East Alton, Ill. – Lewis and Clark Community College and the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) hosted the first planning meeting of the American Association of Community Colleges Great Rivers Consortium on March 17 and 18 at the NGRREC Jerry F. Costello Confluence Field Station. The meeting engaged community college leaders and other stakeholders in an ongoing dialogue and plans for forming relationships for the purpose of sustaining the Mississippi River watershed - the third largest in the world.
Pictured: Anne Lewis, America's Waterway founder, and Lewis and Clark Community College President Dr. Dale Chapman, talk while meeting at the Field Station, along with James McCormick, chancellor Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Richard Sparks, NGRREC director of research (middle), and James McKenney, American Association of Community Colleges vice president of Workforce, Economic Development and International Programs.