to a four-year university Career Ready Education Build foundational skills of students who need more help in their math or English Community colleges educate 40 percent of all undergraduates in the United States To learn more about Luzerne County Community College Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
