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

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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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.

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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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.

@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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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.

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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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.

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

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

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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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.

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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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!

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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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

🚨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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👻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✨

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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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

👻 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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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!

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

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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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

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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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.

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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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.

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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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

🦇 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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📢 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!

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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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.

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

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

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

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

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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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.

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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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!

We kicked off our campus/community read of "I Never Thought of it That Way" by Mónica Guzmán today. Over the next two months, participants will read the book and discuss with a partner. We had great energy in the room today, and are looking forward to hearing what people take from the book to be better prepared to have "fearlessly curious" conversations.

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We kicked off our campus/community read of "I Never Thought of it That Way" by Mónica Guzmán today. Over the next two months, participants will read the book and discuss with a partner. We had great energy in the room today, and are looking forward to hearing what people take from the book to be better prepared to have "fearlessly curious" conversations.

Congratulations to our recent HVAC Training Program graduates! And a THANK YOU to local bakery, @carefreecakery, who helped us celebrate our graduates AND our partnership with @masscec and the launch of the #ClimateServiceCorps with these stunning cakes.

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Congratulations to our recent HVAC Training Program graduates! And a THANK YOU to local bakery, @carefreecakery, who helped us celebrate our graduates AND our partnership with @masscec and the launch of the #ClimateServiceCorps with these stunning cakes.

We had a great visit today with Senator Jo Comerford, who shared updates about the work of her office and the MA State Senate, and answered student questions about everything from education to transportation to housing to taxes and more. We hope to host her for another visit soon to keep the conversation going!

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We had a great visit today with Senator Jo Comerford, who shared updates about the work of her office and the MA State Senate, and answered student questions about everything from education to transportation to housing to taxes and more. We hope to host her for another visit soon to keep the conversation going!

The artist Jonathan Ryan Storm reimagines the rug as both object and experience: tactile, optical, and spatial. The tufted works in the exhibit, on display in GCC`s South Gallery from Oct. 8-Nov. 6, are not simply surfaces, but environments—fields of rhythm and vibration that invite interaction.

Storm’s practice begins in intuition. He follows rhythm and repetition through the hypnotic motion of tufting, creating compositions that feel discovered rather than designed. Though colorblind, Storm deploys hue and contrast with heightened sensitivity, allowing the body’s perception to take precedence over thought.

Being on the autism spectrum, Storm embraces his “obsession” with rhythm, repetition, and automatic movement as a generative force. What feels compelling and soothing in the act of making is transmitted to the viewer through optical rhythm, tactile texture and vibrating presence. Primateria is not an exhibition of static objects, but a sensory environment—an invitation to feel, to follow and to lose oneself in the oscillating flow.”

Sponsored by the @gccartdepartment and Student Senate.

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The artist Jonathan Ryan Storm reimagines the rug as both object and experience: tactile, optical, and spatial. The tufted works in the exhibit, on display in GCC's South Gallery from Oct. 8-Nov. 6, are not simply surfaces, but environments—fields of rhythm and vibration that invite interaction.

Storm’s practice begins in intuition. He follows rhythm and repetition through the hypnotic motion of tufting, creating compositions that feel discovered rather than designed. Though colorblind, Storm deploys hue and contrast with heightened sensitivity, allowing the body’s perception to take precedence over thought.

Being on the autism spectrum, Storm embraces his “obsession” with rhythm, repetition, and automatic movement as a generative force. What feels compelling and soothing in the act of making is transmitted to the viewer through optical rhythm, tactile texture and vibrating presence. Primateria is not an exhibition of static objects, but a sensory environment—an invitation to feel, to follow and to lose oneself in the oscillating flow.”

Sponsored by the @gccartdepartment and Student Senate.

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