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"Pennsylvania Highlands" refers to both Pennsylvania Highlands Community College as well as to the section of Applachian mountains located in Pennsylvania stretching from the Hay Creek Watershed to the Delaware River at the New Jersey state border[1].


Pennsylvania Highlands Community College

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College is primarily a vocational technical school with few liberal arts or degree offerings located in Johnstown and Ebensburg Pennsylvania. In June of 1993 the Cambria County Commissioners voted to sponsor the Cambria County Area Community College. In September of 1993 the school was officially approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education. In October of 1993 plans began for the school to open under a 15 member Board of Trustees. On September 5th, 1994 Cambria County Area Community College held its first classes with the recently appointed Dr. John O. Hunter as the school's first president. In 1999 Dr. Hunter retired to be replaced by Dr. Kathleen V. Davis. In 2002, Dr. Davis was replaced by Dr. John Kingsmore as interem president. In June of 2002 the college was accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. July 8th 2002 Dr. Anna D. Weitz became the school's 3rd president. On July 1st 2004 the Cambria County Area Community College officially changed its name to the Pennsylvania Highlands Community College.[2]


Pennsylvania Highlands Region

The Pennsylvania Highlands region is a section of the Applachian mountains located in Eastern Pennsylvania frequently cited as a candidate for extensive ecological preservation. The heavily forested region is seen as ecologically significant because, among other things, its dense forests serve to protect and supply clean drinking water to more than 15 million people, including large portions of both New Jersey and New York. The Pennsylvania Highlands also possess acknowledgement as a rural vacationing area and have even been recognized by the U.S. Forest Service as a "landscape of national significance" and by the State of New Jersey as a "Special Resource Area", none of which helps to protect it from the urban sprawl which threatens its natural resources each year.[3]

--Christopher Lotito 22:48, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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