The Electrician program and the General Education – Science and Math program recently received notification of awards for competitive Carl D. Perkins Leadership grants. The Electrician award of $49,269, submitted by project director, Mike Fanguy, proposes to provide students with a multi-sensory enhanced learning experience in the electrician program through the intensive use of computer software applications and relay logic trainers. The Anatomy and Physiology classes of the General Education program received an award of $49,695 submitted by project director Steven Lee. The project proposes to provide physiology students with an enhanced laboratory experience through the intensive use of Biopac data acquisition units, transducers, electrodes, and dedicated software to target muscular, cardiovascular, pulmonary function, and neurophysiologic aspects of human physiology.

The projects, due for completion by June 30, 2006, will upgrade software and acquire laptops, multimedia equipment, and specialized learning tools for students’ classroom use. The project directors received assistance with the project development from the college’s coordinator of institutional development, Marianne McCrory.