NWACC president announces retirement
Dr. Evelyn E. Jorgenson has been president for nine years and has devoted 48 years to education. Her contract will end on June 30, 2022. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 4:26 PM CST February 5, 2021
BENTONVILLE, Ark. Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) President Dr. Evelyn E. Jorgenson has announced her plans to retire at the end of her contract.
Jorgenson has been president for nine years and has devoted 48 years to education. Her contract will end on June 30, 2022.
“Although I continue to have great passion and energy for the students of NorthWest Arkansas Community College and the enormously faithful and talented faculty and staff, including cabinet members, I’ve decided that it is time for me to recognize that life is short and it is time for others to carry the mission of the college forward,” Jorgenson said.
Chelsea Public Schools community outreach highlighted by Rennie Center
On one day last summer, Supt. Almi Abeyta, members of the School Committee and her staff hit a pivot point.
After emergency schooling had wrapped up, video graduation had transpired, racial issues in the district had surfaced and many were simply coming up from survival mode after months treading water – it was time to think about school again.
The first thing to figure out was how in the world would the Chelsea Public Schools (CPS) engage with parents and students in a pandemic. With engagement historically challenging in Chelsea, adding a pandemic to the mix made seem insurmountable.
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The Murchie Science Building Expansion ribbon-cutting ceremony took place this Thursday, adding 61,000 sq. ft. of collaborative spaces, flexible classrooms, state-of-the-art laboratories, and student-centered design to a campus building that originally opened its doors in 1988.
The spaces and resources inside the MSB Expansion will revolutionize the STEM experience for all students at the University of Michigan-Flint. Thanks to UM-Flint s general education program, students studying in all disciplines take coursework in the natural sciences and technology, allowing the entire campus community to take advantage of this vibrant building. For students majoring in a STEM field, this new building is sure to quickly become a campus home, equally equipped for both intense studying and relaxing between classes.
A Design Lab and workshop
Robotics/Mechatronics Lab
Technology-enabled active learning classrooms
Research labs for STEM disciplines
Reservable small group study rooms
Student Club Hub
Many of these spaces will feature an investment of approximately $2 million in new, state-of-the-art equipment. The MSB currently serves over 1,150 students pursuing STEM majors in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physics, Computer Science and Information Systems, Mechanical Engineering, and Mathematics, as well as many pre-health and pre-nursing students, and provides engaging learning spaces for all UM-Flint students fulfilling their general education courses.
Susan Gano-Phillips, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, led the planning for the MSB expansion and describes the new addition as a paradigm shift for UM-Flint.
Resilience.
The lessons encourage students to learn, practice and reflect on the skills in the context of a given course or program; demonstrate their skills in practice sessions; and demonstrate the skill with a facilitator, who can award a digital badge for sharing on résumés and in social profiles.
The platform can be hosted in the institution s learning management system or on vsbl itself and used within an existing course shell or training module through a Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) connection.
Faculty or facilitators can track student progress in an analytics dashboard, and the Lab offers facilitator training to certify their ability to assess student skills.