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South Africans in Six Descriptors
Having arrived home from South Africa on April 11, I have taken some time to try to process our experiences in Johannesburg and Cape Town. One of the most difficult, distressing, and uplifting museums that we visited in Johannesburg was the Apartheid Museum. When you enter you are given a ticket that randomly classifies you
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The Good Work of our Faculty
The Community College Daily has two articles that once again remind me of the good work of our faculty. First, we have an outstanding history of faculty Fulbright Scholars. This article highlights ACC’s “rich Fulbright history” and mentions Dr. Blanca Alvarado’s sojourn in Costa Rica last year (Sociology/Social Work) and Adjunct Professor Heather Barfield’s Fulbright
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A Day in the Life of an AVP – the AMP Edition
AMP. We’re launching a new AMP. What? What’s an AMP? AMP stands for Academic Master Plan. ACC’s previous Academic Master Plan was developed in 2013, and Dr. Rhodes has asked that we begin work on a new academic master plan to drive us forward in the next five years. If you read the previous plan
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ACC’s Math Department
We have a wonderful Math Department here. We have dedicated and innovative Math faculty who spend their time thinking, planning, implementing, assessing, and revising creative approaches to help all our students succeed in their math courses. About a year and a half ago I interviewed our Math Department Chair Carolynn Reed for Academic Transfer in