Press releases, 2002-2007
2006-2007
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2004 - 2005
- Outdoor Leadership Program celebrates 25 years of educating leaders, entrepreneurs and adventurers (5/22)
- Collaborative performance brings together all the arts (5/22)
- Local businesses support GCC golf tournament (5/22)
- Dance students perform original work inspired by mid-east culture (5/22)
- Andrew Music Award helps student pursue artistic dream (5/22)
- Discovering "a big vision" of healing (5/9)
- Two from GCC honored for entrepreneurship (5/9)
- Legislator profile: Denis Guyer (5/9)
- Coca-Cola donates racing bike for contest (5/9)
- GCC among first in state to offer accredited EMT courses (5/5)
- Student nurses serve while learning (4/25)
- Barbara Wallace appointed to GCC governing board (4/25)
- April Board of Trustees meeting (4/25)
- Conversation partners builed bridges between cultures (4/25)
- Legislator profile: State Sentator Stephen M. Brewer (4/25)
- GCC and MCLA collaborate to offer 4-year degree (4/22)
- Educational forum champions the preschool experience (4/11)
- Charlemont woman receives Abigail Adams Eliot Award (4/11)
- Learn about the rainforest in our midst (4/11)
- Business club members launch successful campus coffee bar (3/28)
- Professor shares education approach at Washington conference (3/28)
- Legislator profile: Representative Christopher Donelan (3/28)
- GCC names new academic dean (3/28)
- Entergy grant brings the arts at GCC to the community (3/23)
- College and hospital collaborate to address nursing shortage (3/21)
- GCC inaugurates music performance/lecture series (3/14)
- GCC's Career Center is hidden secret for the community (3/14)
- Legislator profile: Representative Stephen Kulik (3/14)
- GCC wins grant to "deepen elementary math instruction" (3/9)
- February Board of Trustees meeting (2/28)
- Legislator profile: State Senator Stanley Rosenberg (2/28)
- Trip to Cuba dispels myths for GCC participants (2/28)
- GCC stages its own production of "Vagina Monologues" (2/14)
- A GCC love story for Valentine's Day (2/14)
- Nominations sought for new award in early education and care (2/14)
- Custom-designed course by GCC's Department of Workforce Development helps employer strengthen bonds with Spanish-speaking workers (1/24)
- Workshop in Chinese language bridges cultural gap (1/24)
- Local people are "Living the Dream" of civil rights leader (1/24)
- Education students and alums invited to attend free University Without Walls event (1/10)
- "She was the welcoming face of the GCC Library": Carolyn Bellany says goodbye after 20 years of helping students (1/10)
- Greenfield Kiwanis and GCC believe "Reading is Fundamental" (1/10)
- Making connections helps GCC retain new students (12/27)
- Night of comedy showcases growing GCC theater department (12/27)
- GCC "People on the Move" (12/27)
- December Board of Trustees meeting (12/13)
- First class of disaster volunteers coalesces into a team (12/13)
- GCC alum pursues dream as he battles health problems (12/13)
- GCC "People on the Move" (12/13)
- New GCC weather station records our area's most complete data (11/22)
- Theater students find excitement, rejection at NYC audition (11/22)
- Honor society members reach out to Jamaican hospital (11/22)
- GCC "People on the Move" (11/22)
- GCC + Working Landscapes = The Farmer's Ally (11/8)
- GCC Chorus celebrates Jewish music at Temple Israel (11/8)
- GCC "People on the Move" (11/8)
- October Board of Trustees meeting (10/27)
- Faculty members share strategies and formulate goals at national conferences (10/25)
- GCC names Boyce and Phillips to Community College Leadership Academy (10/25)
- GCC invites nominations for Living the Dream Award (10/25)
- GCC "People on the Move" (10/25)
- "We need blood!" say GCC nursing students (10/15)
- "All musics are created equal": GCC music department chair helps students learn music from the inside out (10/11)
- Community health care authorities discuss access to affordable health care (10/11)
- Students collect 247 pounds of food for Food Bank (10/11)
- Arabic music ensemble coming to GCC (10/11)
- GCC "People on the Move" (10/11)
- New testing center starts students on the path to success (9/28)
- GCC professor delivers keynote at regional conference on rural poverty (9/28)
- GCC students in demand at Shelburne Falls Coffee Roasters (9/28)
- Forging cross cultural understanding: GCC professors travel to Beijing (9/13)
- Franklin County auto retailers buy books for GCC Library (9/13)
- GCC "People on the Move" (9/13)
Summer 2004
- Joseph A. Poirier appointed to GCC governing board
- New name for Community Education
- GCC awarded USDA grant to link agricultural and environmental studies
- GCC professor receives statewide honor for e-learning
- Massachusetts announces new education loan program for high growth/high demand job training
- Author Tracy Kidder is newest Greenfield Community College Trustee
- GCC president receives "extraordinary" performance accolades
Spring 2004
- Kevin Parsons elected to state-level community college post
- GCC Alum Christopher Seward shares honors for Cannes Film Festival grand prize winner, Fahrenheit 9/11
- Two premier local organizations join GCC to showcase services
- GCC Trustees review emerging budget issues at Wednesday meeting
- Holocaust survivor to speak at GCC: "I had been living in a safe house..."
- GCC scores strongly on first Performance Assessment from Board of Higher Education
- All-College book group invites community to join in
- WMECO grant funds new sustainable energy course at Greenfield Community College
- First recipients of the new "Living the Dream" award honored at MLK Day event
June 2003
May 2003
- A hilltown takes a stand for GCC GCC fulfills student's dream of helping others
- Threat to College galvanizes community
- Anti-racist activist speaks about white privilege in institutions
- War and peace, merger, financial aid are top concerns at GCC student speak-out
- Discover super health for your dog
- Local artist and historian explores the Massachusetts connection with the pre-Civil War events at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
- GCC Outdoor Leadership Program adds facilities and courses
- GCC Chorus performs madrigals and folk songs
- Live-via-satellite video teleconference on grief features distinguished panel moderated by Cokie Roberts
- Seeing themselves as college material provides boost to inmates
- GCC professional attains highest certification in human resources
- WHAI premieres new radio show: "GCC Today"
- GCC takes the lead in developing the next generation of community college leaders
March 2003
- Fulbright Scholar at GCC seeks to improve cross-cultural understanding
- Chair massage seminar can enlarge the practices of massage therapists Service Learning at GCC helps kids at Federal Street School
- Workshop helps "hidden tech/virtual companies" manage growth
February 2003
- A writing teacher talks about writing
- People's Pint hosts GCC evening of entertainment
- GCC hosts community square dance
- GCC responds to business needs with workshop on tech lingo Geology professor releases new edition of popular book
- GCC alum makes a difference in the community
- GCC brings outdoor leadership skills to the community
January 2003
- Instructor helps parents understand learning styles
- GCC alum makes a difference in the community
- Income tax assistance available thanks to GCC volunteers
- Program for early child care providers receives $5,000 grant from the Icarus Foundation
- Peer tutoring program at GCC earns national certification
- GCC and the CDC's Food Processing Center team up to offer another popular culinary workshop
- GCC Foundation signs agreement to purchase land owned by Anna S. Butynski for use by the College
December 2002
- What happens to GCC's resident ducks in the winter?
- GCC Food Service sends food to local needy
- GCC alum makes a difference in the community
- Attorney and alum Sandra Staub serves her local community
- Seniors design their own courses on their own terms for SEE
- GCC instructor helps train guide dog for the disabled
November 2002
- GCC and Twombly Financial Services co-sponsor educational seminar
- World class minerals, geode treasures, and ancient fossils contribute to a one-day museum experience at Greenfield High School
- GCC alum makes a difference in the community
- Foreign language teaching assumes new importance in today's world
- Attorney Scott Cote named trustee of the College
- Michael Skinner appointed as new trustee
- Student directors represent a milestone for GCC theater program
- Award-winning author and journalist Amy Wilentz to speak
- GCC duck pond is a popular avian haven
- Nationally acclaimed professor visits GCC to launch first annual Henry Steele Commager lecture
- International film festival features documentary by GCC art instructor
October 2002
- Visiting Russian criminal justice advocates to attend death penalty lecture at GCC
- A first of its kind dance festival comes to western Massachsetts
- First phase of GCC renovation yields a brand new space
September 2002
- Bones on the Badlands: GCC professor's summer vacation lays groundwork for new course
- GCC offers workshops in developing natural awareness
- New trustee Timothy Farrell brings local governing experience to GCC Board
- Community Education offers free session on Reiki healing
- Doctor teaches new course in stress reduction
- New collaboration between GCC and United Arc will benefit families of special needs students
- Community Education offers six-week course in Chinese medicine
- Workshop teaches effective writing skills
- GCC meets demand of aging baby boomers for geriatric massage
- Workshop teaches bookbinding as a means of preserving memories
- Leading expert on Arab-American relations speaks about September 11
- Anticipate your role as caregiver to an aging parent
- GCC throws birthday party for itself exactly forty years after opening day
- GCC opens up Native American Cultural Experience to RNs and student nurses from other colleges
- GCC and Franklin Medical Center team up to offer free mental health screenings
August 2002
- Computer solutions offer new hope for people with injuries, disabilities
- Second meeting of senior citizen planning group to meet at GCC
- GCC plans week of remembrance for September 11, 2001
- Home kitchen diet extends dogs' prime of life