Who doesn’t love a snow cone? Free icees for everyone!

Meet with transfer reps from western Massachusetts schools including UMass Amherst, Amherst College, Westfield State, Western New England University, Springfield College, Elms College, American International College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Bay Path University to learn about their many transfer programs and scholarship opportunities!

What’s on your mind? Stop by for a free lunch and conversation with GCC President Yves Salomon-Fernandez.

Enrollment Services and academic advisors are at GCC’s downtown center every third Tuesday of the month to get you started at GCC! Complete or finish an application, get help with financial aid, determine course placement and register for classes—all on the same day at the same site! No appointment necessary, stop in any time between 12 and 6pm.

The first in a series of events celebrating the soon-to-be 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, hosted by HIS 131 Women and Gender in American History. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on August 18, 1920. It states: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Alas, several national and state laws prohibited a large sector of the U.S. citizenship from voting, including Chinese and Indigenous populations. Jim Crow laws prohibited many black citizens from voting. In 2019 the U.S. still faces challenges to upholding the 19th Amendment.

Dr. Joan Dickinson—history teacher, psychologist, professor, behavioral health director and international consultant, wellness columnist, public speaker, yoga and meditation instructor and author—lectures on colonial American and African indentured servants.

Refreshments served.

Art faculty member Kelly Popoff talks about her current work, on display in GCC’s Annual Art Faculty Exhibit in the South Gallery.

Join GCC students as they read aloud from a collection of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s speeches. In fall of 2018, Thunberg ignited a global movement of young people striking for the urgent political action that is necessary to stave off the worst devastation of the manmade climate crisis. This fall, she and other student activists protested at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, and two global days of strikes are scheduled on September 20 and 27.

Join your classmates and the GCC Alumni Association for a Red Sox vs. Giants game at Fenway Park! GCC students can purchase tickets in the Student Activities Office for $10 beginning on the first day of classes. Tickets for alumni, faculty and their guests are available for $59 here. Transportation to and from GCC will be provided via a charter bus that departs from the south entrance of campus at 3pm and returns at 12am.

Art faculty member Jen Simms talks about her current work, on display in GCC’s Annual Art Faculty Exhibit, in the South Gallery through October 3.

Moving Wisdom/Hidden Lives: Snapshots of Local Elders’ Embodied Stories by artists Jodi Falk and B. Leena Newcomb, featuring GCC nursing students. This event, a culmination of a six-month arts and health care project, includes photographs, discussion, movement and stories that honor and make visible the lives of those who are sometimes made invisible—seniors living in our local nursing homes and rehabilitation and health centers. The project included 18 GCC nursing students and residents of three Greenfield nursing and health facilities and was funded in part by a grant from the Greenfield Local Cultural Council, a part of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and partially sponsored by Staples in Greenfield.

The United Arc present a screening of the film Valuing Lives: Wolf Wolfensberger and the Principle of Normalization, a historical documentary exploring an idea the forever changed human services. Anyone with an interest in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is sure to find this film thought provoking and extremely helpful in charting a beneficial course for loved ones, community members and those they work with. Followed by a discussion with Jack Yates who worked to both learn from, and teach with Dr. Wolfensberger, who was his principle teacher for over forty years. Yates now works in staff development for Creating Our Common Wealth, a statewide project of the Department of Developmental Services, and for several years taught a graduate course at the Harvard Divinity School entitled “The Inclusive Community.”

Join us for a lively discussion with the author of Dancing with Merce Cunningham, local writer Marianne Preger-Simon. Listen to the book and enjoy a Q&A with the author.

“In her insightful debut, former dancer Preger-Simon, a close friend and contemporary of the late choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919–2009), gives readers an unparalleled view of a modern dance genius… A sweet treat for dance and theater aficionados, as well as anyone interested in the arts.” — Publishers Weekly

Art faculty member Joan O’Beirne talks about her current work, recently on display in GCC’s Annual Art Faculty Exhibit.

Meet with college admissions and transfer reps from all over New England!

Past participants have included:

• Anna Maria College
• Assumption College
• Bay Path University
• Bridgewater State University
• Bryant University
• Clarkson University
• College of St. Rose
• Dean College
• Elms College
• Emerson College
• Fitchburg State University
• Framingham State University
• Hampshire college
• Johnson State College
• Keene State College
• Leslie College
• MCLA
• Mount Holyoke College
• Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences
• Prescott College
• Quinnipiac University
• Savannah College of Art & Design
• Smith College
• Springfield College
• Suffolk University
• UMass: Amherst, Dartmouth and Lowell
• University of New Hampshire
• University of St. Joseph
• Unity College (Maine)
• Western New England University
• Westfield State University
• Worcester State University

Are you looking for a career path in manufacturing? Training to be a machinist? Want upskilling courses in engineering technology? Attend an information session for students interested in exploring the world of manufacturing and learning the fundamentals that will prepare them for an entry level position in manufacturing, or as a precursor to the CNC Operator program. Veterans, women, unemployed, underemployed and other underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Learn about career opportunities, pathways and programs offered. Start the application process! RSVP online.

Film screening celebrating the soon-to-be 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which gave women the right to vote, hosted by HIS 131 Women and Gender in American History.

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony is a 1999 documentary exploring the women’s suffrage movement in the 19th century.

Art faculty member Jim Peters talks about his current work recently on display in GCC’s Annual Art Faculty Exhibit.

Come and listen to Robert Markey, GCC alum and artist. Markey’s work spans the globe and is focused on using art as a form of expression for children who have experienced trauma. He will also talk about what moved him to participate in this meaningful work.

Join GCC President Yves Salomon-Fernández and Chef Christopher Chadwick for an Indian Cooking demo in the Core Main Lobby. The first in a series of events showcasing world cuisine. Do you have a cultural food recipe that you would like to share as Guest Chef? Let us know!

Learn more about our new RN to BSN partnership with Westfield State University. You can earn your BSN at GCC’s Northampton location! $50 application fee waived for attendees. RSVP online.