Enjoying the Journey

By Catherine Jennet Stebbins

Making success happen

Community colleges addresses the whole child, not just the academics. We are but one entity in a student's life circle,ie, church, industries, career centers, human as well as economic development in preparing a student for career choices. A community can florish if we have an educated workforce to build upon, and our colleges are tied to the local economy through civic organizations, as well as other public agencies that influence how we live.

We can make our community college work for us if we can meet the challenges that diversity brings. Delta College has a tremendous diverse, and an incredible multicultural population in attendance. We must also, begin to have a dialogue around racial disparities and how to make this challenge work for our mutual benefit.