As schools around the world move classes online, students everywhere are learning to adjust to studying at home–and everything that comes along with it. We are all in this boat together. Turning your living room into a classroom is no easy feat. This is true, especially if you’re sharing your newfound workspace with family and/or roommates. But don’t let this get you off track. Being a...

By AVA YAMOUTI, Dean of Health and Public Services As an integral community partner, Isothermal Community College (ICC) exists to improve life through learning by providing innovative, affordable educational programs and inclusive opportunities for personal, professional, economic and cultural development. Isothermal Community College is here to help our community members reach their goals...

Who can’t use a few good scientific tips for de-stressing as we confront the coronavirus? Whether it’s the difficulty of working at home, being primarily confined to the house, addressing 24/7 childcare challenges, financial concerns related to loss of employment, or the justified worry about the trajectory of COVID-19, we all need to cope with uncertainty and new difficulties. Isothermal...

Isothermal Community College has served Rutherford and Polk Counties for more than 50 years. This service has endured through good and bad times, most of which have been foreseen or at least, anticipated. Yet how quickly things can change as we see with COVID-19. The necessity for adaptation and change has never been brought about so quickly, at least in my career, and we are still right in...