BLINN COLLEGE NOMINATED FOR TWO BELLWETHER AWARDS

  

For the second consecutive year, the Bellwether College Consortium has named the Blinn College District a national finalist for two highly coveted Bellwether Awards.

Bellwether finalists represent the leading community colleges across the country, whose outstanding and innovative programs were selected as exemplary among competitive submissions.

Blinn’s FutureWorks Academy, a two-semester leadership development program open to all full-time faculty, staff, and administrators, was named a finalist in the Planning, Governance, and Finance category.

Blinn College FutureWorks Academy is designed to enhance participants’ knowledge of the College, its priorities, and operations, as well as foster personal and professional growth.

Blinn also was named a finalist in the Workforce Development category for the Dental Hygiene Program’s annual Give Kids a Smile initiative, which supplies oral health care to local children who lack access to regular dental care.

This annual event has provided more than $200,000 in free dental services since 2008 and is coordinated, planned, and executed by Blinn dental hygiene students as a component of their community dentistry course.

Blinn was also recognized in the Workforce Development category for its offender re-entry training developed in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and Brazos County Detention Center.

This year’s Bellwether Award finalists will undergo a rigorous final round of review at the 29th Annual Community College Futures Assembly taking place Feb. 26-28 in San Antonio.