[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 118 (Friday, August 3, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1398]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING HARCUM COLLEGE'S NONPROFIT BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD

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                            HON. JIM GERLACH

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 2, 2012

  Mr. GERLACH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Harcum College 
of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on receiving the Nonprofit Business 
of the Year Award from the Main Line Chamber of Commerce.
   Harcum College is an outstanding, independent, two-year, co-
educational college that seeks to prepare students for meaningful 
careers by offering majors in over twenty disciplines. Enrollment has 
risen over 70% in the past six years, reaching new levels every 
semester since 2009, and is currently at a record high of 1,615 
students. Harcum employs 140 full-time faculty and works with many 
organizations on the Main Line, including the Main Line Chamber of 
Commerce, the Red Cross, Main Line First Fridays, Montgomery County 
Dental Association, and the Shriners.
   Harcum has been the recipient of over $1.3 million in federal 
funding over the past five years which has been used to update and 
improve classrooms, technology, student programs, and training for 
secondary school teachers. And Harcum College has been a Main Line 
Chamber member for almost 60 years.
   Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me today in 
congratulating Harcum College of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania on 
receiving the Nonprofit Business of the Year Award from the Main Line 
Chamber of Commerce.

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