“The difference between Ruby Bridges and other civil rights icons is that she entered the history books when she entered the first grade,” said Michael Roediger, executive director of the “DAI” Dayton Art Institute, in his introduction. The 57-year-old Ruby Bridges spoke softly in front of a sold-out lecture hall at the DAI on Jan 19. Bridges was brought to Dayton by the DAI, the Sinclair Visiting Scholars program and the DP&L Foundation. Bridge’s talk was planned to accompany the ongoing... [Read more...]

The office of Financial Aid at Sinclair Community College, located on the third floor of Building 10, is intended to be a resource for students who have questions or need information about scholarships, grants and loans. Often students don’t use the Financial Aid Office as their first source for information about financial aid, said Tina Bunch, financial aid scholarships Officer. “Make sure that you’re checking with us because there’s a lot of misinformation out there,” said Bunch, adding... [Read more...]

Weeks before his senior prom in Aravada, Colo.,  Matthew Guiterrez, president of Brite Signal Alliance, received a phone call from the principal denying him the right to take his boyfriend to prom. “I promised myself after my high school prom that I would not allow any kind of discrimination to happen again,” Guiterrez said. “I felt that at prom we had to fit this stereotype of what a high school prom looks like and that wasn’t me at all.” Because many LGBT students weren’t able to take... [Read more...]

Close to 40 local employers will be gathered in the Great Hall in Building 12, on Feb. 3, for the 24th annual Life and Health Science Career Fair at Sinclair. “This is a career fair that employers look forward to every year,” says Matthew Massie, manager of career services. “We have employers that have been coming since we started.” The fair will run from 12 until 4 p.m., and is intended both to help students find employment and to discover the kinds of work opportunities that exist in the... [Read more...]

The Automotive Department at Sinclair received a donation of four cars from Chrysler on Jan. 19, worth a total of $170,000, according to Chrysler College Automotive Program Coordinator Tom Freels. The cars received include: a 2011 Dodge Charger, a 2011 Dodge Challenger, a 2011 Fiat 500 and a 2008 Dodge Charger police package. Each car gives the automotive students an opportunity to work on the newest models in the industry, Freels said. Freels said that a normal donation is one or two cars, but never... [Read more...]

As the only community college in Warren County, Sinclair’s Courseview campus is expanding courses, programs and hours to meet the growing demand of student enrollment. Enrollment has increased from 340 students in 2007, to more than 1,100 students this year, said George Sehi, executive dean of the Courseview campus. “This has been an significant increase for four and a half years,” Sehi said. “Courseview has become more of the college of choice for students.” The college has added classes... [Read more...]