STRIDE Program Wins Bellwether
Quinebaug Valley Community College’s STRIDE Program was selected as the winner of the 2012 National Bellwether Award in the Workforce Development category at the Community College Futures Assembly in Orlando, Florida on January 31, 2012. The Bellwether Award was established in 1995 and is a prestigious award given to colleges with innovative programs in the categories of Instructional Programs & Services; Planning, Governance & Finance; and Workforce Development. The STRIDE Program was a finalist for the Bellwether Award in 2007.
2012 Bellwether Award for Workforce Development (L-R)Rob Clancey, President Elect, National Council for Continuing Education and Training, Director, Corporate College, Polk State College; Aili Arisco, STRIDE Program career specialist; Catherine Menounos, STRIDE Program job developer; Julie Scrapchansky, STRIDE Program director; Andrew Clark, director of the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at Central Connecticut State University; Dr. Ross Tomlin, president, QVCC; Dale F. Campbell, Professor and Director, Community College Leadership Consortium, University of Florida. Missing from photo: Dr. Patrick Hynes, director the Best Practice Unit for the CT Department of Correction & Susan Menefee, STRIDE Program graduate.
