Another Innovative Program from LCCC
SAIL is a program for students who come from families in which no one has ever
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attended college and/or are in low income situations, now have a means to attend college and receive a degree and more. S-A-I-L stands for Students Accelerating in Learning. In this “Dialogues” interview, the President of Lorain County Community College, Dr. Marcia Ballinger, offers details of this program and its success. 
Information is also provided on how anyone can learn more about it. Individuals can contact Matt Mercado at LCCC—at 1- 440-366-7320…or email him at: mmercado@lorainccc.edu.
Situated in Lake County this small college offers a rigorous liberal arts education, one of the country’s rare, Equine education programs, and much more. Listen as he describes to Bob Tayek many of the unique facets of the institution.
Hear about this new fund offering these unusual forms of assistance to students when Bob Tayek interviews the founder of Foundation Software Company in Strongsville, Fred Ode, and learn what prompted him to establish the Guardian Angel Fund and how it it will benefit LCCC students.
This is a serious problem for some teens, especially in this day of cyber space with the large amount of time teens are spending in front of video screens. Kern discusses the problem of teen depression in this informative interview, offering some helpful remedies to parents and students including a crisis text line and a web site which can immediately help students who are trying to combat depression.
On this Dialogues program, the FlexFactor program begun at Lorain County Community College’s Early College High School is now expanding to school districts across the county. It involves local businesses and industry in developing student talent with the idea for future employment in the area of Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing. Students are immersed into the 
world of advanced manufacturing technology. They then may continue into LCCC’s Micro Electronic Mechanical Systems program where there has been great success in having each student involved in an internship, and in many cases, full time employment with local industries. FlexFactor College Prep Coordinator Deanna Hersko (right, above) and Director of Talent and Business Innovation, Terri Sandu (right, below), are the featured guests with information on how students can get involved.
Ann Schloss has served quite successfully as the Academic Services Director for the district giving her knowledgeable background in curriculum and teaching. Hear Ann’s discussion of the Elyria schools and what she would like to see them accomplish on this “Dialogues” program.
employers are asking for these student interns, and the high success rate of student employment once they finish and without a lot of college debt. [LCCC photo]
The economic future of Lorain County involves expansion of job creation, preparation, access, and education. A consortium of local groups is formulating a plan to unify Lorain County’s communities in this effort. Brad Whitehead is the president of the Fund for Our Economic Future” who lead the first meeting in this effort and in this “Dialogues” program he talks about the importance of education development for the future of Lorain County.
He describes the teams to be formed and the games they will play.