Nursing students at Pennsylvania’s Butler County Community College’s will get more real-life experience thanks to a $50,000 donation from the Victor K. Phillips and Janice Phillips Larrick Family Charitable Foundation. The funds will help the…
Several Massachusetts community colleges have received funding to improve workforce training programs. A total of $11.8 million was awarded to 32 vocational schools, community colleges and public high schools through the Massachusetts Skills Capital Grant…
In Florida, Palm Beach State College (PBSC) President Ava L. Parker announced a $1 million gift to the college from Palm Beach Gardens couple Jan Winkler and Hermine Drezner. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor…
Seven community colleges will be working to create an entrepreneurship education continuum by establishing and strengthening relationships between K-12 students and their local community colleges. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily…
Florida Tallahassee Community College (TCC) students in healthcare programs will benefit from several recent gifts to the college. A $500,000 gift from the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) Foundation will support student scholarships. The staff at…
Illinois Highland Community College’s (HCC) expanding agriculture program will benefit from a donation $10,000 from the Stephenson Service Co. and Growmark Foundation. Tabitha WhissemoreTabitha Whissemore is a contributor to Community College Daily and managing editor of…
Twelve community colleges will participate in a $2.9-million grant program to give students a brighter future. Brighter Futures 3.0, headed by the League for Innovation in the Community College, is a three-part credentialing program for…
South Seattle College’s (SSC) 2017 Gifts from the Earth fundraiser raised a record $273,000. Proceeds from the event support SSC programs and students with scholarships, internships, emergency funding, tutoring and more. Student Blanca Olivera was…
Colorado Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) and the Foundation for Colorado Community Colleges (FCCC) were awarded $250,000 by the GE Johnson Construction Company Community Foundation to help create a pipeline of workers for the local construction industry. “This…
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded nearly $26 million in grants to programs that will help dislocated workers in coal-impacted communities across five states. More than 7,300 workers and students impacted by the changing…