This article describes the evolution of a program for preparing future two-year college faculty in the context of the academy writ large and from the perspectives of the program’sfounder, the department chair who contributed to the program’s success, and a program participant turned full-time tenured faculty member.

Describes an internship program at a two-year college in which graduate students from 13 participating area graduate programs teach in the two-year college and receive training addressing pedagogical issues unique to community colleges, thus being immersed in a world of higher within which the rest of their training occurs.