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Prospectus, December 5, 2012, Mark Roughton, Mace Mackiewicz, Emily Glover, Spencer Brown, Alex Wallner, Ted Sutterlund

Prospectus 2012

PARKLAND LOOKS TO INCREASE FAN SUPPORT AMONG STUDENTS, Facebook Users Vote Against Privacy-Policy Changes, A Pair of Starkly Different Plans, Online Shopping for a Safer Holiday Season, How to Love Your Body, Why do Students Procrastinate?, The Lost Island on Google Earth, First Golfer Inducted to Parkland Hall of Fame, WPCD Jams Out Against Arthritis

Prospectus, November 28, 2012, Ted Sutterlund, Alex Wallner, Katie Kretchmer, Mark Roughton, Spencer Brown, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

PARKLAND ART GALLERY FEATURES NEW EXHIBIT, Students Hope for Change with Election Outcome, On Your Honor: How to Achieve Academic Integrity, Driven to Distraction: Our Wired Generation, Transferring a Team Effort for Cobra Athletes, Both Cobras Basketball Teams Start Strong, Craig Adds New Depth to 007 in "Skyfall," Wii U Showcases Impressive New Specs

Prospectus, November 14, 2012, Casey Digan, Javier Murillo, Nick Laptew, Jojo Rhinehart, Stephen Tamm, Mace Mackiewicz, Spencer Brown, Alex Wallner, Ted Sutterlund

Prospectus 2012

PARKLAND INCREASES CAMPUS SURVEILLANCE, Parkland College Recognizes Veterans, You Might be a Parkland Student, How to Stay Active in any Weather, Hate Speech in the Gaming Community, Athlete of the Month: Priscila Azuaga De Barros, Cobras Volleyball Team Prepares for Nationals, New Holiday Show Opens at Staerkel Planetarium

Prospectus, November 7, 2012, Mark Roughton, Jojo Rhinehart, Nick Laptew, Sandra L. Mcgill, Ted Sutterlund, Spencer Brown, Alex Wallner, Rod Lovett, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

FORMER PROFESSOR ENJOYS TABLE TENNIS SUCCESS, Photography a Good Option for Creative Students, Speech Lab Helps Students With Public Speaking Skills, Student Groups Compete in Pumpkin Carving Contest, Election Day 2012, How States Have Voted Since 1988, From ZZZ's to A's: How Sleep Affects Learning, Parkland Advising Issues: Are Students or Advisers to Blame?, Parkland Basketball Teams Begin New Season, Cobra Volleyball Team Head to Nationals, Review of "Assassins Creed 3," Console Video Games Face New Competition

Prospectus, October 31, 2012, Ted Sutterlund, Mark Roughton, Shane Rogers, Jojo Rhinehart, Nick Laptew, Matt Crosby, Alex Wallner, Spencer Brown, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

PUBLIC SAFETY ATTAINS HYBRID CAR, Tips on Registering for Spring Courses, The Science Debate, Horror Scope, Meet the Staff, Obama, Romney: Two Sides of the Same Presidential Coin?, Has Halloween Become an X-Rated Holiday?, What are You Going to be for Halloween?, Cobras Prepare for Region 24 Tournament, Cobras Soccer Season Comes to a Close, "Paranormal Activity 4" Disappoints Viewers, Creeps, Screams and Terror: A Review of Local Haunted Attractions

Prospectus, October 24, 2012, Jojo Rhinehart, Javier Murillo, Nick Laptew, Ted Sutterlund, Katie Kretchmer, Spencer Brown, Alex Wallner, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

PARKLAND CELEBRATES CIVILITY WEEK, Parkland, Park District Host "Zombie Run!," The Archives: A Preservation of Parkland's History, Behind the Scenes of Parkland College TV, Eat Right Now: Nutrition Essentials Made Easy, God Bless You? No Thank You!, Holes in U.S. Internet Security, Cobra Golf Sustains Confidence, A Review of "Sinister"

Prospectus, October 17, 2012, Javier Murillo, Ted Sutterlund, Nick Laptew, Jojo Rhinehart, Spencer Brown, Alex Wallner, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

PARKLAND CELEBRATES 45 ACADEMIC YEARS, Parkland Observes National Coming Out Day, Food for Thought Brings New Food, New Hours, Stop the Stress and Get Ready for Midterms, Pell Grants Boost College Access for Low-Income Students but Money is Only Half the Story, Gangnam Style? Not in N. Korea, Shelby Geers: October Athlete of the Month, Parkland Volleyball Streak Reaches Record 23 Games, Planetarium Features "Songs in the Key of Earth"

Prospectus, October 10, 2012, Nick Laptew, Spencer Brown, Javier Murillo, Jojo Rhinehart, Ted Sutterlund, Stephen Tamm, Mark Roughton, Alex Wallner, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

CANDIDATES SQUARE OFF IN FIRST DEBATE, Parkland Soccer Enters Home Stretch, Park District Organizes "Zombie Run," Staerkel Planetarium and Parkland Theatre Turn 25, Review of the iPhone 5, Exercise Your Way to Success, Jobs, the Economy and Community Connections, Online Privacy and Technology Face Off Again, Parkland Dance Team Provides Opportunities for Dancers, Cobras Basketball Sees a Change of Pace, Resident Evil 6: The Review, Media's Grip on Teens and Tweens

Prospectus, October 3, 2012, Mace Mackiewicz, Spencer Brown, Briana Kay Stodden, Jojo Rhinehart, Javier Murillo, Craig Towsley, Mark Roughton, Alex Wallner, Josh Grube

Prospectus 2012

PYGMALION MUSIC FESTIVAL 2012, Pygmalion Music Festival Rules the Weekend, Fall Volunteer Fair Comes to Parkland's Campus, Easy Voter Registration Available on Campus, Fitness Center Ribbon Cutting, Young Cobras Baseball Team Strive for Consistency, Parkland Golf Team Continues Their Strong Season, A Talk With Tennis

Prospectus, September 26, 2012, Jojo Rhinehart, Javier Murillo, Anna-Marie Jaeschke, Amanda Holst, Spencer Brown, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations, Alex Wallner, Mark Roughton, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

DISTRACTED DRIVING HITS PARKLAND, Parkland Named to Military Friendly Schools List, The Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Care for Your Back(pack), Room to Study: Creating Space to Concentrate, Socially Unsociable: A Look at Social Barriers on Campus, Cobras Volleyball Continues to Dominate, Cobras Softball Working Hard During the Fall Season, Game Review: Boarderlands II

Prospectus, September 19, 2012, Jojo Rhinehart, Javier Murillo, Briana Kay Stodden, Alisha Kirkley, Nick Laptew, Phil Galaras, Mark Roughton, Alex Wallner, Matt Crosby, Spencer Brown, Mace Mackiewicz, Madison Eddy, Ghada Yousef

Prospectus 2012

PARKLAND FACES BUDGET CUTS; Parkland up for re-accreditation in early October; Center for Academic Success lives up to its name; It's the iPhone 5; If you can't say anything nice, come log on to the Internet; Ignorance meets intolerance in a tragedy in Benghazi; Peter Goldmark: Trust in news media falls to disturbing levels; Cobra golf finds talent from across the pond; Parkland women's soccer continues to thrive; A decade of reboots and remakes

Prospectus, September 12, 2012, Spencer Brown, Nick Laptew, Mark Roughton, Jody Littleton, Kelsey Hosea, Buster Bytes, Javier Murillo, Alex Wallner, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

COBRAS POSE QUADRUPLE THREAT, Community Gardens Offer Historical Lesson, Athletic Training Program Keeps Cobras Healthy, A Semester Abroad in Ireland, Black Student SUCCESS Project Focuses on Out-of-District Students, Buster Bytes' Guide to Calculators, A College Student's Guide for Personal Budgeting, Big vs. Small Government Debate Distorts History, Israelis Condemn Unprovoked Beating of Arab, Golf Team Celebrates First Tournament Victory, Pygmalion Music Festival 2012 Preview

Prospectus, September 5, 2012, Spencer Brown, Javler Murillo, Casey Digan, Nick Laptew, Kelsey Hosea, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton, Alex Wallner, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

PC HOSTS SECOND ANNUAL KICK FOR THE CURE TOURNAMENT, What You Need to Know About Bicycling, Debate Team Looks to Continue Success, Parkland Honors Program Provides Outlet for Academic Excellence, Parkland Hosts High Noon Lecture with Derek Dallas, Buster Bytes' Guide to Crowd Funding, Candidate Statements for Fall Election, New Fitness Center Exceeding Expectations, Parkland Volleyball Bounce Back After Tournament, Review of Circa Survive's Violent Waves

Prospectus, August 29, 2012, Mark Roughton, Kelsey Hosea, Shane Rogers, Mace Mackiewicz, Alex Wallner, Spencer Brown

Prospectus 2012

A HOMETOWN HERO: GIA LEWIS-SMALLWOOD, Parkland Hosts First Fall Welcome Convocation, Questions Remain on Agency's Power to Strip Armstrong Titles, Gunfire Leaves Two Dead, More Wounded in New York, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Samsung Dealt a Stinging Defeat in Apple Patent Case, Chick-fil-A's Controversial Opinion, The World Discovers the Weirdness of Todd Akin, Cobras Volleyball Fall Semester Preview, Parkland Soccer Preview for Fall Semester 2012, Inside the Conventions

Prospectus, August 22, 2012, Briana Kay Stodden, Thomas Ramage

Prospectus 2012

FALL SEMESTER HAS AN EVENTFUL START, A Letter from President Ramage, Manufacturing's Skills Gap has its Skeptics, 'Hope and Enthusiasm' as Illegal Immigrants Apply to Stay in US, Parents Taking an Active Role in College Choices, Science, Such a Sweet Mystery, U.S. Higher Education System Needs Some Schooling, Paterno Bio is Insightful and Incomplete, What You Post Can Haunt You, The Freshman's Guide to Social Media

Can Curriculum Changes Improve The Deliverables The Business Studies Departments Of Maine’S Community Colleges Provide Its Stakeholders?, Jack Buckley Ma

All Student Scholarship

Recent seminars and meetings between state officials and business leaders have established that a perceived disconnect exists between the skill's, knowledge, and abilities needed by their enterprises and the skill's, knowledge, and abilities being taught by the state’s educational systems. The Maine Community College System's vision states that the system answers to a number of stakeholders by providing a two year comprehensive, affordable, and accessible college education..." dedicated to building a quality workforce for Maine” (Maine Community College, n.d.). While the MCCS is a relatively new institution, this suggests that the community college arena is the most logical starting place …

The Neglected Minority: Interviews With Successful Community College Students From Poverty, Heather Hollifield-Hoyle

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Poverty in the US is growing at an alarming rate. The current economic climate demands higher education to embrace the economic diversity of all students and to prepare them, regardless of economic class, for a globally competitive workplace. Unfortunately, the higher education community is not as adept at serving low-income students, as it is middle- and upper- income students. Low-income students are less likely than their more affluent peers to enroll in college or graduate. Employing qualitative narrative methods, this dissertation explores the factors that contributed to the persistence and success of 18, low-income, community college students. This study addresses …

Efficacy Of A Basic Public Speaking Course Delivered Via A Virtual Community College, Stephen Bradley Bailey

Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to: (a) determine if taking the basic public speaking course in face-to-face, hybrid, and online format statistically significantly reduces public speaking anxiety; (b) determine which course format, if any, reduces public speaking anxiety to the greatest extent; (c) determine if students’ satisfaction with learning is statistically significantly different in the three course formats; (d) determine faculty’s perceptions of students learning in the basic public speaking in the three course formats.

Pre- and post-data were collected from 263 participants taking the basic public speaking course in a virtual community college in January 2012 and in …

Prospectus, July 25, 2012, Kelsey Hosea, Briana Kay Stodden, Morgan Bernier, Buster Bytes, Spencer Brown, Matt Crosby, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

FOOD FOR THOUGHT A HIT WITH STUDENTS; Senate hears ideas on keeping down college costs; Parkland Planetarium and Art Gallery Fall Preview; Obama, Romney suspend campaigning in wake of Colorado shooting; Buster's Bites: tasty summer treats; Finding God, the particle: A prelude to discoveries more shocking and profound; All is quiet on the war front; Parkland men's basketball team welcomes new head coach; Review of new film "The Dark Knight Rises"

The Impact Of Service-Learning On General Education Outcomes At A Community College In Virginia, Sonya Lisette Landas

Educational Foundations & Leadership Theses & Dissertations

Service-learning is an instructional method designed to cultivate interaction between students and their communities in order to improve the learning process. Although there is a wealth of information available pertaining to the development and implementation of service-learning in higher education, evidence supporting the impact of service-learning on general education outcomes at a community college is minimal. The current study investigated the impact of service-learning on two general education outcomes at a local community college: critical thinking and personal growth (measured by two subtasks on the Student Developmental Task and Lifestyle Assessment). The researcher used an Analysis of Variance with repeated …

Prospectus, June 27, 2012, Spencer Brown, Matt Crosby, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

NEW FITNESS CENTER TO AID IN RECRUITING, Rural Newcomers: Young, Educated, There by Choice, A "Healthy" Food Stamp, or Just a Heavy Hand?, Construction of the Student Services Center Continues, Up-and-Coming Social Media Websites, Title IX Anniversary Brings Out the Statistics, Nostalgia and Knives, The Story the Media Got Right, Essay Mills - a Coarse Lesson on Cheating, Two Former Cobras Taken in MLB Draft, Products, Games Unveiled at E3 Expo

Prospectus, May 30, 2012, Shane Rogers, Mark Roughton, Spencer Brown, Kelsey Hosea, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SUMMER CAMP, Cobra's Softball Season Closes With Third Place Finish, Summer Camp Music Festival 2012, Parkland Hosts Jump Rope for Heart, The Benefits of Summer Classes at Parkland College, R.I.P., Encyclopedia Britannica, In Life and Economics, A Little Friction Can Smooth Things Out, Mast Resigns, Leaving a Trail of Success, William M. Staerkel Planetarium Summer Preview

Prospectus, May 5, 2012, Mark Roughton, Nick Washington, Briana Kay Stodden, Kelsey Hosea, Spencer Brown, Chanelle Stokes, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

PARKLAND AWARDED FOR ORGAN DONOR INITIATIVE, Motor Sports Program a Great Way for Students to Enjoy EST, Jump Rope for Heart 2012, Access Success With Lori Patterson, Alcohol Awareness Day Held at Parkland, Google Drive: Watch Out, Cloud Computing in U.S. like 'Wild West,' Say "No" to Cumulative Exams, Job Death Decrease Still Not Enough, What do You do to Prepare for Finals?, Cobra Golfers Work for Strong Finish to Spring, Art Gallery to Host Graphic Design Student Exhibition

The Role Of Noncredit Continuing Education As A Workforce Revitalization Partner, Joseph Lincoln Combs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the partnership role of noncredit continuing education in revitalizing the workforce during the economic crisis that started in 2008 in selected communities in East Tennessee. This research synthesized meaningful information regarding how the leaders of business and industry perceived the role of noncredit service providers as economic development partners.

This qualitative study was conducted using interviews of chamber of commerce officials in 9 of the 10 counties served by Walters State Community College. The participants indicated that they were interested in partnering with the noncredit department to accomplish the goal of …

Understanding Philanthropic Motivations Of Northeast State Community College Donors, Heather J. Cook

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

At Northeast State Community College (NeSCC) nearly 70% of students need some form of financial aid to attend. State support is flattening or decreasing and the gap is filled by private donors' support (Northeast State Community College, 2011). Hundreds of donors have made significant contributions to aid in the education of those in the Northeast Tennessee region. The purpose of this study was to investigate the philanthropic motivations of a select group of 4 donors who have given a significant amount to a community college and to garner their specific reasons for doing so.

This qualitative study included 4 interviews …

Prospectus, April 25, 2012, Kelsey Hosea, Chanelle Stokes, Burke Stanion, Mark Roughton, Buster Bytes, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations, Nick Washington, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

HISTORY OF PARKLAND'S RENOVATIONS, Parkland's Student Disability Services Finds Ways to Assist Those in Need, Linotype: The Film, How to Not Pay for Mobile Phone Service, Seattle Man Rescues and Relocates Unwanted Trees, What We Should be Asking the Candidates, What do You Plan to do After Going to Parkand?, SNAP and Parkland Nursing Program to Host Art Demonstration, Cobras Spring Cheerleading Tryouts 2012, Summer Camp Music Festival 2012 Preview

Prospectus, April 18, 2012, Briana Kay Stodden, Kelsey Hosea, Buster Bytes, Chanelle Stokes, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations, Mark Roughton, Spencer Brown, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

STUDENT SERVICES CENTER BREAKS GROUND, Parkland's 2+2 Programs a Gateway to Success, Parkland College Initiatives Win National Awards, North Korea's Failed Launch Raises Alarms, Desire2Learn to Replace ANGEL, Wanted: Jobs for the Next Generation, How Would You Describe Your Experience at Parkland So Far?, Clutts Reached 500 Wins as Cobras Softball Steadily Improves, Women's Soccer Rebuilding for Upcoming Fall Season, A Review of "The Hunger Games"

Prospectus, April 11, 2012, Mark Roughton, Buster Bytes, Chanelle Stokes, Mace Mackiewicz, Parkland Marketing And Public Relations

Prospectus 2012

NEW STUDENT SERVICES CENTER ON THE WAY, Emily Strutner Names Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar, 13th Annual PC Motorsports Car Show Scheduled, Colleges Hiring More Part-Timers, Job Gains Slow Down in March, A Guide to Certificate Programs at Parkland, 'Me' or 'We': A Generational Debate, Doyle McManus: Time for a Presidential Campaign Experiment, What Do You Think of the New Food For Thought?, Parity Appears in Major League Baseball, How Motion Controls Have Affected Modern Gaming

Amesbury Early College Program: Second-Year Outcomes, John E. Leonard, Sue Grolnic, Roy Hamond

Office of Community Partnerships Posters

This program involves creating five-year longitudinal community-based program evaluation reports annually based on outcomes for early college program for academically average students in grades 10-12, in a suburban high school partnership with MA community college. The Mixed methodology employed uses surveys and interviews and quantitative student data to illuminate program design, measure student outcomes, investigate changes in teaching practice and examine effective leadership practices. The two-year results show impressive credit accumulation and improved college readiness skills in students. It also shows that strong support mechanisms promote student success. This Program is now being replicated in other communities.

Prospectus, April 4, 2012, Spencer Brown, Chanelle Stokes, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton, Mace Mackiewicz

Prospectus 2012

FOOD FOR THOUGHT LOOKS TO SATISFY STUDENTS, Robert Easter Named President at Scandalized Urbana-Champaign, Defending the Hoodie: Garment no Reason to Stereotype, Students Say, What do You Think About Parkland's New Upgraded Wi-Fi?, How to Handle Spam Text Messages, A Good Pay Phone is Hard to Find, Those Withouth Religious Affiliation Aren't Necessarily Rejecting God, Letter to the Editor, Employers Asking for Passwords is Wrong, Cobras Baseball Shakes off Tough Early Schedule, Mass Effect 3 Review