27 stories

December 23, 2016

Nursing Students to Serve Guatemala Clinic

When students in Greenfield Community College Associate Degree Nursing Program consider serving their community, they think beyond the borders of western Massachusetts. For a week in January, ten GCC nursing…

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November 28, 2016

Scholarships Available for Nursing Education

Greenfield Community College's Jean Simmons Nursing Endowed Chair Fund is pleased to announce scholarship opportunities for nursing students as they progress to advanced education in nursing. The endowment funds annual…

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November 22, 2016

Christopher Doyle '98 Honored with 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award

The 2016 Greenfield Community College Distinguished Alumni Award was presented Thursday, November 10 at the GCC Foundation Annual Meeting. The award was presented to data scientist Christopher Doyle '98 just prior…

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November 8, 2016

Students Participate in Entrepreneurship Conference

Earlier this month, Greenfield Community College students did more than join over 600 students from 14 area colleges at the twelfth annual Grinspoon, Garvey & Young Entrepreneurship Conference at the…

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October 28, 2016

It's Never Too Early to Learn About College

When Christina Chin and other Greenfield Community College students visit first grade classes at Greenfield's Federal Street School each month to provide workshops for the young students, on the surface…

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October 13, 2016

Early Childhood Education Degree Paths Meet Employment Needs in Community

Greenfield Community College is helping meet the community's need for well-qualified educators with its dedicated Early Childhood Education Lab classroom and a partnership with Elms College that provides a streamlined…

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September 23, 2016

Learning and Earning a Precision Machining Career in Franklin County

Growing up in Moldova, Dmitriy Dariy learned a strong work ethic from his father who struggled to earn enough to feed Dmitriy's family. Now living in Greenfield, Dmitriy works as…

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September 7, 2016

Save Money with the Commonwealth Commitment

Massachusetts has a message for those who want to earn a bachelor's degree: We'll commit to reducing the cost of going to college if you'll commit to going to school…

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September 6, 2016

Honors-to-Honors Program Provides Opportunities and Scholarships

A select group of Greenfield Community College students who have excelled in their courses now have the opportunity to take a free four-credit honors-level seminar and apply for special Honors-to-Honors…

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September 6, 2016

GCC Awarded $1.6 Million Federal Grant to Support Student Success

Over the next five years, Greenfield Community College will receive $1,640,349 from the US Department of Education's "Strengthening Institutions Program" (Title III). The College will use the funds on programs…

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August 4, 2016

What Do Pioneer Valley Employers Value in Recent Hires?

That was the focus of a Spring 2016 survey conducted by Greenfield Community College. Over 125 businesses, municipalities, non-profit organizations, and schools weighed in on the college learning outcomes they…

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August 4, 2016

Catherine Seaver New Chief Academic and Student Affairs Officer

Catherine Seaver fell in love with Greenfield over twenty years ago when she commuted from Connecticut through Greenfield to teach for a small software company in a little room on…

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June 6, 2016

"I will never truly leave GCC, just as GCC will never leave me."

2016 Commencement As published in the Recorder, June 6, 2016 GREENFIELD — Underneath a white tent on the Greenfield Community College campus, a full audience and nearly 400 graduates listened…

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May 27, 2016

MA Colleges Online Conference June 2

How can colleges support student success in online courses? That is just one topic to be discussed at Greenfield Community College on June 2 when over 220 educators from Massachusetts…

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May 27, 2016

Student Selected for Internship in Senator Warren's Springfield Office

Senator Elizabeth Warren selected GCC student Carys Lamberg, 20, of Amherst, for a summer internship in her Springfield, MA office. Lamberg is one of six interns chosen from a pool…

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May 16, 2016

Students Debate at Edward M. Kennedy Institute

At Greenfield Community College, students learn by doing. GCC Political Science Professor Buz Eisenberg knows the best way to teach how a law is made is to have his American…

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May 13, 2016

GCC Civil Liberties Class helps President Obama Grant Clemency

Greenfield Community College students in Buz Eisenberg's American Civil Liberties course did more than read about Petitions for Clemency, they helped Eisenberg write them. Eisenberg and the students worked on…

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May 9, 2016

Emily Emmons Honored at MA Statehouse '29 Who Shine' Ceremony

Governor Baker and Education Leaders Honor Community College, State University & UMass Graduates for "Contributions to the Commonwealth" Greenfield Community College student Emily Emmons is one of "29 Who Shine,"…

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May 6, 2016

Practical Nursing Graduates Excel

There's a reason GCC's 10-month Practical Nursing (PN) program draws students from Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and across western Massachusetts each year. Actually, there are many reasons. Miriam Velardo, 37,…

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April 21, 2016

New Commonwealth Commitment Plan to Increase College Access, Affordability, and Degree Completion

New "2+2" Plan Based on Transfer from Community College to UMass or State U's Will Offer Per-Semester Rebates, Freeze Costs for Qualifying Students Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn…

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April 8, 2016

GCC Promotes Free Textbooks for Students and Faculty Fellowships

If you haven't shopped for textbooks in a college bookstore recently, you're likely to experience sticker shock. The average new textbook at Greenfield Community College's college bookstore now costs $121.03.…

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March 25, 2016

New Mentoring Program to Help New Students

Lucy Tirk knows the power of mentoring to change a person's life. That's why she asked GCC's Executive Director of Resource Development & GCC Foundation, Alumni Association President Regina Curtis…

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March 11, 2016

Assignment leads to 2 awards at the Five College Film & Video Festival

When Chelsie Field, 23, of Shelburne Falls, signed up for GCC Art Department Chair Paul Lindale's Video Foundation course, her goals were to hone her video production skills and to…

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March 1, 2016

Hands-on Experience Helps Students Decide Career Direction

Have you ever wondered what it takes to run a fitness center or sports stadium? Who decides which equipment is needed and who maintains it? How does the gym management…

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February 25, 2016

New Addiction Studies Certificate Program Responds to Opioid Crisis

Greenfield Community College's new Addiction Studies Certificate Program is part of a community-wide response to the regional opioid crisis. Beginning in Fall 2016, students will be able to enroll in…

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February 1, 2016

Fashion Show Highlights Fashion & Textiles

Students Fashion Greenfield Wardrobes Who is a "typical" Greenfield resident? What would that person wear to express a Greenfield "aesthetic"? Those questions were answered by students in an intensive January…

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January 19, 2016

GCC announces President's and Dean's List for Fall 2015

Greenfield Community College recognizes superlative academic performance.  For Fall 2015, GCC has named 110 students to the President's List and 244 students to the Dean's List.  We applaud the success of…

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