News Archives for 2025

Reality Fair
June 17, 2025

Greenfield Community College (GCC), UMassFive College Federal Credit Union and the MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board recently joined forces to host a Reality Fair at GCC for over 70 students from Pioneer, Mohawk, and Athol high schools. The R ...

paddle event
June 6, 2025

GCC recently participated in an event hosted by the MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board as part of an ongoing “MassHire 250 Workforce Innovation Tour,” a state initiative that celebrates organizations and businesses helping expand workforce inn ...

Student intern in front of geology collection
May 23, 2025

This semester, I had the wonderful opportunity to complete a GCC Geology Museum Collections internship. This experience has been truly rewarding, helping me grow both personally and academically. My main responsibilities involved working with the museu ...

GCC student Tommy Nielsen
May 7, 2025

I am currently working as a marketing intern with the YMCA. My role primarily focuses on digital marketing, aiming to improve the general health of our website and boost our SEO (search engine optimization) performance. My main job during this internsh ...

GCC nursing professor Rebecca Wolf at graduation
May 7, 2025

For me, choosing a career in nursing was about making a difference every single day. It's an honor to be trusted with people’s lives, their hopes and their fears. Every time I step into a patient's room I have the opportunity to bring not just knowledg ...

GCC business student Mary Brouder
May 5, 2025

As a GCC student pursuing an accounting career, I recently had the extremely valuable experience of interning at Sisson Accounting Services PC in Turners Falls, MA. This 12-week internship as an Accounting & Tax Intern has solidified my passion for ...

Photo of students and staff at the Seed Library
April 16, 2025

Greenfield Community College is excited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its seed library, now rebranded as Hope’s Seed Library in honor of longtime librarian Hope Schneider. With a fresh logo and expanded offerings, this initiative highlights our ...

April 11, 2025

We are excited to announce the second annual Nursing Health Expo, taking place on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the college's East Lawn. This health fair is free and open to the public, and features many engaging activities led by GCC and partner ...

April 4, 2025

A message from GCC President Michelle Schutt: April is National Community College Month and a great time to reflect on what makes GCC and all community colleges so special. Did you know that 46% of all college students in Massachusetts attend community ...

March 31, 2025

By Richard Little, GCC Professor Emeritus Did you know Greenfield Community College has the best-in-the-world examples of armored mud balls, one of the rarest geologic features?  These 200-million-year-old (Jurassic Period) treasures are displayed in t ...

March 31, 2025

Greenfield Community College is delighted to welcome two new distinguished board members to its Board of Trustees. Andrew Morehouse and Linda Dunlavy both bring broad and deep experience in organizational leadership, further strengthening the College’s ...

Photo of Jillian, a GCC student
March 21, 2025

Since graduating GCC in 2008, Jillian Morgan has gone on to meaningful and fulfilling work as the Director of Development at the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts. In a recent conversation, she explained that her path wasn’t always clear. "When I star ...

GCC student Mike Hannigan
March 21, 2025

Mike Hannigan, Student Senate President and former GCC Student Trustee, recently shared his transformative journey from a place of personal struggle to becoming a dedicated community leader. Hannigan, who moved to Greenfield less than two years ago, de ...

Photo of Aiya, a student at GCC
March 20, 2025

Student Senator, Peer Mentor, Peer Tutor, and President of the Tabletop Games club Aiya Thomson recently shared her journey of personal and academic growth at GCC. Thomson, now in her fifth and final semester, described her initial apprehension when st ...

February 13, 2025

GCC opened four new associate degree majors this academic year, allowing students to enroll in programs such as environmental conservation, human services, justice studies and a pathway for allied health students to transfer into a four-year program. “ ...

February 13, 2025

The Greenfield Community College (GCC) Foundation warmly invites community partners, supporters, friends of the college, and alumni to join us for our annual fundraising dinner, "Building Bridges and Belonging: GCC's Celebration of Community," on Febru ...

January 6, 2025

Greenfield Community College (GCC) and Western New England University (WNE) recently announced an innovative articulation agreement that streamlines the path for students pursuing careers in occupational therapy. This new Associate to Doctor of Occupat ...

January 6, 2025

Greenfield Community College (GCC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Angela N. Campbell as its inaugural Vice President of Institutional Mission, Culture and Climate (IMCC). Dr. Campbell brings a wealth of experience in educational leader ...