Blinn honored as a 2024 Bellwether Legacy Award finalist for its role in the 雷利斯学术联盟

The Bellwether College Consortium’s Legacy Award is presented only once every five years

2024年2月13日

The Bellwether College Consortium has named the 欧洲杯下注网站 District a national finalist for the 2024 Legacy Award, which honors an innovative community college program demonstrating five or more years of student success. Blinn因其在…中的作用而得到认可 雷利斯学术联盟, providing the freshman- and sophomore-level coursework that leads students to a wide variety of bachelor’s degree pathways from the partner universities.

才有资格获得遗产奖, 大学必须提交一份可复制的, 可伸缩的, 有多年成功经验的欧洲杯投注官网. The Legacy Award is presented only once every five years at the annual Community College Futures Assembly.

“Selection as a Legacy Award finalist is a testament to the dedication and hard work of our faculty, 管理员, staff who have tirelessly championed our mission of providing accessible, 高质量的教育,”医生说。. Mary Hensley, Chancellor of the 欧洲杯下注网站 District. “在模拟金属, we believe in creating pathways that empower students to achieve their academic and professional goals. The 雷利斯学术联盟 exemplifies this commitment by offering seamless transitions for students to earn bachelor’s degrees in a variety of in-demand fields. 与我们的联盟伙伴一起, we are forging a legacy of excellence in higher education, I am confident that our collective efforts will continue to inspire and empower generations of learners.”

今年的遗产决赛选手是:

• 欧洲杯下注网站区(德克萨斯州)
• 比弗县社区学院(PA)
• 埃尔帕索社区学院
• 加斯顿学院(NC)
• 哈德逊县社区学院(NJ)
• 彭萨科拉州立学院
• 皮马社区学院(AZ)
• 南山社区学院(AZ)

“The Legacy Award is the consortium’s highest honor and only past recognized Bellwether programs are eligible to compete for this recognition,”医生说。. Rose Martinez, Director for the Bellwether College Consortium. “These finalists are extraordinary colleges that scaled solutions to tough challenges and documented five years or more of admirable success. These challenges were often exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and addressed with analytics-supported implementation of historic modifications in instructional delivery and student support.”

As the newest model of higher education in 德州, the 雷利斯学术联盟 unites regional university partners at 欧洲杯下注网站 at one location in 布莱恩, 德州. Each program at the 雷利斯学术联盟 establishes a seamless pathway for students to earn a bachelor’s degree from an in-demand field, 从刑事司法到商业, 网络安全, 健康科学, 工程, 还有更多. 通过联盟, students can complete their freshman- and sophomore-level courses through Blinn and seamlessly earn their bachelor’s degree in related fields from a regional university also located at 德克萨斯州的一个&M-雷里斯.

In addition to its focus on the 雷利斯学术联盟, Blinn’s presentation addresses Blinn’s 团队, 德克萨斯州的一个&我是Blinn的工程硕士, Aggie Student-Centered Express Nursing Degree (ASCEND) 与德州A的合作&米大学.

Blinn’s role at the 雷利斯学术联盟 was a Bellwether Award finalist in the Planning, 治理, 和金融类. In 2022, Blinn was named a finalist for its orientation course for online students and for its offender re-entry training developed in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Brazos County Detention Center. 去年，布林 口腔卫生计划的“给孩子一个微笑”活动 FutureWorks公司研究院 leadership development program were recognized as finalists.

Each Legacy Award finalist team will provide a presentation to an audience that will include anonymous judges and share how their project addresses a critical issue affecting community colleges. Event co-sponsors include the National Council of Instructional Administrators, the National Council for State Directors of Community Colleges, the National Council for Continuing Education and Training. The national competition will be held February 25-27, 2024, 在圣安东尼奥, 德州, 获胜者将在活动中宣布.

For more information about the 雷利斯学术联盟, visit www.模拟金属.edu/雷里斯 or http://rellis.tamu.edu/academicalliance.