Lacey Jarrell|Facing a $2.6 million budget shortfall in the current biennium and bracing for a projected $5.2 million budget shortfall in the 2011-2012 biennium, LBCC administrators have been working diligently to come up with some not-so-easy solutions to financial issues facing the college. Continue reading
Drew Wilson-McGrath, Staff Writer|Come fall term 2011 at LBCC, the Periwinkle Child Development Center will exist no more, one of the many victims of LBCC’s recent mandatory budgets cuts. Continue reading
Commuter Staff reflects back on their trip to Hollywood for a journalism conference. Plus stories on budget cuts, PCDC, and Basketball Playoffs. Continue reading
Last week LBCC president Greg Hamann announced that more faculty and staff positions are being cut to help balance the college’s budget. In that process, the Periwinkle Child Development Center (PCDC) is also being eliminated. When LBCC student Mel Hite learned of the decision to close PCDC, she wrote a letter to the mayor of Albany about her concerns. Continue reading
This is the question on the minds of LBCC administrators as the budget keeps going down and enrollment keeps going up, they are scrambling to find ways to bridge the gap, including proposing a $5 – $10 increase in tuition per credit hour. Continue reading
Students of LBCC were delivered a heavy blow last Thursday when they were notified in an e-mail that TRIO Student Support Services for the 2010-11 school year have been cancelled. Continue reading