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		GREETINGS FROM THE EDITOR by Bob Goldberg, Editor THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN SERVING THE PUBLIC by Ronald Williams, President THE YEAR OF CRITICAL THINKING PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE INITIATIVE by Vera Zdravkovich, Vice President for Instruction SELF-STUDY UPDATE by Verna Teasdale, Academic Assistant to the Vice President for Instruction SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL FACULTY AND STAFF HONORS CONVOCATION, OCTOBER 26, 2004 nEWS FROM YOUR FACULTY ORGANIZATION by Eldon Baldwin, President, and John Bartles, Vice President A REALITY CHALLENGE FOR CRITICAL THINKING by Faith Breen, Professor, Business Management ACCESS: N/PERMISSION, LIBERTY, OR ABILITY TO ENTER, APPROACH, COMMUNICATE WITH, OR PASS TO AND FROM by Dennis Huffman, Nancy Grinberg, and Lynn Lubey, Extension Center Program Managers MY SECRET PLEASURE: TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER by Esther Robbins, Chair, Language Studies Department CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES AT AN EXTENSION CENTER by Ryna May, Assistant Professor, English of traveling and teaching . . . by Angela Rabatin, Associate Professor, Business Management PROS AND CONS OF THE TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY TOWN CENTER by Donald Flage, Professor, Mathematics and Engineering REASONING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM by Bill Peirce, Professor, English CHANGES IN ASSESSMENT by Michael Gavin, Faculty Chair, Academic Outcomes Assessment Committee HONORS PROGRAM WELCOMES NEW FACULTY AND NEW HONORS ACADEMY MEMBERS by Natalie Webb, Assistant Honors Coordinator for Marketing and Recruitment INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL LIBRARY USING BLACKBOARD'S "DISCUSSION FORUM" by Robert Goldberg, Associate Professor, English INTERNATIONALIZING ACADEMIC STUDIES AT PRINCE GEORGE'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE: SURVEY RESULTS AND INTERNATIONAL CENTER - ACADEMIC SUPPORT by Marlene Cohen, Coordinator, International Center - Academic Support PATHFINDER GRANT RECIPIENTS, SUMMER 2004 AND $2,000 GRANT FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP by Alan Mickelson, Director, Center for Faculty Professional Development IN MEMORIAM TO WILLIAM "BILL" GERSON

		The Instructional Area Newsletter, Volume 20, No. 1	Fall 2004