Educational Access: Proximity Matters

April 3rd, 2024
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania A recurrent theme in my blogs is that proximity to educ...

Course Modalities = Flexibility

March 22nd, 2024
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania In my last blog, I talked about the difference it can mak...

The In-Person Difference

March 8th, 2024
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Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College We are just about halfway through the first eight-week spring session as I ...

540!

February 16th, 2024
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania 540 students enrolled! Wow! Yet another extraordinary m...

Honoring Black History Month

February 1st, 2024
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College of Pennsylvania I've been seeing lots of posts in my social media feed re...

EC3 Spring Semester: The Countdown Is On!

January 19th, 2024
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College We're just a few weeks away from the launch of our third EC3 Spring sem...

Reviewing Our Values

January 5th, 2024
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College Happy New Year! We're back at work here at EC3 and preparing for another ...

Slowness and Light

December 20th, 2023
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College The darkest day of the year is just about the corner, and the holidays ar...

Academic Freedom v. Freedom of Speech

December 8th, 2023
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D. Founding President, Erie County Community College No one understands freedom of speech. Bold claim, I know, but hear me o...

Transformative Gratitude

November 22nd, 2023
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Notes from the President
Chris Gray, Ph.D.  Founding President, Erie County Community College For me, the practice of gratitude is profound and transformative. I...