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Rosemarie Freeland, Coordinator of Greenfield Community College's Women's Resource Center was honored for the crucial role she has played to empower survivors of domestic and sexual violence by the New England Learning Center for Women in Transition (N ...

In 1961, when John Wesolowski graduated from Greenfield High School, college wasn't an option. John had the intelligence to excel in college, but his physical disability made the logistics of going away to college impossible. Then, in 1962, Greenfield ...

Greenfield Community College serves everyone in the community, whatever their goals, whatever their life circumstance: Students who seek to enter the workforce right out of GCC and those seeking to continue their learning toward a Bachelor's degree and ...

From The Greenfield Recorder - September 25, 2012 - By Chris Shores GCC President Bob Pura (3rd from right) accepts a $100,000 grant from Paul Curran, Managing Director of SunEdison, to support education and training in the solar energy sector. Federal ...

Greenfield Community College has received a $179,310 grant from the state to expand the College's online learning options and to increase online and face-to-face services for students taking online courses and degrees. The GCC project – Increasing Onli ...

GCC Teams Up with Assumption College Starting this January, GCC Associate in Science in Criminal Justice graduates will have a new option for continuing their education at GCC and online. Thanks to a new transfer agreement between GCC and Assumption Co ...

I met Dr. William Cosby 9 years ago on our field under a tent speaking with students. Our neighbor Bill said "Earning a degree at GCC was like buying a suit from a tailor and not just buying one off the rack." I liked that one!   He went on to say, "Wi ...

The first time Sher Hruska set foot on a college campus was the day she registered for college. At the end of high school, Sher debated between cosmetology school or college, not sure what the difference was between the two. No one in Sher's family had ...

Wendell residents know Genevieve Gaignard as the woman who takes their orders at the country store and takes their photographs in the woods. To people at Greenfield Community College, she's a bakerturned- artist who has enrolled in photography classes ...

Thirty four new Franklin County Reserve/Intermittent Police Officer candidates will graduate Thursday, June 28, 2012, marking the completion of the first class to complete the new Training Academy located at Greenfield Community College. The ceremony w ...

Greenfield Community College Practical Nursing Program students will be graduating in a ceremony to be held on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds. This is the twentieth graduating class of the program, wh ...

Greenfield Community College (GCC) is ramping up its three-year federally funded Workforce Development Transformation (WDT) program this summer and has hired three new staff members. The WDT program is a local partnership between GCC, the Franklin Hamp ...

CLASS OF 2012 Award Recipients and List of Graduates Hometowns Liberal Arts Monique R. Gagnon Sasha A. Smith Liberal Arts/Dance Michelle Zaccari Liberal Arts/English Justin LaFrenier Liberal Arts/Music Matthew Munson Donald Oberacker Liberal Arts/Scien ...

This spring, two Greenfield Community College students are getting more than recognition from the College for their successful studies, they are being presented with state and national awards. Here's a brief snapshot of that recognition. Who? Which Hon ...

The Greenfield Community College Foundation mission and vision is to support Greenfield Community College-- its students, faculty, staff and alumni--and to help ensure that GCC is positioned to continue to provide access and opportunity to every studen ...

The Internal Revenue Service recognized five Greenfield Community College Business students for obtaining a 0% reject rate on one hundred and ninety personal income taxes that were prepared and electronically filed as part of the Federal Volunteer Inco ...

            When Drew Starkweather '91 was a math/science Liberal Arts student at GCC, he had no idea he would eventually start an award-winning organic salad dressing and salsa business. Drew went to GCC striving to get out of the restaurant business ...

The Greenfield Community College Dance Program presents CENTERSTAGE the Spring Student/Faculty/Community Dance Concert May 4, 2012 7:30 PM Greenfield High School Auditorium Enjoy a variety of dances by GCC students and faculty, with special guest perfo ...

THE RECORDER, April 10, 2012 GREENFIELD — Retiring Congressman John Olver spoke softly and carried a big walking stick at Greenfield Community College on Monday. The walking stick was presented to Olver by GCC President Bob Pura at a gathering meant to ...

THE RECORDER, Editorial, April 5, 2012 ■ The issue: A rally is scheduled at the Statehouse today in support of a plan for the community colleges. ■ Our opinion: There's a glaring hole when it comes to this rally and the plan it supports — the 15 colleg ...

GCC unveils skull of whale on display in main entrance The skull of a juvenile humpback whale, preserved from a carcass found floating off Massachusetts is now on display in the front lobby of the Greenfield Community College. Photo Credit/Paul Franz G ...

Beginning in fall 2012, Greenfield Community College plans to offer a Farm and Food Systems Liberal Arts option. The 60-61 credit advising option explores the broad field of sustainable farming and local food systems and provides students with an inter ...

Kurt Albert and Klaus Bleis, tap dancers from Germany who are known as "Tap and Tray" will perform along with renowned Boston tap dancer Josh Hilberman and pianist Paul Arslanian on April 4, 12pm, at GCC's Sloan Theater. The performance is free and ope ...

Police Academy training offered at special price Regular $1,100 cost is now $500 March 12 will be the first day of the new Franklin County Reserve/Intermittent Police Training Academy, thanks to the work of GCC Dean of Professional Studies Terry Lynn, ...

The Franklin County Collaboration for Children and Greenfield Community College are seeking nominations for the Abigail Adams Elliot Awards for Spring 2012. These awards seek to recognize individuals working with children ages birth to five, who have m ...

To celebrate Greenfield Community College's 50th Anniversary (1962-2012), the 2012 Greenfield Community College Distinguished Alumni Award will be given to 37 alumni. These 37 will join the 13 Distinguished Alumni who have been honored since 2001, to m ...

When Kathleen Anderson teaches her "Creating with Polymer Clay" Community Education workshop at GCC this spring, she'll do more than instruct students in the techniques of working with a material she compares to working with solid paint. She'll encoura ...

Students who gather in Greenfield Community College's newly renovated Math Studio to study or receive extra help from Math Department faculty can thank Greenfield Savings Bank for the light-filled, spacious room fitted with the latest technology to sup ...

The Greenfield Community College Board of Trustees has elected Greenfield realtor Rob Cohn to be the new Chair of the GCC Board and Sunderland attorney Liz Sillin to be the new Vice-Chair of the Board. Cohn will fill the position of outgoing Chair Tim ...

As the first semester following the completion of the Core renovation project at Greenfield Community College was underway, President Robert Pura knew it was time to complete the finishing touches of the space intended to welcome students and visitors ...

Each semester GCC recognizes students with superior academic achievement. To be included on the Dean's List a student must be matriculated in a program and have: earned at least 12 credits at GCC; earned at least 6 college-level graded credits in the s ...

Greenfield Community College Offers Clinical Class for Massage Therapist Not Yet Licensed Solution will put massage school graduates  to work Greenfield Community College Stillpoint Center for Advanced Education is offering a clinical class beginning i ...