Hello!

As sunshine – and baseball! – gets ready to return to the corner of Carnegie and Ontario, bright lights also are shining on Tri-C and its students, staff and faculty across the region, state and nation. 

  • Tri-C is the New Home for Cleveland’s MC2 STEM High School – In July 2020, 100 CMSD 10th graders will begin classes at Tri-C's Manufacturing Technology Center. In addition to the high school curriculum, some MC2 students will take additional college-level courses at Tri-C through the state’s College Credit Plus (CCP) program. This move completes the goal to have all three CMSD MC2 sites downtown. The Great Lakes Science Center hosts 9th graders, while CSU welcomes 11th and 12th graders. More

  • Tri-C Women's Track Team won its fifth consecutive indoor track regional championship, and is currently ranked 24th in the nation in the latest NJCAA/U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Poll. Five team members are heading to nationals as well.

  • Academic Honors for 33 student-athletes across six sports – Each of the students received All-Academic recognition from the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference for achieving a 3.3 GPA or higher during their fall semester. More

  • Tri-C Takes Steps to Help Cuyahoga Count – By April 1, Tri-C will have Trusted Spaces on all campuses for residents to fill out the Census. (Article below)

Sincerely,

Claire Rosacco 

Claire Rosacco
Vice President for Government Relations & Community Outreach
216-987-4804
Claire.Rosacco@tri-c.edu


We create this quarterly e-newsletter for you – our civic and community leaders – to share Tri-C updates and community news that may be of interest to you & your constituents. Please feel free to share articles and contact me if Tri-C can be of help to you – whether for community partnerships, tours of our dynamic workforce areas, securing meeting spaces, or simply working together to meet community goals.
Tri-C – Where Cuyahoga Counts
$180 Million Reasons to be Counted

It's estimated that Cuyahoga County loses $1,800 in community benefits for every person not counted in the Census. If 10,000 people are overlooked – that equates to $18 million in lost benefits annually for the County – and a total of $180 million lost over the decade that will pass before the next Census.

County Executive Armond Budish and Tri-C President Emerita Jerry Sue Thornton are chairing the county-wide effort. More

Tri-C is opening Trusted Spaces on every campus - to be located in the Tech Learning Centers – to provide support and assistance to community members ready to be counted in the Census. This effort will kick off by April 1st at all sites. Join us & keep an eye on our News & Events for more info.
Update – Tri-C Neighborhood Access Centers
A Tri-C Access Center debuts at MetroHealth,
bringing education and job-training opportunities to the heart of a Cleveland neighborhood
  • Tri-C's Access Center at MetroHealth Medical Center opened Jan. 29, with a free workforce success seminar. It's the beginning of a Tri-C journey with a variety of community partners to bring Higher Ed and workforce pathways directly to CLE neighborhoods via Access Centers.
  • In celebrating this new partnership, MetroHealth noted, "Research tells us that higher educational attainment is associated with better health outcomes." They also note that more than 55% of CLE residents over 25 have not yet begun that Higher Ed path.
  • Tri-C Access Centers also are opening with Esperanza and with Olivet Housing & CDC/CMHA, with initial sessions underway. Details
Tri-C's Ongoing Workforce Impact
Tri-C Awarded $265K in State Funding to Strengthen Manufacturing Program
The funds will be used to purchase high-tech training equipment for a smart manufacturing lab, thanks to RAPIDS Program funding approved by the Ohio Controlling Board (OCB). The funds help Ohio address the most pressing workforce needs for in-demand jobs. More
Do you know someone 18 to 24 in search of a new career? Tri-C's Advanced Technology Academy (ATA) offers no-cost training for students interested in entering a wide range of technology-driven professional fields, including industrial welding, medical, automotive technology, private security and IT. The training takes four months or less to complete, and the ATA can assist with job placement. More
Tri-C's Online Learning Program Ranked Among Nation's Best
The honor includes special recognition for Lean Six Sigma offerings at Corporate College. Did You Know - More than 500 students connect with Tri-C every hour for online learning. Learn more
Tri-C's Transportation Innovation Center Helping to Revitalize Euclid's Industrial Corridor

Tri-C’s Transportation Innovation Center is giving new life to a Rockwell Drive building and serving as part of the City of Euclid's Renaissance. It's also achieving a 40% boost in enrollment. More
Tri-C Technology Student Earns National Honor
Tri-C student Ibrahim Sackey, a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society as well as a Jack, Joseph and Mandel Scholar with a 3.95 GPA, has been named a Student Technology Champion by the League for Innovation in the Community College. He received a Terry O’Banion Student Technology Award, given to community college students with a talent and passion for technology. More
Tri-C – The Community's College
Tri-C Preventative Care Center open to students and County residents through April 23
Uninsured & underinsured Tri-C students and County residents can obtain low-cost and/or free preventative care services at
the Preventative Care Center on Tri-C's Metro Campus,
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2-5 p.m., through April 23.

The Center is open to anyone over 18, student or not, who is uninsured or underinsured. A physicians’ referral is not needed. Learn more here or call 216-987-3555 . The center is staffed by supervised students studying to be medical assistants, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapy assistants and dietetic technicians. You'll find it in Room 105, on the first floor of the Metro Campus Health Careers & Sciences building, 2900 Community College Avenue, Cleveland.
Tri-C's Women in Transition Classes
Free, 8-Week Spring Classes
Begin Week of March 16

  • Designed for women in various stages of transition in life - unemployed, seeking career changes, returning to work, or simply trying to plan "what's next"
  • Coursework includes Personal Development, Career Exploration, Workshops, and Computer Basics
  • In its 41st year of helping women succeed. Available on all campuses. Sign-Up & Contacts
  • Want to learn more? Watch a recent News 5 story on the program.
High School Grads who attended College Credit Plus at Tri-C are now eligible for Reduced Tuition at Tri-C

Former Tri-C College Credit Plus students can receive up to a 10% tuition waiver when continuing their studies at the College. Nearly 3,700 students were in the program this past Fall.

Tri-C adopted the discount to increase access to higher education while supporting an Ohio Higher Education Task Force goal to help students accumulate less debt while achieving degrees. Details.
Tri-C Students & Alumni
Making their Marks in the World
Women's Cross Country Team posts third-highest GPA in nation,
as six runners earn Scholar All-American honors

As a team, Tri-C posted a 3.816 GPA – the third-highest in the nation among NJCAA Division I schools, while completing one of its best seasons in College history. “This year’s team added to Tri-C’s tradition of excellence in the classroom and in competition,” head coach Don Cox said. More
Tri-C Basketball All-Americans Earn OCCAC All-Decade Honors
Two basketball All-Americans from Tri-C - Quintin Dove (left) and James Anderson Jr. - earned spots on the 2010s All-Decade Team announced by the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference. Both students went on to play and study at four-year schools.

Dove is in his Senior season with the University of Tennessee Skyhawks while Anderson is a Junior with the University of North Alabama Lions. More
See You At The Movies!
Tri-C Film Academy project – The Simple Path – selected by CIFF and five other U.S. film festivals

The 16-minute student film can be seen at the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) on April 2, 9:35 p.m. Students who worked on the project - created as part of a five-week intensive film crew training program at Tri-C - earn IMDB film credit too. More
Tri-C helped Carl Allamby make the most unlikely of career changes – from mechanic to doctor

Twenty years after completing the Auto Tech program at Tri-C in the 1990s, Carl Allamby returned to Tri-C and embarked on his second career path - becoming a doctor. Learn how Tri-C helped Dr. Allamby transition from business owner to medicine.
More Tri-C Scholars Making a Difference
  • Tri-C's Jayla VanHorn Selected by Boys & Girls Clubs of CLE as Youth of the Year More
  • Tri-C Grad Kevin Jones Delivers Keynote at Youth Symposium More
  • Where Futures Began: Gallery West Showcases Eight Artists with Tri-C Roots More
Distinguished Faculty & Staff
Dedication to Students Earns Tri-C Professor National Faculty Award
Andrew Pegman, Associate Professor of English, Chair of the Joint Faculty Senate, and an award-winning writer, will receive a Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty award at the 100th annual AACC convention. More
Leading with Character was the topic Tri-C EVP William Gary (pictured above left with Associate Dean Felisa Eafford) presented on at the national AACC Workforce Development Institute 2020. Workforce VP Alicia Booker joined a panel presentation on Embracing Industry 4.0.
Helping Our Veterans – a Tri-C Priority
Tri-C is Proud to Once Again be Named a 
Top 10 Military Friendly School in America
For the past 11 years, Tri-C has earned this honor - achieving Top 10 Gold Status for the third consecutive year. More than 8,800 schools were eligible; only 625 received a Military Friendly designation.

Over the past 50 years, Tri-C has provided 40,000 veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with access to affordable education and workforce training programs, supporting successful transitions from military to civilian life. Learn more – Tri-C Veterans Services
April 1st - Free Financial Fitness Seminar for Veterans
Tri-C Metro Campus – Veterans are welcome to sign up for a free workshop, made possible by a Reimagine grant from PwC. It will provide guidance on financial planning, debt management, retirement forecasting, and understanding veterans benefits, including the G.I. Bill.
Please RSVP for the April 1st, 11-12:30 p.m. event (which includes lunch), at 216.987.4938
Save the Dates
Tri-C Summer Camps
June & July 2020
Tri-C Summer Camps stretch the imagination and minds of future filmmakers, STEM scientists, artists, IT coders and more with creativity and fun. Below - a few selections from The Nuts & Bolts Academy - one of six camp categories:

  • Flying High with Drones (Ages 14-17) - ready to build and program your own drone?
  • BIZWhiz Academy (Ages 11-16) - from biz idea to mock Shark Tank pitch - entrepreneurs unite!
  • Crazy Kitchen Chemist (Ages 11-16) - molecular gastronomy anyone?
  • Rock the Fab Lab CLE (12-18) - build your own guitar at the Nuts & Bolts Academy - recently featured in Cleveland Magazine!

Click Here or on the photo to browse the online catalog. Registration open now - for ages 4-18. Fees range from Free to $575. Call 216-987-3075 (Option #1)
41st Annual Tri-C JazzFest
Presented by KeyBank
Join us June 25-27, 2020
at Playhouse Square

Take 6 + Kirk Whalum kick off the nine ticketed concert series, followed by a Charlie Parker tribute, the
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, and the Punch Brothers headline Saturday night.

The 2020 JazzFest also includes free outdoor concerts on the plaza at Playhouse Square from 3 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday on festival weekend.

Get your Festival Pass and see the lineup at

Local Musicians - take note!
Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland is seeking fifteen local and regional bands (jazz, blues, R&B, funk, jam, reggae) to perform on the outside stage. Applications will be accepted through midnight on March 21, 2020
Tri-C Performing Arts Series
For over 12 years, Tri-C has sponsored free Sunday Piano concerts at the Cleveland Museum of Art –
Sunday, March 22, 2:00 p.m., Gartner Auditorium at CMA
Enjoy the latest issue of Tri-C Times


  • 35,000 Journeys to four-year schools began at Tri-C - over a recently tracked three-year period. See the top transfer schools for Tri-C scholars ... P. 13

  • Tri-C Alumna & Author Rhonda Crowder inspires readers and writers to follow their dreams ... P. 16

  • 5,000 Community Healthcare Appointments in – Tri-C healthcare professionals in training serve the community ... P. 20

Opened in 1963, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) is Ohio's first community college and remains one of the state's largest community colleges, serving approximately 51,000 students each year. To date, more than 900,000 county residents have come through Tri-C's doors.

The college offers two-year associate degrees, certificate programs, and the first two years of a baccalaureate degree. The curriculum includes over 1,000 credit courses in more than 140 career, certificate and university transfer programs. Courses are offered at four campus locations, two Corporate College facilities, many off-campus sites, and via television and internet.
 
Tri-C Updates – Need a speaker for your next meeting? We’d be happy to share the projects and programs underway and the impact of your votes in helping us meet community needs.
Please contact Katie Montgomery, Director of Government Relations:
216.987.3499 or katharine.montgomery@tri-c.edu
Katie Montgomery | Cuyahoga Community College | 216-987-3499 | katharine.montgomery@tri-c.edu
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