Northampton Magazine Fall 2006

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fall 2006
Northampton
Community College Magazine
SOUTHSiD E
Southside
from the editors
There are some people who come from Their neighborhoods in wesT
Allentown, Palmer Township and Orefield to see what all the Southside Bethlehem talk is about,
and they immediately catch the buzz. others go down there, look around and their reaction is just the
Editors opposite. They don’t see any charm, any potential at all through the industrial grit and row houses.
james l. johnson The hulking factory ruins and urban neighborhood that excite some people just look dirty and ugly
paul joly to others.
CoNtributiNg WritErs In this issue of Northampton Magazine, we explore the changing southside, and we examine
heidi BRIGhT BuTleR this dichotomy of perception. plenty of locals with lifelong roots in the neighborhood are eager for
joan campIon a surge of tourist-oriented development to stimulate rapid change and redefine the area’s character.
kevin GRay There’s a lot that change will make better, they say, and the faster the better. others with similar
victoria hoffIch-BowyeR
attachments to the southside are strongly opposed to the upheaval that will come if the section
michael e. naGel
becomes a regional tourist destination.
katherine noll
beth w. oRensTeIn
paul pIeRpoInT “In this issue of Northampton Magazine
kristine poRTeR ’04
myra saTuRen we explore the changing southside, and we
examine this dichotomy of perception.”
Class NotEs CoordiNator
nancy huTT
proofrEadEr The neighborhood, with its densely packed streets of small brick houses rising from the
kate schaffneR
steel plant straight up the steep hillside, has long been home to hard-working families. To earlier
generations of immigrant steelworkers, this was the place where they actually could buy into the
American dream and own their own homes. Later generations of immigrants continue to find the
Southside affordable as first-time homeowners or low-income renters. But recently some brand new
art dirECtor
traci anfuso-younG $280,000 houses have started appearing amid the century-old row houses. and new industrial-chic
condos are attracting young suit-wearing professionals to converted factory building residences.
produCtioN CoordiNator
Values are rising in the neighborhood. Good for the residents who suddenly have more equity in
marianne aTheRTon
their first homes. Great for the neighborhood if good jobs come where there were scant opportunities
CoNtributiNg photographErs before. But what about the renters who suddenly can’t afford to stay in the neighborhood? what
ken eK
if gentrification pushes them out? Where will they go? Where can they get the education and skills
randy monceaux
necessary so they don’t become victims of gentrification and so they can take advantage of the
philip sTeIn
increased opportunities the neighborhood offers?
That’s precisely where ncc’s southside center comes into the picture. and you couldn’t
ask for a better-timed stage entrance in the unfolding drama that is southside Bethlehem. If the
Bethworks development in fact takes off on the most ambitious projection and becomes a destination
prEsidENt for tourists from around the eastern u.s., northampton’s fowler family southside center is poised
dR. arthur scoTT to become a strong resource, empowering the neighborhood residents to hold their own against the
ViCE prEsidENt forces of gentrification. Educating, training, community organizing, alliance-building; these are all
iNstitutioNal adVaNCEmENt services the college is preparing to deliver in southside Bethlehem.
susan k. KuBIK change happens whether we like it or not. Thriving on change has been the northampton
way since our beginnings. True to our nature, we couldn’t not be right in the middle of the buzzing
NorthamptoN CommuNity
CollEgE fouNdatioN southside Bethlehem whirlwind of change. In this magazine issue, we take a look at what all’s going
board ChairmaN on down there. u
john euReyecKo
publishEr
northampton community
college foundation
3835 green pond road
bethlehem, pa 18020
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10
s oUThside resurgent
A Marriage of Past and Present
BY Beth W. Orenstein
15 mastering space
The Future from a Recycled Past
BY Michael E. Nagel
17 life in a melting pot
Growing up in the Heights
BY Victoria Hoffich-Bowyer
19 from fear To home
A Life-Changing Walk
BY Joan Campion
20
n orthampton
fronT and cenTer
BY Paul Pierpoint
22 in Their own words
23 building bridges with
steel and dreams
BY Kevin Gray
25 The magic of reading
Southside’s Newest Chapter
BY Katherine Noll
26
milling around on The southside

Serious Business is Serious Fun
CoNtents
02 pUlse: Campus News and Scuttlebutt
02 New This Fall
03 NCC Newsmakers
04 Melissa Hiller: Born For The Job
05 Shop til U Drop: New & Improved Bookstore
05 Happenings
06 A Summer Well Spent
08 Investing in Success
“Welcome:4 blocks international”, a 09 How Does NCC Stack Up?
banner created by ncc alum Irene Torres is part of Bethlehem
mayor john callahan’s 4th street southside Bethlehem project. 28 alUmni noTes
fellow alumni Tristine harding, Kevin Groller and carmelina
carroccetto contributed ideas, but the group readily admits it 29 Alumni Holiday Gift Giving
was Irene’s creative work that produced the final design. Torres 30 Alumni Profile: Bruce J. Ward ’81, ’97
hopes her banner, celebrating southside’s history of diversity,
will spur pride in its people. 32 Alumni Profile: Maxine Rosko Marsh ’75
36 Alumni Profile: Alyson Remsing ’05
38 Donor Profile: Joanne and Hank Barnette
40 To The Editor
CoVEr: signage via hill to hill Bridge. photos by philip stein. 40 In Memoriam
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PulSe
Campus NEWS and Scuttlebutt
latESt & GReaTEst
NCC Pulls Rank
NEW this Fall
we’re #1!
Morning Call readers have rated Northampton Community College the best local college! on Sunday,
Sept. 24, the newspaper printed results of its third annual “best of” survey. Winners were chosen in 225 categories based on the number
of votes they received from readers. nCC came out on top in the “Local College” category. thanks, Morning Call readers, for the vote
of confidence!
StudentS! LotS and site, and/or through distance and novelist, clinical or full-time basis after
LotS of StudentS! education. Add in the psychologists, individuals serving in other positions
It seems hard to believe thousands of children and who have studied in the at nCC.
because nCC still has the adults who take advantage netherlands and in Spain,
warm and personal feel of a of the lifelong learning and some who have worked a new director for
small college, but enrollment opportunities available in the business world. they reibman’S chiLdren
in credit courses set an all- through nCC’s Center for bring teaching experience center leads from
time record this fall. More Community education and and lots of enthusiasm! A experience. karen klein has
than 9,300 students (including Center for business and warm welcome to Christine worked at the Center for
one out of every four students Industry, and the number Armstrong, Dr. Javier Avila, many years and is loved and
who graduated from high of students served annually eileen brumitt, Celisa respected by children and
school in northampton comes to more than Counterman, Dr. karen Clay parents alike.
County last spring) are taking 31,000. that’s more people Rhines, nancy Shadlow,
classes at the Main Campus than lived in the City of Dr. beatriz Villar and Jason a marketing major
in bethlehem township, the bethlehem in the year the Zulli. And congratulations to has been added for students
Fowler Family Southside College was founded! Ziona brotleit, Dr. Virginia who want to pursue careers in
Center, Lehigh Valley Gonzalez and Christina sales, marketing, advertising
Industrial park, the Monroe additionS to the Lincoln, who have joined the or retail management. It
Campus, the pike County facuLty include a poet faculty ranks on a temporary includes a simulation course
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NCC nEWsMakerS
Cross-Campus Kudos
in which students will work
together to develop and
present a marketing plan
for a real business.
an honorS Program
now is an option for
students who have at least
a 3.5 grade point average From left to right: Teresa Donate, Sherri Meyers, Len Roberts, Ryan Lukow ,Dr. Michael Vasilik, Joe Cresko.
in high school or college
courses, or who graduate
in the top 20 percent of Teresa Donate, associate Collins and other prominent Council. Mckelvey will
their high school class, professor of counseling, poets. the festival is the represent pennsylvania in the
or are recommended was one of 11 Latino largest poetry festival in the national competition.
by a faculty member or leaders from across the country.
counselor. More than 50 Commonwealth chosen by Dr. Michael Vasilik,
students are reaping the Governor ed Rendell over Every vet tech major director of nCC’s
rewards this semester. the summer to serve on who graduated in May electrotechnology
the Governor’s Advisory passed the Veterinary Applications Center
a SPeciaL StudieS Commission on Latino Technician National (etAC) and Joe Cresko,
courSe has been Affairs. Rendell described Board Examination etAC’s process and
developed to support the people he appointed as the following month. the materials engineer, traveled
academic success and “leaders who are committed program’s overall pass to Washington, D.C., in
retention of African- to serving their community rate for the national exam September to accept the
American and hispanic- and representing the voice of over the last eight years “Most Valuable pollution
American students by Latinos statewide.” is 94 percent, well above prevention Award” from
focusing on the skills the national average of the national pollution
students need to succeed Sherri Meyers ’84 79 percent. “I am very prevention Roundtable.
in college and the role that professor of dental hygiene, proud of the hard work and the Roundtable is the
cultural influences play in was honored by the dedication of the members largest membership
learning. the class is full! American Dental hygienists’ of the Class of 2006 that organization in the United
Association (ADhA) allowed them this wonderful States devoted solely to
a bookStore to rivaL this past summer with a accomplishment,” said pollution prevention. the
barneS & nobLe (see distinguished service award Dr. Susan Stadler, the scientists at etAC were
page 4) that recognizes outstanding veterinarian who directs honored for work they
achievement and dedication the program.“they will be have done in partnership
a newS Site to to the profession. Meyers competent, compassionate with the pennsylvania
comPete with cnn has taught at nCC for close veterinary nurses.” technical Assistance
nCC news is now updated to 20 years. She is an nCC program (penntAp) and
daily at www.northampton. graduate. Two graduates of penn State Mckeesport
edu/news. Add it to your NCC’s culinary in helping businesses in
“Favorites” or subscribe poems by Len Roberts, program captured top western pennsylvania reduce
to an RSS feed so you professor of english, have honors in the “Taste water use and wastewater
automatically receive new won first and second place of Elegance Chef discharge by more than 70
posts. respectively in the River Competition” held at million gallons, eliminate
Styx’s international poetry nCC in August. kevin 12 million pounds of air
a cafeteria with a contest and the 2006 Allen McKelvey took first place emissions, and cut solid
conScience Styrofoam Ginsberg poetry Award with “pork Four Ways.” Chef waste by 5 million pounds
is out! “Greenware” is competition. Roberts was Ryan Lukow came in second over the last five years. u
in! the new cold drink also invited to read at the place with “trio of pork.”
cups cost a little more, but Geraldine R. Dodge Festival the statewide competition
they are corn-based and this fall along with former is sponsored by the
environmentally friendly. u U.S. poet laureate billy pennsylvania pork producers
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Sold On Success

boRn FoR the job
Melissa Hiller amid her merchandise (left), and the bookstore’s new look.
managing the bookstore, in her genes
“a chiP off the For several years, hiller wants to build a relationship Internet book market, nCC
PuPPeteer’S bLock,” had worked for nCC in with the nCC faculty so that has created an online ordering
is how Jim Johnson ’89, the community education she can provide the items they System, hiller reports. this
co-editor of this magazine, department and special events need for their classes. system provides a convenient
describes the new bookstore office. Before that, she co- “I think the potential here way for students to purchase
manager, Melissa hiller. owned a retail store. is limitless,” hiller says. “I their books and supplies and
Melissa’s father, Duke She does not want to just want to expand our vision of use their financial assistance
kraus, an artist, puppeteer and assume her father’s role. She what we want to be.” funds.
nCC alumnus, managed the wants to blaze her own path books aren’t the only thing Johnson sees similarities
store for more than 20 years. and make her own mark in this bookstore will focus on. between hiller and her dad.
he retired about 10 years ago. managing nCC’s bookstore. the world is different “Duke treated his employees,
“Duke was well known hiller envisions the from when hiller’s father and people in general, with
and loved,” Johnson says. store becoming more of a managed the bookstore. the respect,” he says. “Melissa is
“the College has always destination place for the whole Internet has changed how an upbeat person. She has an
felt like an extension of our College community. She wants businesses do business. the attitude that says ‘how can I
family,” hiller, a 1979 grad, people to be able to enjoy a first time her father ever sent get this job done?’ I just know
says. “We grew up around the cup of coffee while reading a an e-mail, hiller says, was to she’ll do a terrific job with the
College, and all of us went to book by a visiting author, or tell friends and co-workers that bookstore.” u
school here at some point in to shop for a birthday gift for he would be retiring. By Kristine Porter ’04
time.” a child and a card, too. She to compete with the
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happeNiNGs
Mark Your Calendar

Art Music November 28-december 3
boRn FoR the job Shop til “defying gravity”
October 30-November 30 November 14
u DRop “fifty yearS of rock & PerformanceS by the Main Campus Preview:
November 29, Lab Theatre, 7 p.m.
roLL” PoSter exhibit carPentier Quartet
Performance in Monroe
at the NEW & Main Campus, Laub Lounge Main Campus, Lipkin Theatre, december 1 & 2, 7 p.m.
11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Monroe
IMPROvEd NCC december 3, 1:30 p.m.
November 15-January 17 Campus, Community Room, 3 p.m.
PhotograPhy and video
Bookstore
by kriSta Steinke Main Speakers december 13-16
“the heidi chronicLeS”
From the wreaths on the door to Campus, Communications Hall, November 2
Main Campus, Lab Theatre,
the hoodies on the racks to the Lecture Nov. 16, 11 a.m. Reception LeSbian, gay, biSexuaL
noon on the 13th; 7 p.m. on the
circular customer service counter will follow in the gallery. & tranSSexuaL coffee
14th, 15th and 16th.
in the center, NCC’s bookstore has houSe Monroe Campus,
a new look. January 24-February 21 Community Room, 12:30 p.m. Tours of Main
PaintingS, ScuLPture,
Coffee’s brewing in the Campus
drawingS by Lawrence November 9
corner near fresh baked muffins 10 a.m., November 9 &
finney Main Campus, native american
that clamor to be eaten. december. 7
Communications Hall, Lecture cuLture-j.r. redwater/
No longer do students have Feb. 1, 11 a.m. Reception will brave eagLe Monroe 3:30 p.m., November 28
to stand in line twice: once to 5:30 p.m. November 14 &
follow in the gallery. Campus, Community Room,
december 12
wait for someone to find their 1:30 p.m.
textbooks and then to pay for November 11
them. They can now pick them cheSS tournament for November 16
out themselves. youth Main Campus, College 9/11 “LaSt man down: a EXCLUSIVE
Need a gift in a hurry? No Center, 2nd Floor, 8 a.m. – 5 fireman’S Story” Main ALUMNI
need to run to the mall (see our p.m. $20 advance registration; Campus, Lipkin Theatre, 11 a.m. EVENTS
$25 at the door. Register by
ad on page 29.) In addition to NCC
calling 610-861-4120. November 16
apparel, you can also find mugs,
the making of a Thursday, November 16
lanyards and water bottles. By the Crafts naturaLiSt-darryL chief richard Picciotto,
holidays the selection will expand November 4 SPeicher Monroe Campus, higheSt ranking
to include inspirational books, annuaL faLL craft fair Community Room, 7 p.m. firefighter to Survive
candles and stuffed animals, as Main Campus, Spartan Center, the worLd trade center
well as greeting cards. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. $2 admission Theatre coLLaPSe Author of the
The bookstore isn’t bigger. for general public; $1 for November 9-17 book, ”Last Man Standing.”
It just looks it! The change to a seniors; Free for children “toLerance through 11a.m., Main Campus,
more open layout was made over under 12. theatre” Lipkin Theatre. Open to the
the summer based on input from Public performances: public. 7p.m. Lipkin Theatre,
Film November 9: Main Campus, open to NCC alumni.
NCC marketing students who
November 28 Lipkin Theatre, 11 a.m.
surveyed fellow students and Tickets required.
faLL fiLm feStivaL November 10: Main Campus,
came up with recommendations
Monroe Campus, Community Lipkin Theatre, 7 p.m. Saturday, december 2
for improvements. Room, 12:30 p.m. November 13: Fowler chiLdren’S hoLiday
“This enabled the students Family Southside Center, 7 p.m. Party Fowler Family
to apply the marketing concepts december 1 November 14: Monroe Southside Center, 11a.m.-1p.m.
they learned all semester to a LoSt fiLm feStivaL Campus, 7 p.m.
real life scenario,” explains their Monroe Campus, Community Performances for high For information on these events
professor, Wendi Achey. “They did Room, 1 p.m. Main Campus, school classes: or to make your reservation
a phenomenal job.” Kiva, 7 p.m. November 10: Main Campus, for the 7 p.m. presentation,
If customer satisfaction and Lipkin Theatre, 11 a.m. call 610-861-5088 or e-mail
Grand Opening November 15: Monroe [email protected].
increased sales are the bottom
November 3 Campus, 9:30 & 11:30 a.m.
line, the students should all get A’s.
firSt friday fowLer November 16: Monroe
Stop by and check out the results.
famiLy SouthSide Campus, 11:30 a.m.
Be sure to bring your shopping list center 6-9 p.m. November 17: Wayne County, Keeping the Connection
and your checkbook! u 9:30 & 11:30 a.m. www.northampton.edu/alumni
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A Map Of Their Own
A Summer Well Spent
Caught in the Act of Learning
The ruins of the old Roman Empire city of Perge, a covered bridge in Kreidersville, and the Iguaza Falls in Argentina became classrooms in which NCC
students and faculty learned lessons that will not soon be forgotten. Pictured here from left to right are Thomas Janis, Bob Krill, and Doug Heath.
for many ncc StudentS, Colleges for International that issued a call to prayer on an overnight journey that
summer was more than just Development, Inc. (CCID). five times a day,” and imams Janis says “included scenes
a day at the beach. they In June, he traveled to turkey who read verses of the Qu’ran right out of a movie, like
worked. they took classes. with Dr. Vasiliki (“kiki”) that sounded “beautiful like goodbye drinks and friends
And some stepped out of Anastasakos and a group of a song” when they were running alongside the train
their comfort zones into other students and faculty from two broadcast over loudspeakers. as it drifted out of the station,
cultures. other community colleges. It was also a visit of hills and the conductor keeping
Steps are one of the The first stop was with many steps. As they were the door open to let us hang
things that thomas Janis will Istanbul, a city of 12 million busy looking at the sights, “a out and wave goodbye, too
always remember when he people, that took Janis’s lot of students fell or stubbed – something that would never
happen in the U.S.”
In some ways, Janis
found Ankara disappointing.
“A visit to the kemal Ataturk Museum and
With a population of only 4
burial place gave Janis a new perspective on million, the city lacked the
a country that has been home to 13 different energy of Istanbul even though
it is the nation’s capital.
civilizations in the last 10,000 years.”
but a visit to the kemal
Ataturk Museum and burial
place gave Janis a new
perspective on a country that
thinks about Istanbul. breath away with its “curving their toes because of this,” has been home to 13 different
Janis was one of eight streets that wrapped around Janis recalls. civilizations in the last 10,000
nCC students who participated like spaghetti,” “astonishing Despite the bruises, the years. Ataturk, who died in
in a cultural exchange program architecture,” “incredible visit ended too soon. then 1938, is considered the father
sponsored by Community food,” “thousands of mosques it was on to Ankara by train of modern turkey. “Just think
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if George Washington and
the revolutionary war only
happened 80 years ago,” Janis “you are more likely to get run over by a
marvels.
taxi cab than shot by a gun.”
of the seven cities the
group visited, Janis found
Cappadocia the most unusual
with its underground cities and
caves dug out of volcanic ash. “Don’t get me wrong,” gathering information to share improve the reading skills
there the students Janis continues. “turkey has with students in his world of students in urban schools.
stayed in a beach house on its own problems, but you are geography classes. he also After meeting with parents and
the Mediterranean and were more likely to get run over by a enjoyed the opportunity to talk teachers to get their input, she
treated to a private boat ride. taxi cab than shot by a gun.” with Argentinian educators developed a reference guide
“At this point in the trip, I Janis feels fortunate to from institutions ranging from teachers can use in working
stopped feeling like a poor be an American, but he came vocational training institutes to with students on skills such as
college student and more like home from turkey convinced ph.D. programs. word analysis and phonics and
a millionaire on some insane that Americans need to educate reading for comprehension.
CloSER To hoME:
wildly expensive vacation,” themselves better about the rest She expects to adapt some of
Janis chuckles. of the world. turkey, he notes, Wendi Achey, instructor the comprehension and critical
the trip cost far less than a is right next to Iraq, so what of business/marketing, got thinking strategies to aid
million dollars, and the lessons the United States does there a taste of best practices in college students.
Janis learned were invaluable. affects the turks. consumer marketing by
BoB KRill
Many Americans know very “As Americans,” Janis participating in an industry/ spent
little about turkey, Janis says, says, “we have a supreme faculty exchange made hundreds of hours measuring
and their assumptions are not responsibility to the rest of the possible through the nCC beams and creating a 3-D
necessarily accurate. world.” It is his hope that when Foundation. Achey met with model and detailed drawings
“Turkey is a first world given the opportunity, other managers from Just born of a bridge built in the 1800s.
nation with a bustling economy students will take the important to learn about promotional the project helped krill gain
and an advanced education step of learning “from all the strategies for existing candies, proficiency in computer-aided
system,” he says. “there civilizations of the world.” new product development, design, a field he came to NCC
is poverty, and overall it is retailing challenges, and to study so he could expand his
SouTh of ThE
probably worse than in the the branding done by the career options. his drawings
BoRdER:
United States, but nobody manufacturer of peeps®, hot will enable the kreidersville
that I saw was sleeping on the Doug heath, nCC’s tamales®, Mike and Ike® and Covered bridge Society to
streets in Istanbul or begging for peripatetic professor of other treats. As part of the make decisions regarding
change.” geography and geology, exchange, Achey assisted the how best to preserve the only
When he returned to the journeyed to Argentina with a company with several research remaining covered bridge in
U.S., Janis did an internship in group of 20 faculty and staff projects as well as with market northampton County. the
new york City. “In the city, I members from community analysis and exploration of small nonprofit organization
was asked for change several colleges in the United States, e-commerce opportunities. couldn’t afford to hire someone
times and noticed visible signs Canada and China. Sponsored for the job, and krill needed
dR.ShaRoN
of homelessness. there were by CCID, the trip was led by the experience. ed Csongradi, a
GaviN-lEvy
places I didn’t feel safe being nCC’s own associate dean for , professor licensed professional engineer
in at night,” Janis reflects. international programs, Dr. of english, chose Life who teaches at nCC, made the
the contrast was striking. Manuel Gonzalez. Although Academy, a Christian school match. “It fit their needs and
“even with being white, from heath had visited other parts in Allentown, as the site of his,” Csongradi explains. “I
America, and not knowing of Latin America, he had never her faculty exchange. She knew bob could do it because
the language, I felt safe with been to Argentina before. worked with the principal and he is a very conscientious, hard-
everyone I met in turkey,” Janis he found traveling with faculty in testing a teacher working individual. It was a
says. “people seem to take care people who knew the country training program specifically right match.” u
of one another.” well invaluable in terms of designed to help teachers
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Support For A College On The move
InVeStInG In SUCCeSS
Gifts & Grants Set New Record
how does a college keep tuition affordable and provide students with an exceptional education? Gifts and grants give nCC a margin of
excellence that is the envy of many other colleges. this past year the College attracted more than $7.3 million in grant support – a new all-
time record. Grants that came to fruition in recent months include:
THANKS A MILLION to Benjamin Erulkar (third from left) and Jerome GETTING THEIR FEET WET: A grant from the Environmental
Wallace (far right) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and to Protection Agency will enable Dr. John Leiser and his students
U.S. Representative Charlie Dent (fourth from right), for their support to investigate the effects of invasive species and population
for a workforce development center on the Southside. growth on the ecosystem in the Poconos.
a $1.2 miLLion counties in the Comprehensive achievement for low-income Colleges; the Community
grant from the economic Development and minority students. the College Leadership program at
u.S. dePartment Strategy (CeDS) for the region. College will receive $50,000 the University of texas-Austin;
of commerce’S nCC’s president, Dr. Arthur this year and may apply for the Community College
economic deveLoPment Scott, credits strong teamwork up to $200,000 over the next Research Center; teachers
adminiStration will on the part of U.S. Senators four years to do research and College; Columbia University;
enable the College to create Rick Santorum and Arlen implement strategies to help Institute of higher education
a workforce development Specter, U.S. Representative more students earn associate at the University of Florida;
center at the Fowler Family Charlie Dent, State Senator degrees, complete certificate Jobs for the Future; and public
Southside Center to support Lisa boscola, Mayor John programs or to go on to earn Agenda.
employers in South bethlehem Callahan, County executive advanced degrees. nCC is one
and to prepare area residents John Stoffa, the Lehigh Valley of only 55 community colleges a $17,000, grant from
for new job opportunities in economic Development (out of 1200 nationwide) the environmentaL
the healthcare and hospitality Corporation, and Dr. paul chosen to participate in this Protection agency will
industries – fields expected pierpoint and helene Whitaker initiative, launched in 2004 by enable Dr. John k. Leiser,
to be in high demand locally from the College staff for the Lumina Foundation. other assistant professor of biology,
in the years ahead. nCC making it a reality. organizations providing support and nCC students to investigate
already has strong programs in are the heinz endowments; the effect of invasive species
both specialties and is highly an “achieve the dream” the houston endowment Inc; and residential and commercial
regarded by local employers. grant from the Lumina College Spark Washington; development on stream
the project was ranked as foundation is putting nCC knowledgeWorks Foundation; environments in the poconos.
the number one priority for in the forefront of colleges nellie Mae education “Many people assume invasive
economic development in working to close the gap Foundation; American species and population growth
Lehigh and northampton between academic potential and Association of Community are having a negative impact,”
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