Upfront

FINDING NEW FRONTIERS Denise McCory joined Cuyahoga Community College in 2001 as a national trainer for NASA’s Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA). Today, as the new Metropolitan Campus president, she continues to push students to reach for the stars. McCory was appointed to the position in October. “My focus has always been on building a can-do attitude on campus,” she said. “Tri-C offers life-changing opportunities for our students. The key is to inspire them to find that success.”

HEROES ON THE HIGHWAY Tri-C is working to put veterans in the driver’s seat. The College was one of only 20 technical and community colleges across the country awarded federal dollars this year to train veterans or their spouses for jobs as commercial bus and truck drivers. The funding comes via a training grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Tri-C’s Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) program holds classes at the Transportation Innovation Center in Euclid.

FALL 2020

GAINING LAURELS A short film created by the Tri-C Film Academy has been screened by more than two dozen film festivals across the United States and beyond. Twenty-six festival laurels and multiple awards now fill the poster for The Simple Path, shot as part of a five-week intensive film crew training program at the College. The film also claimed a handful of festival awards and nominations. Students who worked on the set received a paycheck and film credit to build their resume.