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Community College Month

Sharing optimism about our future on the Shore

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Big League Dreams

Former Skipjacks’ pitching ace keeps striving for success

Good things come to those who are patient. As long as they also have the talent, drive and dedication to reach their goals.

Allan Saathoff, a Chesapeake College alumnus, is using that success formula to reach his goal of becoming a professional baseball player. Undeterred by playing time lost to Covid-19 and minor league disappointments, Mr. Saathoff is closer to his dream this spring.

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Looking Up

Students look to Upward Bound for Success

High school students can earn a stipend and gain valuable skills this summer as they prepare for college through the TRiO Upward Bound Program at Chesapeake College.

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Kudos from Washington in Wye Mills

Senators praise Chesapeake role in preparing regional workforce

Chesapeake College hosted both of Maryland’s U.S. senators on campus March 17 to celebrate federal funds recently awarded to the community college for regional workforce training.

Representatives from local government and area business leaders joined the campus community in celebrating the award of federal funds to expand workforce training options at Chesapeake.

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Region XX Champion Skipjacks Head to the Dance

WYE MILLS - His Chesapeake College men’s basketball teams have won a whopping 52 games the past two seasons, including going 29-4 this winter.

That may be more games won than in any other back-to-back Skipjacks team in school history.

But this season marked another achievement is the one for which coach Andrew Sachs and his players have been waiting.

That is advancing to the 16-team National Junior College Athletic Association Division II National Tournament March 21-25 in Danville, Illinois for the first time.

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Strength in Numbers

Chesapeake students participate in statewide advocacy

ANNAPOLIS - Chesapeake College students joined community college students from across the state to advocate for two-year colleges during the 2023 General Assembly Session.

Student Advocacy Day draws students and administrators from Maryland’s 16 community colleges together with state elected officials, to spotlight the students impacted by legislative budgetary decisions and to highlight the colleges’ collective legislative goals.

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Lift Every Voice

Keynote speaker connects hope, history of anthem to future

WYE MILLS – Members of the Chesapeake College community gathered in person once again for the annual celebration of Black History Month.

The 2023 luncheon, sponsored by the Chesapeake College Multicultural Advisory Committee, raised $2,850 for the J.C Gibson Memorial Book Scholarship Fund at Chesapeake College. The scholarship was named for Mr. Gibson who was a longtime employee of Chesapeake and dedicated to student success.

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Josh Hrynko

Easton

Recent Easton High School graduate, Josh Hrynko, 17, is getting an early start on his career in the marine trades through Chesapeake College. While taking marine engine classes at Chesapeake, Josh finished his high school coursework in time to graduate early. As a result, he has already launched his career in the marine industry.

Through his coursework at Chesapeake, Josh landed a position working on marine engines at Boatworks Engine Repair Service in Talbot County.

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Nationally-ranked Skipjacks Ready for Regions

The Chesapeake College men’s basketball team announced itself to the junior college basketball world last year with a national ranking, a 17-game winning streak and posting the second-most wins in school history with 23.

But Chesapeake head coach Andrew Sachs hoped to maintain a national presence, and the Skipjacks are doing it.

This season, the National Junior College Athletic Association ranks the Skipjacks No. 13 in the Division II poll with a 25-4 record. They have won 20 out of their last 21 games.

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Maryland Community Colleges Partner with Benefits Data Trust to Connect Students to Healthcare, Food, and Internet Benefits

Thousands of students across four colleges may be eligible for government programs that can help them persist and graduate

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