Giving Back: Outstanding Alumni Stress the Importance of Community and Public Service

Autor/in	Ullman, Ellen
Titel	Giving Back: Outstanding Alumni Stress the Importance of Community and Public Service
Quelle	In: Community College Journal, 80 (2010) 4, S.26-29 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-1803
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Alumni; Public Service; Volunteers; Community Services; Higher Education; Two Year Colleges; Mentors; Illinois; Iowa; New York; Oklahoma; Oregon; Washington; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Public services; Öffentlicher Sozialdienst; Freiwilliger; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This article features several community college alumni who share how community colleges contributed to their success later in their lives and how they are inspired to give back. These outstanding alumni stress the importance of community and public service. They include: (1) Dr. Richard Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General from 2002 to 2006; (2) Colonel Eileen M. Collins, the first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft; (3) Joseph Phillip Gomer, Major, U.S. Air Force, Member of Tuskegee Airmen; (4) Suzanne Lewis, first woman Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park; (5) Chard Pregracke, president and founder, Living Lands & Waters; and (6) Junki Yoshida, CEO of Yoshida Group Companies. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10