AACC wishes to congratulate the following community college and mentor teams who were selected to participate in the 2024-2026 MentorLinks program.
Cascadia College, WA
Empowering STEM Futures: A Proposal to Revitalize IT Pathways at Cascadia College
Brian Bansenauer, Senior Founding Faculty
Erik Tingelstad, Dean for Student Learning
Mentor: Ken Yanow, Professor of Geographical Sciences, Southwestern College, CA
Guilford Technical Community College, NC
Creating a Biomanufacturing Program that Educates and Prepares Students for a Career in the Rapidly Evolving Biotechnology Industry
Anne Simpson, Dean, STEM
Kristen Johnson, Department Chair, Sciences/Associate Professor Biology
Mentor: Bridgette Kirkpatrick, Professor & Coordinator of Biotechnology, Collin College, TX
Lehigh Carbon Community College, PA
Embedding Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiments in Biology Labs to Prepare Students for STEM Careers
Andrew King, Associate Professor, Biology
Robyn Davis, Assistant Science Laboratory Manager
Mentor: Sheela Vemu, Associate Professor of Biology, Waubonsee Community College, IL
River Parishes Community College, LA
Industry-Match Day
Donovan Thompson, Executive Director, Future Energy Workforce Consortium
Paul Donaldson, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs & Institutional Effectiveness
Mentor: David Cofer, Senior Director, Community Partnerships, Columbus State Community College, OH
Rochester Community and Technical College, MN
CyberSecure Futures
Brendan Shea, Faculty, Project Director
Brenda Frame, Dean of Liberal Arts and General Education
Mentor: Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Lead for Academic Engagement, NICE/NIST, MD
University of Arkansas Rich Mountain Community College, AR
UARM Technical Agriculture Program for Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
Kyle Carpenter, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academics
Walker Anttila, Agriculture Instructor
Mentor: Ellen Bluth, Educational Consultant, NSF ATE EARTh Center, EJ Bluth Consulting, IA