Press Releases 2008
The CCAC Public Relations department provides up-to-date
information and news reports about the college and serves as a
liaison between the college and the media.
To that end, we maintain an archive of recent press releases.
You can read press releases from 2008 by clicking the links
below, or click the links to the left to view press releases
from other years. You can also access media coverage of the college
by viewing CCAC in the News.
12/15/2008 -- CCAC hosts forums
to help colleges become more affordable
12/15/2008 -- CCAC North raises
more than $1,000 for breast cancer awareness
12/05/2008 -- CCAC welcomes
Swearengin as controller
12/03/2008 -- Increase in CCAC
funding benefits workforce training
12/01/2008 -- CCAC-Allegheny
County Workforce Alliance Conference lays groundwork for
development plans
11/25/2008 -- CCAC engages in
service, scholarship to promote Pittsburgh 250
11/25/2008 -- CCAC-Pittsburgh
250 Celebration Speaker Series presentation slated for Dec.
4
11/19/2008 -- CCAC-Allegheny
County Workforce Alliance seeks to redefine role of community
colleges in regional economic development
11/18/2008 -- CCAC professor
receives YWCA racial justice lifetime achievement award
11/14/2008 -- CCAC South
presents Native American traditions
11/10/2008 -- CCAC-Pittsburgh
250 Celebration Speaker Series Presentation Slated for Nov.
13
11/07/2008 -- Grainger Partners
With Community College of Allegheny County To Address Shortage Of
Skilled Workers In Pittsburgh
11/05/2008 -- CCAC Allegheny
Campus Announces Enrollment Express Days Nov. 12, 19 as 'One Stop
Shopping' for Prospective Students
11/05/2008 -- CCAC Boyce Campus
Announces Nov. 19 Enrollment Express Day as 'One Stop Shopping' for
Prospective Students
11/05/2008 -- CCAC North Campus
Announces Nov. 13, 19 Enrollment Express Day as 'One Stop Shopping'
for Prospective Students
11/05/2008 -- CCAC South Campus
Announces Nov. 11, 12 Enrollment Express Day as 'One Stop Shopping'
for Prospective Students
11/03/2008 -- CCAC to Provide
Seniors Healthy Endeavors Classes for Fourth Year through Renewed
$20,000 City Contract
10/24/2008 -- Executive
Director CCAC-Allegheny County Workforce Alliance Honored with
National Award
10/24/2008 -- CCAC Allegheny
Campus Career Services Job Fair Attracted 32 employers, over 375
Job Seekers
10/22/2008 -- English Farce
"Black Comedy" to be Presented by CCAC South Campus Theatre in
November
10/21/2008 -- Senior Rabbi
Aaron Bisno to Speak at CCAC Allegheny Campus Nov. 7
10/20/2008 -- CCAC North Golf
Team Produces Winners
10/20/2008 -- CCAC North Campus
Golfer from Greentree Finishes Second in Monongahela Cup
10/17/2008 -- CCAC
Intercollegiate Ice Hockey Team to Wear Pink to Raise Funds for
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
10/14/2008 -- CCAC Campuses to
Host Transfer Days for Existing, Prospective Students
10/13/2008 -- CCAC Supportive
Services, Special Needs Faculty, Staff Honored at Landmark College
Luncheon
10/10/2008 -- CCAC North Campus
Psi Beta Honor Society Adopting Three Local Families for the
Holidays-with a Hotel Twist
10/8/2008 -- CCAC South Campus
Baseball Team Wins Third WPCC Championship; Will Compete for State
Championship this Weekend
10/8/2008 -- Over 350 from 30
High Schools Attend Second Annual CCAC Skilled Trades and Services
Fair Oct. 7
10/3/2008 -- Oct. 11 Date of
First CCAC Alumni Fall Career Seminar
09/25/2008 -- CCAC South Campus
Baseball Team Celebrates No Hitter
09/25/2008 -- CCAC-Pittsburgh
250 Celebration Speaker Series Presentation Set for October
23
09/25/2008 -- CCAC Allegheny,
North Campuses to Host Transfer Days for Existing, Prospective
Students
09/25/2008 -- Grand Opening of
CCAC North Campus Library Children's Wing to be Held Tuesday,
September 30
09/23/2008 -- CCAC to Host
Second Annual Skilled Trades Fair at West Hills Center, Oakdale on
October 7
09/23/2008 -- Free CCAC Alumni
Fall Career Seminar to be Held October 11
09/16/2008 -- CCAC Names Vice
President for Learning and Student Development
09/15/2008 -- CCAC Allegheny
Campus, College Office Locations to Reopen September
16
09/15/2008 -- CCAC Allegheny Campus,
College Office Locations Closed September 15 Due to Power
Outage
09/12/2008 -- CCAC Alumni Fall
Career Seminars to be held Saturday, October 11
09/12/2008 -- CCAC Skilled
Trades Fair to Offer Live Demonstrations,Showcase 20+ Trades on October
7
09/08/2008 -- YWCA remembers
Hurricane Katrina with event at CCAC Allegheny campus on Sept.
18
09/05/2008 -- CCAC South Campus
Theatre Presents English Farce "Black Comedy" in November
09/04/2008 -- Onorato, Johnson
Announce Opening of Application Process for 200 Volunteer
Firefighter Scholarships
09/03/2008 -- CCAC Constitution
Day Presentation Open to Public September 15
08/28/2008 -- 18th Annual Golf
Tournament to be Hosted by CCAC Educational Foundation Monday,
September 8
08/27/2008 -- CCAC Fall
Semester Classes begin Week of September 2 at Six Centers,
Online
08/27/2008 --CCAC to Offer
Singles with Spatulas Cooking, Networking Classes
08/20/2008 -- CCAC Community
Education Announces Free Classes
08/19/2008 -- Higher Education
Opportunity Act to Further Efforts to Establish College/Workforce
Partnerships, Open Additional Student Learner Opportunities
08/19/2008 -- Second Annual
CCAC Skilled Trades Fair to be Held at CCAC West Hills Center on
October 7
08/15/2008 -- CCAC Receives
$98,050 Training Contract to Offer Child Development Associate
(CDA), other Early Childhood Programs
08/14/2008 -- CCAC Wins
$403,000 Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation (PHEF) Grant for
Second-year Nursing Student Scholarships
08/13/2008 -- CCAC Students
Benefit from Dozens of Career-building Courses Each
Semester
08/07/2008 -- CCAC Students
Transferred Credits to 509 Universities Last Year
08/07/2008 -- CCAC and American
Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 2067 AFL-CIO Union Reach
Three-year Contract Agreement
08/07/2008 -- Congressman Jason
Altmire, CCAC President to Discuss Initiative that will Prepare
Grads for Future Jobs
08/01/2008 -- CCAC Associate's
Degree Fall Semester Classes begin August 18, September 2
07/31/2008 -- CCAC-South Campus
to Reopen Today at 4:00 p.m.
07/31/2008 -- CCAC-South Campus
Closed Today Due to Water Main Break
07/30/2008 -- CCAC Names Three
Campus Presidents, Vice President for Business and
Administration
07/18/2008 -- CCAC to Honor
Dean's List Recipients with Reception Friday, July 25
07/17/2008 -- CCAC Alumna
Donates $35,000 to Establish Scholarship in Honor of Late
Husband
07/15/2008 -- CCAC South Campus
Theatre Presents "You Can't Take It with You"
06/27/2008 -- CCAC Ranked
Second Nationally in Nursing Associate's Degree Graduates, Top
Provider of Associate's Degrees in Pennsylvania
06/26/2008 -- Pittsburgh
Friendship Quilt to be Featured at CCAC Boyce Campus Quilt Show
August 1-3
06/26/2008 -- CCAC Educational
Foundation 18th Annual Golf Tournament Slated for Monday, September
8
06/20/2008 -- CCAC Physical
Therapy Assistant Program Receives Continuing Accreditation through
2014
06/20/2008 -- PA Governor's
School for Health Care Students to Visit CCAC Boyce Campus Tuesday,
July 1
06/16/2008 -- CCAC Enrollment
Express Days announced for July, August
06/13/2008 -- CCAC Campuses
Welcome New Students with Orientation Sessions
06/12/2008 -- CCAC South Campus
to Host Information Night June 17
06/12/2008 -- CCAC Awarded
$233,445 HRSA Scholarship Grant to Support Disadvantaged Nursing
Students
06/12/2008 -- Onorato, Johnson
Announce New Partnership between County & CCAC
06/05/2008 -- CCAC Announces
Next Steps in Diversity and Inclusion Planning
06/04/2008 -- CCAC wins
$984,275 Three-year Nursing Grant, is only Individual Community
College among Nine National Awardees
06/03/2008 -- CCAC Earns Stable
Moody's Designation for Recent Bond Issuance
06/03/2008 -- CCAC South Campus
Theatre Presents the Act One Theatre School Production of The Wiz
June 13 and 14
06/03/2008 -- First CCAC Alumni
Day to be Held at PNC Park Sunday, July 13
05/27/2008 -- CCAC campuses to
host Enrollment Express Days
05/23/2008 -- Four CCAC Honors
Program students awarded full-tuition scholarships
05/23/2008 -- Appalachian
Voices field organizer to discuss environmental, social impact of
mountain top coal mining June 3
05/22/2008 -- CCAC South Campus
to Host "Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity" Substandard
Housing Experience
05/13/2008 -- Career
Exploration Expo to be hosted May 15, 2008
05/08/2008 -- CCAC Board of
Trustees adopts $107.2 million budget
04/25/2008 -- CCAC-South Campus
reschedules teach-in on the Iraq war
04/14/2008 -- CCAC joins
National Workplace Fitness Effort
04/04/2008 -- Two CCAC students
receive state awards
04/01/2008 -- CCAC-North Campus
to hold self-defense workshop for women
04/01/2008 -- New photo exhibit
on display at CCAC-South Campus
04/01/2008 -- CCAC-Washington
County to offer free New Choices/New Options workshop
04/01/2008 -- CCAC to unveil
student art show
03/31/2008 -- CCAC criminology
students will learn forensics techniques on custom-made evidence
comparison microscope
03/31/2008 -- CCAC students to
present at regional honors conference
03/28/2008 -- CCAC student
selected for International Scholar Laureate Program
03/25/2008 -- CCAC to host a
memorial for deceased art professor
03/24/2008 -- CCAC Board of
Trustees sets tuition for 2008-09
03/18/2008 -- CCAC Women's
Center to host postal stamp unveiling
03/11/2008 -- CCAC-South Campus
to present musical comedy "Company"
03/10/2008 -- CCAC-South Campus
to host presentation on ovarian cancer
03/07/2008 -- Women and Girls
Foundation executive to speak at CCAC Women's History Month
observance
03/06/2008 -- CCAC Board of
Trustees authorizes $22 million bond issue for science facility on
Allegheny Campus, other capital needs
02/28/2008 -- CCAC Educational
Foundation announces 2008 "Legends"
02/20/2008 -- WQED executive to
discuss French, Indian War at CCAC observance of Pittsburgh's 250th
Year and Women's History Month
02/20/2008 -- CCAC-North Campus
to host open stage night
02/20/2008 -- CCAC, Northside
Leadership Conference to sponsor spring series of workshops on
casino careers
02/18/2008 -- CCAC-North Campus
to host local broadcaster Chris Moore
02/13/2008 -- Prominent
educators to lead public discussion on "Obama and the Relevance of
Race in the 21st Century"
02/13/2008 -- CCAC campuses to
offer Job Fairs
02/11/2008 -- CCAC nursing
faculty members earn National League for Nursing
distinction
02/08/2008 -- Hon. William
Russell Robinson to speak at CCAC academic award event
02/05/2008 -- West Mifflin
teen's improvements to nature trail at CCAC-South Campus lead to
Eagle Scout award
02/04/2008 -- CCAC-North Campus
invites public to "open mic" night
01/31/2008 -- CCAC-North Campus
schedules Black History Month exhibit, discussion
01/30/2008 -- CCAC-North Campus
hockey player No. 1 in nation in goals
01/29/2008 -- CCAC Drama Club
to present "The Vagina Monologues"; Production coincides with
global effort to eliminate violence against women
01/24/2008 -- CCAC faculty to
unveil spring art show
01/18/2008 -- CCAC - South
Campus to hold session on global warming
01/08/2008 -- CCAC awarded
$250,000 grant from Benedum Foundation to implement College-Ready
Centers in Washington County
01/04/2008 -- CCAC and
Northside Leadership Conference to sponsor free casino careers
workshop