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Building Buzz with Top Ranking Washington Monthly recently ranked Howard Community College as one of the nation's best two-year colleges for adult learners. This marks the first year that the Washington, D.C.-based magazine has measured two- and four-year colleges by their service to adult students. Howard Community College came in at number four on the list, with high scores for ease of transfer, flexibility of programs, and services to students. This news, the resulting Washington Post headline about the rankings ("Never mind the Ivies. Check out Howard Community College"), and the first week of fall semester classes kept the college's social media accounts buzzing. Check out some of our favorite posts from the start of classes. olivia_cleckner Back for another year at our second home. Lisa Crozier The best school ever! A no-brainer! Extremely affordable, credits that transfer, great professors, incredible support fantastic campus with first class facilities. wesley.lerous First day back at HCC. So happy to be back home. #hcc #college #firstdayof #actor #me #ready #school #excited #instadaily #maryland Dynamic Columbia Don't you just love the campus! #HoCoExcellence Howard Comm. College @HowardCC Welcome back, students! We hope you have a fantastic semester! #howardcc #hocostudents #hocomd #fallsemester Expanding Opportunities for Study Abroad Since receiving the Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization, Howard Community College has focused on expanding its international education program and providing greater opportunities for students. This year, those efforts have led to the college's first-ever Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship winners and the greatest number of Critical Language Scholarship recipients. The Gilman International Scholarship provides grants for undergraduate students of limited means to pursue academic studies or internships abroad. Recipient Duk Yong Shin traveled to Shanghai, Chengdu, and Beijing, China, with the Howard Community College China-Culture Study Abroad program, and he is now studying at the University of Maryland. Another recipient, Kareem Mack, studied with the Centro Studi Italiani School of Language, and has since transferred to pursue his passion for opera singing. Students Veronica Chinn, Tatsiana Horbach, Samantha Levine, and Vanesa Martinez-Chacon traveled to China as recipients of Critical Language Scholarships, which are sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's funded summer language and cultural immersion program. A Howard Community College student first received a Critical Language Scholarship in 2012. Fall 2016 | Pathways 13 COMMUNITY p Veronica Chinn, Duk Yong Shin, Samantha Levine, and Tatsiana Horbach celebrate their recipient of Critical Language Scholarships sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. (Not pictured: Vanesa Martinez-Chacon). p Kareem Mack