Purdue Tech engineering student Uriel Lopez earns while he learns

Student engineer Uriel Lopez, a graduate of the Columbus Signature Academy, is now enrolled in the Purdue Tech Mechanical Engineering Technology program and also works full time as an apprentice draftsman at Cummins Inc.

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Mitchell Hall (left) and Cody Surenkamp are among the first group of students to earn bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering at Indiana University Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC). They accepted their degrees in May.

Engine-making city in southern Indiana boasts a diesel-powered partnership

Columbus, Ind. - Marwan Wafa thought he knew what lay ahead four years ago, when he was installed as vice chancellor and dean of Indiana University Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC).

Sam Radford, president of the Buffalo Public Schools’ Parenting Coordinating Council, with his son, Aymanuel Radford. The elder Radford recalls the city’s less cooperative days. “Before,” he says, “it was everybody in their camp, everybody operating from their silo.”

Rust Belt city at Niagara’s foot ‘Says Yes’ to a brighter future

Buffalo, N.Y. - When he heard that every student in Buffalo Public Schools might soon qualify for a no-strings-attached college scholarship, Sam Radford’s reaction was predictable. “No way,” thought Radford, president of the school district’s Parenting Coordinating Council.

Kindergartener Shayleene Barrera, 5, listens to her heartbeat as she and her classmates attend the annual Kinder Caminata (“path from kindergarten”) event at Santa Ana College. Over two decades, Kinder Caminata has introduced thousands of underserved students in Santa Ana schools – and their families – to the campus and the college-going culture.

From kindergarten to college campus, SoCal city smooths pupils’ pathways

Santa Ana, Calif. - Time will tell if Shayleene Barrera actually launched a career in science on the morning she arrived for orientation at Santa Ana College — 40 minutes south of Los Angeles. Early indicators certainly point in that direction.