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Monique Garafano isn't simply a student and a bookkeeper, she's the first Greenfield Community College student to meet the rigorous standards required to become nationally certified as a Certified Bookkeeper (CB). GCC's Business Division began offering ...

I was delighted to nominate Montserrat Archbald for Springfield MRF Recycler of the Year, said Amy Donovan, Program Director from the Franklin County Solid Waste District.  As part of an America Recycles Day celebration, the Springfield MRF Advisory Bo ...

During the recent Open Classroom Week, many GCC Faculty became students, attending classes taught by their colleagues.  Spanish instructors attended Anatomy & Physiology classes, Sociologists took Math classes, Criminology instructors took Sustaina ...

Greenfield Community College's south lawn was the stage for a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, attended by Congressman John W. Olver (D-Amherst), donors Don and Sherry Rice and representatives from GCC's staff, faculty and Trustees. The weather cooperat ...

On Thursday, November 4, Greenfield Community College's Art Department will host representatives from 15 major art schools across the country as part of GCC's annual Portfolio Day.  Portfolio Day is Greenfield Community College's major outreach event f ...

Patricia Hanrahan, the new Director of GCC's Associate Degree Nursing program, is enthusiastic about nursing education and GCC. Patricia taught for many years in baccalaureate and graduate level nursing education programs, and spent the past seven year ...

Want to take charge of your own home-grown food? GCC's new credit-free "Foodies of Franklin County" workshop series was created for you. On five Tuesday evenings this fall, you can learn about a wide range of local food topics: from chickens to cheese, ...

Greenfield Community College's new Weatherization Installer Course is a Win-Win-Win for the community. Students who complete the course will be qualified to work as professional air sealing technicians and insulation installers, area businesses will be ...

Greenfield Community College's new Weatherization Installer Course is a Win-Win for the community. Students who complete the course will be qualified to work as professional air sealing technicians and insulation installers, area businesses will be abl ...

Area human services agencies organize second annual event to engage volunteers and increase awareness of the many organizations and services available to those in need  GREENFIELD, MA – A group of Franklin County human services organizations today anno ...

Greenfield Community College (GCC) is pleased to announce that they have received a generous contribution from an anonymous donor for the college's Dual Enrollment Program.  Recently, GCC President Robert Pura announced in the local newspaper that the ...

GREENFIELD - Since surveys show that people may only get 15 minutes of their doctor's time during a typical visit, a group of Greenfield Community College students has compiled a list of tips for people to get the most out of their health care appointm ...

GREENFIELD — Morgan Buchanan-Gauthier never feels more at peace than when he is with people he was in the Marines with. "I would say that's true to all vets," said Buchanan-Gauthier, 26, who was deployed to Iraq three times. "You make some really great ...

Full-time spots for some high-schoolers remain Greenfield Community College has no money this year to help high school students who want to take a course or two at the community college, because the state has axed that funding in this year's budget. GC ...

Long-awaited downtown GCC project gets $1M A planned performing arts center in downtown Greenfield has moved a step closer to reality with $1 million in federal funding approved as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriation ...

GREENFIELD — Within two years, hospitals, community colleges, fire and police departments and libraries throughout Franklin County will be connected to the rest of the world through a high-speed Internet connection. Some of the state's leaders joined U ...

In announcing the final figures for the Greenfield Community College Foundation's 2010 Annual Fund Campaign today, Lee Wicks, Co-Chair from Montague, paid tribute to the fundraising efforts of the many volunteer fundraisers and donors. "Once again the ...

Franklin County's already vibrant creative economy is getting a big boost thanks to Fostering Art and Culture Projects supported by federal and state funding. The Fostering Art and Culture Project (FACP) recognizes that art and culture enhance the live ...

Twenty-two  Greenfield Community College practical nursing students will be graduating in a ceremony to be held on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds.  This is the eighteenth graduating class of the progr ...

Members of Greenfield Community College's class of 2010 received their education during difficult times, but each one now has the opportunity to make things better, according to college president Robert L. Pura. Nursing majors (left to right) Candy Gir ...

For Jennie Lee Bergeron, 26, of Leverett, earning her Associate in Arts degree in liberal arts from Greenfield Community College was a moment that she will never forget because this graduation is the first that she has ever had. "It's a little surreal, ...

GCC's engineering program and professors were recently featured in an Inside Higher Ed article "Taking the Long View" lauding the program's emphasis on transfer opportunities for students. Read the full article.

Abigail Adams Eliot, a Massachusetts social worker and the founder of early childhood education in the United States, would have been proud of Judith Sabola '80, '01 and Roni Anthony '89. Their peers certainly are. The two GCC alumni were presented Abi ...

The Greenfield Community College Nursing Class of 2010 in collaboration with the American Heart Association is participating in the Pioneer Valley HeartWalk on Sunday, May 16, 2010.  This is a satellite walk with the Pioneer Valley walk that will take ...

Greenfield Community College celebrates its 47th class of graduates on Sunday, June 6 at 12 noon. The ceremony takes place at GCC's Main Campus, One College Drive in Greenfield. Members of the media may contact Liz Carroll at (413) 775-1420 or carroll@ ...

For the 20th year, area residents, businesses, colleges, and organizations are invited to participate in the Striving and Driving for GCC Scholars Golf Tournament on May 24. The Tournament is a great opportunity to have a good time playing golf while h ...

Friday May 7 at 12 noon students from the Greenfield Community College Modern Poetry and Theater classes will read "Archie's Conway Poems" at the annual tribute presented by the Friends of the Archibald MacLeish Collection at GCC. The program will be h ...

Entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well – and honored – at Greenfield Community College. Four GCC students will receive awards recognizing their entrepreneurial spirit from the Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation (HGCF) at a banquet to be held on A ...

2010 GCC Annual Fund Campaign Co-Chairs Lee Wicks and Michael Nelson '01 '03  announced that a generous friend of Greenfield Community College has offered the GCC Foundation an extraordinary opportunity to increase support to GCC. The anonymous donor w ...

Marine veteran/GCC student Morgan Buchanan-Gauthier and Army veteran/GCC alum Don Alexander '09 know Greenfield Community College is a supportive place for student veterans – they've felt that support as they transitioned from the military to life as a ...

GCC Health Science student Sisomphone Vongphakdy's dream of becoming a nurse in a Boston hospital got a big boost in February when she attended the Biomedical Science Careers Program Conference at Harvard Medical School. Sisomphone was one of 300 stude ...

Greenfield Community College's Massage Therapy Certificate (MTC) Program is beginning a transition from a credit-based certificate program to a Center for Advanced Continuing Education in Massage Therapy and Bodywork. The College is responding to antic ...

Greenfield Community College's nursing and paramedic students are learning their professions on state of the art patient simulation manikins thanks to two federal grants and collaboration with other community colleges and area hospitals. The new adult ...

Greenfield Community College Professor Emerita Phyllis Nahman loves reading, and she passed along her passion for the written word to generations of GCC students as Professor of English and Women's Studies from 1971 to 2002. The newly established Phyll ...

Sandy Thomas is Greenfield Community College's interim Associate Dean for Community Education while Bob Barba is on sabbatical until mid-July. Thomas will oversee GCC's extensive community education program that includes a broad range of non-credit cou ...