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…
Corfin Industries Wins 1st Place, Three MCC Students Awarded Scholarships Corfin Industries, LLC won the third annual Manchester Community College Trivia Challenge. Along with bragging rights for the Salem, NH advanced manufacturing firm, MCC students were rewarded with $17,000 raised to help fund scholarships. While Corfin took top prize, Eversource…
Manchester Community College has received the first of a multi-year federal grant investment to train and educate the next generation of treatment providers for mental health and substance abuse to meet one of the state’s most pressing challenges. In collaboration with several local partners in the Manchester and Concord area,…
Responding to the crushing need for well-trained and qualified workers, Manchester Community College applied for and has recently received accreditation to help train the next generation of Health Information Management workers. MCC’s program is the only one in New Hampshire to receive recognition from the Commission on Accreditation for Health…
Posted: August 28, 2017
by Paul Feely, Union Leader
City transit authorities on Friday unveiled two new city buses with a sleek, modern look — the first step in a three-year process that will see the 24-bus fleet upgraded as old buses are retired and new ones brought on line. The rebranding is the first for the service since…
Two local schools want to put your career path on autopilot. A partnership between Manchester Community College and the University of New Hampshire Manchester is designed to make obtaining the training needed for careers in automation engineers and robot operators fast and convenient. Prospective students can learn more about the…
This fall, Subaru will join Audi, Ford and Fiat Chrysler to participate in Manchester Community College’s auto technology program through a new partnership. Like other manufacturers in the MCC program, local Subaru dealers will offer paid internships with participating local dealers. Under the program, students are required to complete nearly…
Posted: July 21, 2017
by Kimberly Houghton, Union Leader
MERRIMACK — School officials are considering a proposed partnership with Manchester Community College that would offer a unique automotive program for local high school students. Without the partnership, the current automotive classes at Merrimack High School will no longer take place, in part because of the resignation of an automotive…
Posted: July 05, 2017
by Michael Cousineau, Union Leader
Bailey Dionne wasn't asked to climb utility poles this day but instead watched a lineman maneuver a 35-foot hand-held stick from ground level to work on power line equipment hanging along Valley Street. Not legal to drink yet, Dionne is spending his summer immersed in 120 hours of climbing, learning…
One of New England’s Largest Selling Manufacturers Joins MCC; Expanded Job Opportunities for Local Students at Dozens of Dealers in Region Manchester - “Confidence in Motion” is the business motto of Subaru, but the manufacturer could just as easily use the same phrase in talking about a newly expanded partnership…
MCC: Approximately 325 students received associate degrees from over 30 programs Goffstown - Approximately 325 graduates of Manchester Community College were encouraged to take “measured risks” in life — and not let fear of failure hold them back — during the school’s 71st commencement exercises Wednesday night at Sullivan Arena,…
(See original article...) The Center for Digital Education announced the winners of its 2016-17 Digital Community Colleges Survey today. Now in its 12th year, the Digital Community Colleges Survey analyzes how community colleges use a range of technologies to improve services to students, faculty, staff and the community at large.…
Posted: April 17, 2017
by Michael Cousineau, New Hampshire Union Leader
Major employers in the Granite State are increasingly collaborating with higher education to increase the supply of workers equipped with the skills needed for advanced manufacturing. BAE Systems collaborated with Nashua Community College to develop "a microelectronics boot camp," a 10-week course that started in 2016. The first four students…
Posted: March 29, 2017
by Rick Ganley & Michael Brindley, NHPR
Click here to view the photo library for this event. (Listen to NHPR story) MANCHESTER – The shortage of women pursuing careers in fields like science and engineering continues to be a challenge companies here in the Granite State and across the country. A study last year found that nationwide,…
