| Convocation 2011, No. 55 |
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ContentsMiddle States Commission Reaffirms College's Accreditation Colleges Break Ground for Mount Airy College Center for Health Care Education Towson Most Popular, But Majority of Transfers Go Elsewhere One in Four Are "First Generation" College Students My Heritage: François P. Derasse
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| Colleges Break Ground for Mount Airy College Center for Health Care Education | ||
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U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin joined leaders from Carroll, Frederick, and Howard Community Colleges to preside over the official ground breaking for the new Mount Airy College Center for Health Care Education on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 1 p.m. The ceremonial groundbreaking was held, at times amid torrential rain, at the site located at 1712 Back Acre Circle in the Twin Arch Business Park in Mount Airy. The center, which is expected to open in the fall of 2012, will provide high-demand, health-care related programs including credit degree and certificate programs and non-credit, continuing education allied health certification preparation courses. The colleges will lease 15,750 square feet of the 24,000 square-foot facility. The space will include three classrooms; a respiratory/emergency medical services laboratory; a medical technology lab; a multi-purpose allied health lab; an anatomy-physiology/biology lab; a computer lab; plus faculty and staff offices and storage. The cost of the project is approximately $4 million. Funding includes federal grants and community college appropriations. In May, 2010, Senators Mikulski and Cardin presented the colleges with $1 million towards the cost of the project, which was made possible through an omnibus appropriations measure that passed Congress. The colleges are seeking additional funds to supplement the federal funds. "This is about jobs, jobs, jobs. It's about giving people the tools they need to keep the jobs they have and it's about preparing people for jobs that are available in Maryland today," Mikulski said. "With these funds, Carroll, Frederick, and Howard Community Colleges will train a new pipeline of workers to fill jobs in health care fields that are needed now and will be needed even more in the future. This is a win-win opportunity to help save lives, and transform lives and communities." "Mt. Airy is an ideal location because of its proximity to all three colleges, making the center convenient for students," said Carroll Community College President Dr. Faye Pappalardo. "We hope to serve as many students as we can from the three counties, with affordable and flexible programs." "Offering programs in one facility will allow our three community colleges to better leverage funds, create more coordination between schools, and provide a superior education for students," said Howard Community College President Kate Hetherington. "The facility will not only contribute to economic development in Mt. Airy, but will serve as a national model to show how colleges and healthcare providers can work together to increase educational opportunities." Residents of Carroll, Frederick, and Howard counties will be able to take classes at in-county tuition rates. The specific offerings will be coordinated by each sponsoring college at the Mt. Airy location. Degree programs will include emergency medical technology, health information technology, medical laboratory technology, and respiratory care. Non-credit offerings will include advanced cardiac life support, assisted living management, certified nurse assistant, CPR, dental assisting, EKG technician, medical billing and coding, medicine aide, patient care technologist, pediatric advanced life support, pharmacy technician, plus registered nurse refresher courses.
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