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Some of the notable milestones and events from this past year include:
+ Passing the 1,000 mark for number of students in the college
+ Receiving ABET accreditation of our Leigh Carbon Community College program
+ Extending our ABET accreditation for our main campus technology programs
+ Receiving Board of Trustee approval to establish a Department of Bioengineering
+ Receiving Board of Trustee approval to rename the Civil and Construction Engineering
Technology program to Construction Management Technology
+ Receiving Board of Trustee approval to revise and enhance our Co-op program.
+ Implementing differential tuition
+ Redesigning the college's website in order to provide more information about our programs
and faculty and student research activities to prospecting students
+ Posting a video clip about the college on YouTube
+ Welcoming four research faculty members and two teaching faculty members to the college
+ Receiving nearly $9 million of new multi-year research funding to our faculty
+ Renovating and enhancing our research and teaching facilities
Furthermore, our students and faculty received numerous awards and recognition for their
achievements:
+ Dr. Dennis Silage, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
received a national teaching award
+ Numerous students received awards at national conferences
+ Two faculty members, Dr. George Baran, associate dean and professor in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical Radioligical
Engineering, and Dr. Mohammad Kiani, chair and professor in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering was elected a Fellow of the American Heart Association.
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