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By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — A diverse group of Greenfield Community College alumni discussed their experiences with liberal arts education and the unique career pathways that can follow during a panel discussion at the college on Thursday afternoon.GCC Professor...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — How can you participate in democracy beyond just voting?During a panel at Greenfield Community College on Thursday night, civically engaged community members sought to answer this question, sharing their ideas about the democratic process...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is searching for a diversity, equity and inclusion vice president after alleged attempts to suppress a less-than-flattering DEI report prompted the GCC Professional Association — the college’s faculty and...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is hosting its first-ever graduate program after the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) moved its part-time Library and Information Science master’s degree program to GCC this...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Without greater investment in salaries for faculty and staff at community colleges in Massachusetts, a free tuition program launched this summer to great fanfare may be “doomed to fail.” That’s the alarm some education leaders are sounding as they...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College has received a $200,000 grant to develop training programs in mechatronics, or robotic engineering, and industrial machine maintenance. This initiative, funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

By ALEXA LEWIS

An initiative that its supporters describe as “historic” and a “generational game-changer” is now reality — community college is free for all Massachusetts residents without bachelor’s degrees.The new MassEducate program included in the state’s fiscal...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Fifty-three out of 62 voting members of the Greenfield Community College Professional Association, the college’s faculty and staff union, voted in favor of Provost Chet Jordan’s dismissal Tuesday after GCC allegedly suppressed a...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Seventy-eight eligible members of the Greenfield Community College Professional Association, the college’s faculty and staff union, cast their ballots by Tuesday afternoon, expressing no confidence in President Michelle Schutt and Provost...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Community College Professional Association, the college’s faculty and staff union, is currently engaged in a vote of no confidence in President Michelle Schutt and Provost Chet Jordan, claiming that the leaders swept a...

By SAM FERLAND

GREENFIELD — Cheers and cowbells rang aloud on Saturday as members of Greenfield Community College’s Class of 2024 marched between rows of flowers to the stage, collected their diplomas, and celebrated their success with their families and friends.GCC...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The former Greenfield Community College building at 270 Main St. might soon be converted into Ja’Duke Inc.’s newest location for performance art, driver’s education and a preschool center.Ja’Duke owners Kimberly Williams and Nicholas...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

A plan unveiled by Senate Democrats on Monday to make community college free for all in Massachusetts starting this fall has the potential to have a big impact for prospective students across the state.The “MassEducate” plan would invest $75.5 million...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is revamping its free certified nurse aide (CNA) training program, expanding training an extra six weeks to support an English language learners cohort program after receiving $119,129 in grant funding.Funding...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College’s south courtyard will be closed for roughly a year as contractors break ground on a roughly $3 million renovation project.GCC issued a request for proposals on March 12 seeking contractors to make structural...

GREENFIELD — In celebration of Women’s History Month, Greenfield Community College is welcoming Smith College Professor Carrie Baker for a discussion on the intersection of democracy and women’s rights.The event, titled “Democracy and Women’s Rights:...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College saw a 13% increase in enrollment this semester, marking the college’s second consecutive semester of enrollment growth after a more than 10-year decline.By the end of 2023, 150 more students enrolled in the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — At the Joint Committee on Ways and Means’ fiscal year 2025 state budget hearing on Friday, the focus was on statewide education and local aid. At the regional level, though, legislators, school officials and community members from up and...

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Community College Foundation invites residents to its fundraising dinner, “Building Bridges and Belonging: GCC’s Celebration of Community,” on Thursday, Feb. 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.The evening will include a catered...