Community College Presidents Initiative (CCPI)

Funded by the NSF ATE program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation’s economy. #NSFfunded

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🎉 🌐 Join our webcast on "Strengthening STEM Education at Minority Serving Institutions through NSF ATE Funding" 📅 Dec 08, 2023, 2:00-2:45 PM ET. 🚀 Explore grant opportunities & network with STEM leaders. 📝 Register by Dec. 06: https://t.co/eo0BHt9rFT #STEMeducation #CCPISTEM

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Special shoutout to the National Advisory Board of the Community College Presidents Initiative in STEM! These are the leaders who support the CCPI-STEM focus on advancing STEM workforce education and the @NSF ATE program. https://t.co/tE0WbGawaP #NSFfunded

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A few of the faces behind the Community College Presidents Initiative in STEM (CCPI-STEM)! These leaders support the CCPI's focus on advancing #STEM workforce education and the @NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. https://t.co/tE0WbGawaP

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"NSF supports credit programs. However, if you create a partnership at your institution or another between credit and noncredit that’s OK... If you do it intelligently and cleverly, it will be funded."
- Dr. Z, Principal Investigator of seven @NSF grants
#NSFfunded

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The ATE grant application process can be intimidating for faculty at colleges that do not have grants offices and for those who are already teaching overloads. Let CCPI-STEM support you in writing a grant for your college. https://t.co/vJHw6GTcHU #NSFfunded #grantwriting

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The team’s work inspired other @jacksoncollege faculty who began work in spring 2023 on another ATE grant proposal. For more info or to join a CCPI-STEM Regional Affiliate, follow the links on the map on CCPI-STEM website. https://t.co/vJHw6GTcHU #NSFfunded

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“The idea of the [ATE] project really infiltrates out into every part of what I often refer to as the ecosystem of our college and our workforce,” Heather Ruttkofsky, dean of Health Sciences, Career & Technical Trades at @JacksonCollege explained during...

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"The idea of changing the community and being the catalyst to do that was so inspiring and profound that the faculty’s idea [for a technician education innovation] went even further,” Ruttkofsky said of the evolution of the ATE grant proposal submitted in fall 2022. #NSFfunded

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Meet the National Advisory Board of the Community College Presidents Initiative in STEM!

These are the leaders who support the CCPI-STEM focus on advancing STEM workforce education and the @NSF ATE program. @followtheleague @Comm_College https://t.co/vJHw6GTcHU #NSFfunded

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“As you think about your role in the #commcollege, how can we, as a sector, answer the clarion call to educate our students through transformative and innovative programs in STEM that are designed to meet current and future workforce needs."
- @CharleneMDukes @pgccnews

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In this panel, we'll discuss how to reskill, build diverse teams, and solve industry skills shortages from our multiple experiences to meet the challenge of rapidly changing technologies. https://t.co/XRT53jjFWe @TheOfficialACM

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22% of the nation’s community colleges have shared in the $1.2 billion in ATE grants awarded during the past 30 years. This prompted CCPI-STEM, an ATE grant strengthening the STEM technical workforce by expanding #commcollege senior admin's
understanding of the ATE programs.

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“One of the benefits of this regional network is you are not alone,” said Midwest Regional Network Chair, Dr. Dan Phelan
Explore ways to get involved with CCPI-STEM: https://t.co/vJHw6GTcHU
#NSFfudned

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CCPI-STEM Co-Principal Investigator and VP emeritus of @pgccnews, Vera Zdravkovich (Dr. Z), has been the principal investigator of seven @NSF grants. We'll be sharing her answers to questions that arise during Regional Affiliate Meetings. #NSFfunded

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Meet a few of the faces behind the Community College Presidents Initiative! These are the leaders who support the CCPI-STEM focus on advancing #STEM workforce education and the @NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. https://t.co/vJHw6GTcHU

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“The idea of changing the community and being the catalyst to do that was so inspiring and so profound
that the faculty’s idea [for a technician education innovation] went even further,” Heather Ruttkofsky on the evolution of last fall's ATE grant proposal https://t.co/vJHw6GTcHU

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“We want to hear about how we as a sector can educate our students thru transformative & innovative programs in STEM that are designed to meet current and future workforce needs." Dr. Charlene M. Dukes, co-principal investigator of CCPI-STEM and president emeritus of @pgccnews

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Are you a Community College President?
Stay up to date on our initiatives for advancing STEM workforce education by connecting with us on LinkedIn! #NSFfunded https://t.co/W4Hjkx2JPz

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“ATE and @NSF really get attention, and then it leads to philanthropists noticing your college and your college programs. Big donors don’t give money usually to programs that are antiquated." - Dr. Edwin R. Massey, SE Regional Network Chair and president emeritus @IRSCTheRiver