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Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Teaching Resource  Two Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) employees have co-authored a chapter in a new book about the roles community colleges play in strengthening global education and teaching conflict resolution skills. Dr. Susan Lohwater, associate professor of English-as-a-Second Language at the Western Campus, and Jennifer Batton, director of the Global Issues Resource Center (GIRC) at ... Read More »

  The joyous voices of two of Greater Cleveland’s gospel groups will ring from the rafters on Sunday, April 21, 2013, at a brunch at Vosh Lakewood to benefit North Coast Health Ministry, a Lakewood-based charitable health center serving the low-income uninsured.   The gospel brunch event will feature the sounds of  “One Voice” and “The Tralalas” in concert and ... Read More »

Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C ®) is looking for community members to join its Community Volunteer Tutoring Program. Volunteers get the opportunity to give back to future generations, and students get the benefit of their knowledge and experience. Tutors work one-on-one with students in all subject areas, but the greatest needs are in math and science. Volunteer tutors can meet with students at any ... Read More »

Cuyahoga Community College  hosted “Give Kids a Smile Day,” which is part of a national educational campaign to help prevent tooth decay through early, ongoing preventative measures. Dental hygiene students at Tri-C as well as staff and dental volunteers provided free dental services for children up to age 17 on Sat., April 6 at the downtown Health Careers & Sciences ... Read More »

Tri-C Diversity Series…. Educator and social activist Jim Keady visited Indonesia more than a decade ago to investigate how athletic apparel manufacturer Nike Inc. was treating its factory workers there. He has been telling the world about the experience ever since, via his award-winning film Behind the Swoosh and hundreds of speaking engagements every year. Keady spoke at Cuyahoga Community College ... Read More »

ELYRIA, OH – EMH Healthcare is proud to announce the opening of their newest Patient Service Center, located within the EMH Elyria Family Practice at 5319 Meadow Lane Court in Elyria.  The new Patient Service Center is a one-stop location for laboratory work requested by physicians.  From blood draws, to urine analysis, culture testing and Coumadin testing (PT/INR), the EMH ... Read More »

Lee Burneson Middle School student Kyle Yu won the state Geographic Bee and will now represent Ohio at the National Geographic Bee next month in Washington, D.C.  Kyle beat out about 100 other fourth through eighth graders for the state title. The national finals will be held May 20-22 and the winner will be crowned the 25th National Geographic Bee ... Read More »

Westlake High School art students took the top three prizes in the 16th District Congressional Art Competition.  Sophomore Madeline Lee won “Best of Show” for her painting “Rainbow Street,” sophomore Paige Dawson won first runner-up for her painting of the West Side Market, and senior Ricky Kolar won second runner-up for his seven-layer stencil of East 14th Street in Cleveland. ... Read More »

by Joe Baber Although everyone in our Childhood Cancer group is trying to survive, this contest is not like the TV game show where everyone is reasonably healthy and one lucky person wins a million dollars if they are the lone survivor. Every day, 36 children randomly fall into the battle to survive cancer. In this survival contest, not everyone ... Read More »

The Bay Village, Rocky River, Fairview Park, Lakewood and Westlake/North Olmsted Chapters of the League of Women Voters-Cuyahoga Area are sponsoring the second of three voter education forums on regionalization/collaboration on Tuesday, April 16, 7 pm, at the Dwyer Senior Center, 300 Bryson Lane, Bay Village. The forum speakers, members of the Westshore Council of Government (WCOG), are Lakewood Mayor ... Read More »