Whether you are a current MCC student, or home for summer vacation from attending another college, summer classes online or on-campus are a smart choice: 1. Stay on track to graduate on time (or even early)! It can be challenging to fit in five courses each fall and spring semester…
On March 29, 2019, Manchester Community College (MCC), in partnership with the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH), announced the scholars selected for New Hampshire’s inaugural class of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses. The 37 scholars hail from nine New Hampshire counties that span the state, and whose businesses…
Posted: March 13, 2019
by Michael Cousineau, Union Leader
Hackers are lurking around the world and perhaps in your local coffee shop, so people should protect their digital privacy. “Data is money now; data is information that’s worth so much,” Saverna Ahmad, a senior user experience engineer at Oracle, said during a cybersecurity forum Tuesday. She posted a laundry…
Posted: March 04, 2019
by Kelly Ayotte and Ross Gittell
The recent report from the Economic Strategy Group of The Aspen Institute, entitled “Expanding Economic Opportunity for More Americans: Bipartisan Policies to Increase Work, Wages, and Skills,” highlights a set of important policy ideas on how we can expand economic opportunity and prosperity for all Americans. The report is authored…
Posted: February 04, 2019
by Mark Hayward, Union Leader
Ten years into an economic expansion, and the national and state economies remain churning for a simple reason – toys. An economy that offers toys like self-driving cars, phones that can outpower mainframe computers, and legs made from steel and microprocessors is an economy with lots of disposable income that…
Granite State College Wins 1st Place, Proceeds Go to MCC Student Scholarships Granite State College won the fourth annual Manchester Community College Trivia Challenge on October 4, 2018. St. Mary’s Bank made it a close game, finishing second. Northeast Delta Dental placed third in the Trivia Challenge for the second…
Posted: September 30, 2018
by Shawne K. Wickham, Union Leader
Caitlin Harty of Manchester says she knows she won't get rich going into the human services field. And she knows that counseling individuals who struggle with addiction can be stressful, sometimes frustrating, work. But for Harty, who is pursuing a behavioral science degree at Manchester Community College, it's personal. "I'm…
Decorated veteran. Honors student. Hit-and-run accident survivor. Hampstead’s Jeremy Clague can add a new line to his resume — college graduate. After being encouraged to follow their passions in life, Clague and more than 350 graduates exited Sullivan Arena at St. Anselm College with degrees in hand following Manchester Community…
Manchester Community College's chapter of Kappa Beta Delta inducted 27 new members on Friday, May 4, 2018. Membership in the international business honor society is by invitation to business students at community colleges who have at least a 3.5 GPA, and who are in the top 20% of their class.…
Ten Manchester Community College Life Science majors were inducted into the newly formed Community College System of NH Theta Epsilon Theta Chapter of TriBeta at University of New Hampshire-Manchester on April 24, 2018. The Community College chapter, which also inducted two Nashua Community College students, is affiliated with the UNH-Manchester…
Manchester Community College Moves to First Place In National Rankings. The Center for Digital Education awarded Manchester Community College first-place in the “small college/under 5,000 students category” for MCC’s advanced use of technology – specifically highlighting virtual reality crime scenes with 360-degree cameras used in Cybersecurity classrooms, simulation labs used…
On April 13, 2018, Manchester Community College inducted 66 students into the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) honor society, chapter Alpha Pi Rho. Since 1929, the American Association of Community Colleges has recognized PTK as the official honor society of two-year colleges. To qualify for membership, a student must have a…
More than 150 college and community leaders gathered at the Grappone Conference Center in Concord to honor college students, faculty members and community partners who devote their time and expertise to meeting critical community needs. The awards ceremony was sponsored by Campus Compact for New Hampshire (CCNH), a statewide consortium…
NH/VT Students Competed in "VEX Robotics Competition" + "VEX IQ Challenge" The top 80 teams from New Hampshire and Vermont have been whittled down to a few top performers from the NH/VT State Championship VEX Robotics Competition at Manchester Community College February 17-18, 2018. High schoolers, middle schoolers and elementary…
Grant provides free kits to allow more NH kids the chance to compete Candia librarian Sue Demanche snagged a grant this year to receive a free $500 robotics kit for sixth-graders to participate in VEX robotics competitions. “This has been so much fun,” she said. “The kids are so engaged…
