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The Greenfield Community College Office of Student Leadership & Engagement is located in the Core of the Main Building room C216.

The 2025 Annual Impact Report from the GCC Foundation is out! Read stories about the expansion of our Workforce Development programs, the strong foundations GCC`s Business Department provides for future business leaders, one student`s story of a transformative internship experience and more. Thank you to all in our community for the steadfast support our students!
Read the report here: gccfor.me/AIR25

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Thank you to everyone, alumni and students, who participated in our Career Conversations with Alumni event! When it comes to finding a career path that will be both satisfying and viable, there’s nothing like talking with professionals who have lived experience doing the work they love.

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GCC is aligning workforce development with climate action—creating meaningful career pathways in clean energy while addressing equity and employer needs in Franklin and Hampshire counties. Much of our recent momentum can be traced back to key investments from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, including planning and capacity-building grants that helped the college design programs tailored to the region’s workforce demands. Read more: gccfor.me/masscec-partner

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November has shown a record amount of need at GCC`s Corner Market food pantry. Support is crucial to restock high-need items that let students shop with dignity. Double your impact for Giving Tuesday—gifts made by Dec. 2 will be doubled, thanks to a generous $15,000 match for donations! gccfor.me/food-pantry

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Join us Tuesday, Nov. 18 for GCC Music Department`s annual winter concert, featuring student performances in jazz standards, rock, blues and Taylor Swift covers! FREE and open to the public. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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Today we’re spotlighting current first-generation GCC students and sharing their words of wisdom and encouragement for others!

A first-generation college student is often described as one whose parents or guardians do not have a four-year degree when the student starts college, but a 1st Gen student could be anyone who self-identifies as the first in their immediate family to attend college.

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@theatergcc`s production of "Beauty: A Dark Comedy Christmas Tale" opens FRIDAY, Nov. 14 and will run through Sunday, Nov. 23. You don`t want to miss this one! Get your tickets early, as seating is limited: gccfor.me/beauty

Part of our Missouri Playwrights Series, the play was written exclusively for GCC Theater. The story unfolds in Tarkio, Missouri a couple days before Christmas at Pleasant Pastures, a long-term care facility for the elderly and younger adults who need assisted living.

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Today we’re spotlighting first-generation GCC alumni and sharing their words of wisdom and encouragement for our current 1st Gen students!

A first-generation college student is often described as one whose parents or guardians do not have a four-year degree when the student starts college, but a 1st Gen student could be anyone who self-identifies as the first in their immediate family to attend college.

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Join us Thursday, Nov. 13 from 12:15-1:15 p.m. for a presentation with Chris White, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Graduate Program Director, Music at @umass . In this talk, Chris explores key arguments from his new book "The AI Music Problem" examining the technical, social, commercial and expressive challenges that make music an unusually difficult domain for AI. The presentation weaves through the broader music AI ecosystem—from startup culture and the limitations of digitizing scores and audio to the intricacies of composition and music’s deep ties to human emotion and experience. While some aspects of music are markedly susceptible to AI, White ultimately argues that music remains uniquely resistant to the full force of this transformative technology.

Sponsored by the GCC Honors Scholar Program, the Social Sciences Department and the Music Department.

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GCC is closed today, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. THANK YOU to all who have served.

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This week, we’re celebrating our first-generation college students! Many of our staff and faculty began their college journeys just like you, and today we’re spotlighting some of them and sharing words of wisdom and encouragement for our 1st Gen students.

A first-generation college student is often described as one whose parents or guardians do not have a four-year degree when the student starts college, but a 1st Gen student could be anyone who self-identifies as the first in their immediate family to attend college.

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GCC Community Chorus presents their annual fall concert with Margery Heins, Director and John Yannis, Accompanist. Sunday, Nov. 9 from 4-5 p.m. at the Second Congregational Church in Greenfield.

Choral music from the Renaissance to the present, including pieces by Tomkins, Hassler, Handel, Haydn Walker, Dilworth, Forrest and others. FREE and open to the public!

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Greenfield Community College has been awarded a Food Security Infrastructure Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. The award will help fund construction of a new greenhouse and connected workspace, including a produce washing station and cold storage, to increase production, processing and distribution of nutritious food through the GCC Corner Market Food Pantry and the GCC Dining Commons. Read more: gccfor.me/fsig

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🚨Attention job seekers! GCC will host the annual MassHire Multi Industry Job Fair on Thursday, Nov. 6 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 30+ employers with open positions in Franklin and/or Hampshire county, representing a wide variety of industries, will be in attendance. This event is FREE and open to the public! Priority service for Veterans from 11am-11:30am. No pre registration is required.

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THANK YOU to everyone who attended and participated in our spooky Open House! Great costumes and great conversations!🎃🐝

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👻Happy Halloween👻 from all of us at GCC! We had so much fun at our annual student Halloween party yesterday – food, games, pumpkin painting and a costume contest! Tarot readings with @mykfreedman and ice cream from @ervingstation✨

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GCC is proud to announce the launch of the Early Childhood Education Apprenticeship for Learning, Innovation, Voice & Empowerment (ECE ALIVE), a pilot Learn-and-Earn program aimed at addressing the childcare staffing shortage in the Pioneer Valley while diversifying and strengthening the early education workforce.
Read more: gccfor.me/education-apprenticeship

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👻 This THURSDAY, Oct. 30 from 5-7 p.m. is Open House! GCC faculty, staff and students will be here to answer your questions. Tour our campus, start your application and have some Halloween fun!🎃
Learn more: go.gcc.mass.edu/open-house/

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What a great turnout for the @gccartdepartment Portfolio Day this past week! THANK YOU to all the art school and university representatives and each and every participant!

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🐛The @umass Fernald Club student entomologists brought their Live Insect Zoo—preserved specimens from the UMass entomology collection— to GCC to celebrate #STEMweek! 🦂

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Join GCC, the @greenfieldrecreation, @greenfieldgardencinema and the Greenfield Recreation Softball League to watch "A League of Their Own" on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 6:30 p.m. Meet Mike Haley—assistant director to Penny Marshall and the umpire who famously threw Tom Hanks out of the game— at 6 p.m. before the screening of this classic film. Learn more and buy tickets: gccfor.me/league

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Art Portfolio Day is Thursday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Core Lobby. Portfolios will be reviewed by representatives from major art schools and universities across the country! You do not have to be a GCC art student to participate—high school students and artists who have taken a gap in their education (or never had formal training) are encouraged to attend.

Schools attending include Montserrat College of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Maine College of Art, Westfield State University, Hartford Art School, UMass–Amherst and UMass–Lowell.

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It`s Massachusetts STEM Week (@massstemweek)! We`re hosting a series of activities—join in the fun! Learn more: gccfor.me/stem-week

🪨 GCC Geology Collection, Oct. 20 (Core Lobby): See fascinating minerals and rocks from our geology collection!
👨‍🚀 Lunch with an Astronaut, Oct. 21 (Library Solarium): Meet former astronaut Cady Coleman and hear her exciting, adventurous tales!
🌺 Botanical Inks, Oct. 22 (Core Lobby): Learn to make inks from locally foraged plant material.
🕷 Insect Zoo, Oct. 23 (Dining Commons): The UMass Amherst Fernald Club brings a host of bugs to view.

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Tuesday, 10/21 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., join GCC and community partners for the Mental Health Resource Fair! Learn about therapies for treatment-resistant OCD, depression and anxiety, mental health resources for the LGBTQIA+ community, comfort animals in schools, student mental health, domestic violence, addiction recovery and more. Learn more: gccfor.me/mental-health-fair

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🦇 Will we see you Oct. 30 from 5-7 p.m. for Open House?? GCC faculty, staff and students will be here to answer your questions! Tour our campus, start your application and have some Halloween fun 👻
Learn more: go.gcc.mass.edu/open-house/

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📢 Attention GCC students, and anyone from the general public interested in a four-year degree! Now is the time to start thinking about transfer—stop by the GCC Dining Commons on Monday, Oct. 20 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. to meet admission counselors from four-year colleges.

Participating schools include UMass – Dartmouth, UMass – Lowell, UMass – Boston, UMass Amherst, Anna Maria College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Elms College, Emerson College, Fitchburg State, Hampshire College, Merrimack College, Westfield State, Salem State, Plymouth State, Springfield College, Smith College, Simmons College, Worcester State, Johnson and Wales, UMass-University Without Walls, Southern New Hampshire, University of Maine, American International College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and more!

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GCC is hosting WriteAngles, the annual writers’ conference produced by Straw Dog Writers Guild (@strawdogwriters) on Saturday, Oct. 18. This full-day event offers workshops, panels and “Agents Café” meetings for writers at all levels, with a keynote by Franny Choi, a celebrated poet and essayist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic and The Paris Review. Learn more at writeanglesconference.com.

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We had such a fun time dancing at yesterday`s salsa workshop, under the excellent teaching of @mccoy.jamison !

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We are closed today in recognition of Indigenous Peoples` Day. There are no classes, and GCC offices are closed.

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In recognition of Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month, join the GCC Office of Institutional Mission, Culture and Climate for a screening of the documentary "Borderland: The Line Within" on Oct. 16 from 10 a.m.-1:15 p.m. in Stinchfield Auditorium. The screening will be followed by discussion and free lunch for participants. Please RSVP: gccfor.me/borderland-rsvp

"Borderland: The Line Within" reveals how the U.S. immigration enforcement apparatus has evolved into a “border industrial complex,” exploiting vulnerabilities in immigrant communities for profit. The film interweaves first-person narratives of immigrants resisting deportation with data-driven analysis to show the human and systemic costs of migration policy.

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Join us Oct. 30 from 5-7 p.m. for Open House🦇 GCC’s faculty, staff and students look forward to meeting you and answering your questions! Tour our campus, start your application and have some Halloween fun🎃 Learn more: go.gcc.mass.edu/open-house/

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We`re looking for students to join GCC`s Student Senate! Help us make GCC the best it can be by advocating for student ideas and needs.

Applications are due 10/20. To learn more about the GCC Student Senate and the application/election process, see the link in our bio.

We hope you will join us!

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