Council of College and Military Educators
(CCME)
About Us
• CCME is an active proponent for the professional development of those serving in the military education
• CCME membership is composed of military educators, civilian educators, post secondary educational institutions, and suppliers of quality education products and services.
• Goes back to early 1970’s (CA ACME)
• Fist symposium 1973 (40 years ago last year)
• Recently actively working with state ACME’s
Current Leadership• Jim Yenopolous, Chancellor CTC, Current President
• Jeff Cropsey, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Grantham, Incoming President
• Franco (Frank) Lopez, Military Liaison Southern Columbia, Vice President & Programs
• Lane Huber, Chief Distance Learning & Military Affairs Office, Bismarck State College, Incoming VP
CCME Scholarships
• Put our money into scholarships
• Built an endowment where ½ of registration money collected goes into it annually
• Last year 15 one thousand dollar scholarships (5 active, 5 spouses and 5 veterans
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2015 CCME Professional Development Symposium
• Annual—key event—has kind of replaced the DoD symposium
• January 26-29 2015; Theme: "Innovative Pathways to Military Student Success"
• General sessions, concurrent sessions (65 with four tracks, and roundtables
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Some Key Items For This Year • OSD support this year (15 concurrent sessions)
• January 26-29 2015; Theme: "Innovative Pathways to Military Student Success"
• General sessions, concurrent sessions (65 with four tracks, and roundtables
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