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Montgomery County Community College to offer session on ‘Lean Manufacturing’
Montgomery County Community College’s Workforce Development Division will offer a one-day training Jan. 15 on the principles of Lean Manufacturing. The hands-on workshop will focus on the basic principles of Lean Manufacturing and will demonstrate — in a simulated production environment — how the principles are applied. Participants will see, “how waste is eliminated, productivity…
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Standardized test scores fail to make new evaluation tool roster
Pennsylvania recently introduced a new school evaluation tool, the Future Ready PA Index, which ditches scoring to offer parents a more nuanced look at public schools, writes Avi Wolfman-Arent for WHYY. Instead of a number or a letter grade attached to a school, the new tool provides a profile page for each of the state’s…
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MCCC nursing students brighten the holidays for military families
For the seventh year, Montgomery County Community College’s Student Nursing Club has participated in the national Trees for Troops initiative, providing 170 Christmas trees for military families to make their holidays brighter and happier. Each year, nursing students hold fundraisers to purchase the trees at a discounted price. This year, the students raised $600 by…
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Montgomery County Community College’s Workforce Development to offer Lean Manufacturing training
Montgomery County Community College’s Workforce Development Division will offer a one-day training on the Principles of Lean Manufacturing in January. The training is the first public collaboration in conjunction with Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC), a MCCC Workforce Development partner. The training will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to…
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Manor College partners with Widener University Delaware Law School
Manor College and Widener University Delaware Law School have entered an articulation agreement that will give Manor students the opportunity to earn an accelerated Bachelor’s Degree from Manor and a Juris Doctorate degree from Widener University Delaware Law School in a recently-announced 3 + 3 program. Additionally, the schools have agreed to a Guaranteed Admissions program for Manor College…
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CCATE students travel to Washington for award winning program presentation
Philadelphia and Norristown High School Students participating in the Penn Model Organization of American States (OAS) Program successfully represented the delegation of Chile at the 37th Model OAS General Assembly for High Schools at the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C. from November 28th to November 30th. The Penn Model OAS program won the…
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Montgomery County receives $500K grant to prevent school violence
The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services believes in a comprehensive and public health-driven approach to school violence and was awarded the BJA STOP School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Program. This three-year grant for approximately $500,000 has four main strategies. Through this funding stream, THE Department of Health and Human Services…
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Montgomery County Fire Academy graduates 41 volunteer firefighters
Forty-one volunteer firefighters from Montgomery County Fire Academy Class 1804 celebrated the completion of the Pennsylvania Entry Level Firefighter Training program with a graduation ceremony on Wednesday, November 28. These men and women will protect their communities as firefighters in 39 volunteer and combination fire companies in Montgomery, Berks, Chester, and Delaware Counties. Montgomery County…
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Pottstown School District considers year-round school schedule
Motivated by the problems with behavior at the middle school levels, Pottstown School District is asking residents their thoughts on adopting a year-round school schedule. School board member Raymond Rose recently made a presentation to the board’s Community Relations Committee about the idea of having the middle school educate students for 45 days, followed by…
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MCCC appoints Jay Browning as Vice President of Advancement
Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) is pleased to announce that Jay Browning has been appointed Vice President for Advancement. In this position, he will serve as the liaison to the College’s Foundation and Alumni Relations and will be responsible for the leadership and planning of a comprehensive advancement program for the College. “Jay’s fundraising and…
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PA Dept of Education launches new assessment site
With the constant refrain that too much emphasis is being placed on test scores, the state department of education is launching a new index that will no longer hand out number grades and will take into account more than just test scores. The state Department of Education has launched a new online index that’ll aggregate…
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Colonial School District attains Aaa bond rating
The Colonial School District recently received a Aaa rating, the highest possible, from Moody’s Investors Service for its first set of bonds for the new Colonial Middle School project. The Aaa rating means that the District’s bonds are considered of the “highest quality, with minimal risk,” and will allow the District access to the lowest available borrowing costs.…
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Ultra-marathoner to run for Manor College for 12 hours straight on Giving Tuesday
Manor College is excited to announce a day of personal endurance and community building as a hallmark for their Giving Tuesday campaign. Giving Tuesday is a global day of philanthropy that occurs on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving—this year it falls on November 27—to kick of the charitable holiday season. To mark the occasion, local attorney…
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Manor College to host Philadelphia film premiere: “Hunger for Truth: The Rhea Clyman Story
Manor College will host the Philadelphia premiere of the movie “Hunger for Truth: The Rhea Clyman Story” on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 2:00 pm. The film, by Emmy-award winning director Andrew Tkach, will be screened in the Basileiad Manor Library and is presented by the College’s Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center. At the conclusion of the viewing,…
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Abington high school groundbreaking set
The Board of School Directors of the Abington School District announced that the groundbreaking for its more-than-$104 million Abington Senior High School additions and renovations project, including the Stephen A. Schwarzman Center for Science and Technology, will be held on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at 1:45 p.m. The event will take place on the site…
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LGBTQ Cultural Competency workshop coming to Ambler Yards
The Montgomery County LGBT Business Council and 1776 at Ambler Yards are cohosting the first of what hopes to be many LGBTQ Cultural Competency Trainings at the Ambler Yards campus in Lower Gwynedd Township on Wednesday, November 28th. [gap height=”10″] Presenting will be Todd Snovel, who serves as the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Commission…
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Manor College initiative to honor synagogue shooting victims
Manor College students will join the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and Catholic Health Care Services Northeast NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities) initiative on Sunday, November 4, 2018, from 10:00am-noon. [gap height=”10″] While this activity has been planned for some time, the College is offering up its service in order to combat hate with love…
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Ursinus College dedicates new $29 million center
A new era for science education and undergraduate student research at Ursinus College is underway. The college’s $29 million Innovation and Discovery Center (IDC) was dedicated on Saturday, Oct. 27 during a special public event celebrating the new interdisciplinary facility which, for the first time in the college’s history, combines science, policy and entrepreneurship under one roof. [gap…
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