community colleges

A new program will allow police academy cadets to earn an associate's degree from Carroll Community College as they train under the Carroll County Sheriff.

Howard Community College has appointed Frank Turner, the former longtime Howard County delegate, to its board of trustees.

By Jess Nocera

Jun 4, 2019

Any plans to subsidize college tuition in Maryland ought to be considered carefully considering the financial challenges schools are facing.

The Harford Community College women’s lacrosse team won it’s first-ever national championship this year, but they are not the college’s only winners in 2019,

By David Anderson

May 29, 2019

Howard Community College has 1,332 candidates for graduation who are anticipated to earn 1,479 degrees and certifications.

By Jess Nocera

May 24, 2019

Tuition promise scholarships are changing conversations around family dinner tables; college can be affordable. The impossible might just become possible.

Renovation of the Harford Community College library is being pushed back as the school moves forward with a $31.5 million renovation of the Chesapeake Center.

By Erika Butler

May 22, 2019

Leslie Simmons will give the commencement address for Carroll Community College. Marta Cruz-Alicea will give the student response.

With a mix of patriotic and gospel music, the Old Line Statesmen Barbershop Chorus will hold its annual spring show, “God Bless the USA,” bringing the Scott Center at Carroll Community College alive with an a capella tribute to God and country.

Colleges have a responsibility to let potential low-income students know that the real costs of attendance are often much lower than the sticker price.

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has announced Harford redshirt sophomore Chandler Schmidt (North Harford) as its NJCAA Player of the Week for April 29 – May 5.

After nearly two years of research, the findings by a team of students who studied tobacco hornworm caterpillars and their feeding inductions were published in an academic journal produced by Howard Community College.

By Jess Nocera

May 8, 2019

Allison Alston, a Reservoir High School junior, was selected as the next student member of the Howard County Board of Education last week.

By Jess Nocera

Apr 30, 2019

Community Media Center adds board members Bethune Bishop

Christine H. Fox, the assistant director for policy and analysis at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, gave a talk entitled “More to Math: From Education to Real-World Application” at Howard Community College on Tuesday night.

By Jess Nocera

Apr 25, 2019

Shepherd University and Carroll Community College in Maryland have signed a transfer agreement that will offer students who transfer to Shepherd directly from Carroll a 25 percent tuition discount provided they have earned an associate degree and possess a cumulative grade point average of 2.8.

Howard Community College opened its doors in 1970, the 14th community college in the state of Maryland. April is National Community College Month.

By Jess Nocera

Apr 18, 2019

Who received thumbs up from the Carroll County Times this week?

Ann G. Candler, a retired Baltimore City Community College English teacher, died Feb. 27 of lung disease at the Blakehurst Retirement Community in Towson. The former Roland Park resident was 91.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Mar 11, 2019

April Ryan, a journalist, discussed the history of slavery, the Civil Rights Movement and why she hasn’t let attacks towards her stop her from being a journalist at Howard Community College Monday.

By Jess Nocera

Mar 5, 2019

Paul J. Beckham Sr., who was a dean at Baltimore City Community College, died Feb. 8 from cancer at Gilchrist Center Towson at the age of 95.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Feb 16, 2019

Carroll Community College will host a President’s Day Open House from 1-4 p.m. at its campus in Westminster Monday, Feb. 18 for high schoolers and their families to learn about the college and the programs it has to offer. 

The governor has appointed three new members to the Harford County Board of Education and one new member to the Harford Community College Board of Trustees.

By Erika Butler

Feb 14, 2019

Students pursuing an associate degree in nursing from Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury can now enroll simultaneously in a bachelor of science degree program at the University of Maryland School of Nursing’s under a dual admission agreement.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 30, 2019

Carroll County Public Schools are closing three hours early on Jan. 29.

CCBC Catonsville's Honors Program offers a mentorship program called Pushy Moms, which uses local mothers to help community college students transition to four-year schools.

By Cody Boteler

Jan 15, 2019

The Harford Community College Board of Trustees approved its operating and capital budget requests for the 2020 fiscal year.

By David Anderson

Jan 11, 2019

Libby Trostle, the college’s senior director corporate services and workforce development, has been appointed to and will assume the role of Vice President of Continuing Education and Training at the start of the year, replacing Karen Merkle.

There are accusations of bullying and aggressive behavior. There are reports of tensions and logs of official complaints. And there are tough questions about Burmaster’s past and what might have happened during her time at schools she led before Frederick Community College.

Harford Community College proposes a $50.8 million operating budget for fiscal 2020, with a handful of new positions, a 2 percent employee salary increase, higher health insurance costs and a 3 percent tuition hike.

By David Anderson

Dec 13, 2018

Dianna G. Phillips, President of Harford Community College, writes: "I want to thank everyone who attended the Future Summit, from leaders in local business and government to impassioned educators and community members."

Carroll County government and Carroll Community College are partnering up to offer "Carroll 101," a non-credit class that will be held in the spring from mid-February through mid-March to teach everything citizens wanted to know about local government but were afraid to ask.

The Long Term Advisory Council has been gathering its research to make recommendations to the Board of Carroll County Commissioners. Those recommendations were presented at Carroll Community College on Tuesday, Nov. 27, after 18 months of research by the 15-member group.

Harford County’s 13th Inauguration Ceremony will be held at noon on Monday, Dec. 3, at the APG Federal Credit Union Arena on the campus of Harford Community College in Bel Air.

Ebby Malmgren, award-winning local potter, has donated more than 200 pottery pieces from her personal collection to the AACC Holiday Ceramics Club Sale. Proceeds from the event support the educational activities of the Anne Arundel Community College ceramics studio.

Harford Community College held a successful Future Summit planning event on Friday, Nov. 9, according to college officials, as participants discussed what HCC might be like in the coming decades. 

Mark McColloch, a labor historian who had been vice president of instruction at the Community College of Baltimore County for a decade, died Oct. 26 from cancer at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 70.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Nov 12, 2018

Baltimore police say they found Brendon Michaels, 43, dead Thursday in his apartment in the 1200 block of Saint Paul Street.

By Tim Prudente

Nov 12, 2018

Heather L. Hurd 5K Spooktacular Harford Community College

Rayna DuBose will be the speaker at the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County's annual celebration Monday, Oct. 15, at Howard Community College in Columbia.

After choosing the Lynx as its mascot in January 2018, Carroll Community College unveiled the logo for the first time Tuesday afternoon as a part of the college’s 25th anniversary celebrations.

Congratulations are in order to Carroll Community College for its 25 years of contributions to our community and its residents. Here’s to 25 more.

Twenty-five years ago this year, Carroll Community College took a leap to become just that — its own college.

This year, Carroll Community College is celebrating its 25th year as an independent college, first having begun as a branch of Catonsville Community College. Over the years, the college has literally grown from the ground up, adding buildings, programs and students.