Community College Presidents Initiative (CCPI)

🎉 🌐 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: ow.ly/96sR50Qe5vw #STEMeducation #CCPISTEM

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. ccpi-stem.org #NSFfunded

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. ccpi-stem.org

"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

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. ccpi-stem.org #NSFfunded #grantwriting

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. ccpi-stem.org #NSFfunded

"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

“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...

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 ccpi-stem.org #NSFfunded

“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

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. acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @TheOfficialACM

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.

“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: ccpi-stem.org #NSFfudned

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

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. ccpi-stem.org

“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 ccpi-stem.org

“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

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 linkedin.com/company/commun…

“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