Montgomery
Sinclair recognized
Sinclair Community College has received national recognition, one of four community colleges from across the country in the Achieving the Dream’s Network to earned Leader College of Distinction status.
It is the highest designation offered to institutions in the ATD Network. The 2020 cohort of Leader Colleges of Distinction includes 2020 Leah Meyer Austin Award winner Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) in Wisconsin, Roane State College in Tennessee, Sinclair Community College in Ohio, and Odessa College in Texas.
ATD created the Leader College of Distinction award in 2018 to recognize colleges that have pursued and met challenging student success goals, often earning Leader College status several times. Leader Colleges of Distinction must show improvement in three or more student outcome metrics, including at least one lagging indicator such as completion or transfer with an earned baccalaureate. Leader Colleges of Distinction also are required to show they have reduced equity gaps in at least two metrics for at least two student groups. These requirements recognize and motivate sustained and proactive reform efforts that result in greater improvements in student success and equity.
“Earning Leader College of Distinction status is a tremendous honor for Sinclair Community College and reflects the enormous efforts of faculty and staff to continually implement evidence-based programs and policies that build pathways to success for our students,” said Steve Johnson, president and CEO – Sinclair Community College.
This year’s cohort of Leader Colleges of Distinction achieved the following student success outcomes:
Sinclair Community College had substantive increases in the proportion of students who successfully complete Gateway Math and both Gateway English and Math within one year of enrolling at the college as well as the ratio of successful credit completion and completion of a credential within four years of entering the college. Sinclair Community College has narrowed its existing equity gaps for low-income students receiving Pell grants and between Black and white students.
In addition to increasing four-year completion by seven percentage points, the college narrowed its existing equity gaps for students who receive Pell grants and for Black students on this measure.
BROOKVILLE
Blood drive Wednesday
Community United Methodist Church will sponsor the monthly Brookville community blood drive Wednesday, from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Golden Gate Park Lieber Center, 545 Upper Lewisburg Salem Road.
Everyone who registers to
donate gets the new “Donor Shenanigans” T-shirt plus free COVID-19 antibody testing. Make an appointment at www.DonorTime.com or call 937-461-3220.
March is St. Patrick’s Day month and donors can get in the green with the new “Donor Shenanigans” T-shirt, available today through March 27.
Community Blood Center is calling 2021 “Blood Donor Year” because of the impact of COVID19 restrictions and winter weather cancellations on blood collection. CBC is challenging all who are able to donate at least three times in 2021.
The goal of the “Fight. Heal.