The Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. have launched an $800,000 initiative to encourage non-traditional students to enter the teaching field. Extending the Bridge: Community Colleges and the Road to Teaching will support collaborations between university schools of education and community colleges that will encourage and prepare people of color and non-traditional students to enter teaching. The grant recipients received the following: Rancho Santiago/California State University at Fullerton, $100,000 Miami-Dade Community College/Florida International University, $100,000; Cowley County Community College/Wichita State, $96,000; Middlesex Community College, $100,000; Rockland Community College, $100,000; University of Rochester, $52,000; Rio Grande Community College/University of Rio Grande, $43,000; Shelby State/University of Memphis, $100,000; Piedmont Community College/University of Virginia, $100,000.
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Dr. Melvin C. Terrell is the vice president for student affairs at Northeastern Illinois University
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