Category Archives: Announcements

Capital Community College receives $3 million Hispanic Serving Institutions Grant

Posted on September 4, 2020 by

Capital Community College has won a $3 million, five-year federal grant to improve student achievement and increase retention and graduation rates of low-income students at the two-year school located in downtown Hartford. The U.S. Department of Education’s Title V Hispanic … Continue reading →

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Changing Lives 2020: October 23rd “No-Go” Gala Will Support Programs For Health Care Heroes, Recognize Alumni

Posted on August 12, 2020 by

Inductees for Capital Community College’s Alumni Wall of Fame will be recognized at a virtual Changing Lives Gala on Friday October 23, 2020, continuing an annual event that has supported scholarships and programs since 2004. The “No-Go”  Gala for Hartford’s … Continue reading →

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P2P: How friends can help friends raise funds for their cause @ Capital

Posted on August 12, 2020 by

Peer-to-peer fundraising, also known as P2P, empowers board members, faculty, staff and alumni to raise funds for a cause that is important to them. P2P is not a new way to support a worthy nonprofit organization or cause. The lion’s … Continue reading →

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Community Service Award Honors Memory Of Tanya Cleveland-Wiggins, Campus Food Pantry Coordinator

Posted on August 10, 2020 by

A new Community Service Award that recognizes the life and volunteerism of Tanya Cleveland-Wiggins has been established by the Capital Community College Foundation with the support of her family and donors. Ms. Wiggins, who died September 11, 2019 at the … Continue reading →

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Capital Cares Fund-Covid-19: Helping Students In A Time of Need

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

The coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic is causing uncertainty and challenges for all of us  as we join in the public health responses of social isolation and other measures to  “flatten the curve.” For Capital Community College students financial and personal … Continue reading →

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CCC Foundation Scholarships: Online Application Available For Fall 2020

Posted on March 20, 2020 by

The  Capital Community College Foundation is accepting applications for scholarships for the Fall 2020 semester. The closing date for applications is June 1, 2020. The Foundation provides merit and need-based scholarships each year to new and continuing students contingent on … Continue reading →

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March 26th Reception For CCC Nursing’s Remote Area Medical Trip Cancelled

Posted on March 16, 2020 by

A March 26th reception supporting a nursing faculty and student Remote Area Medical trip has been cancelled because of public health restrictions to combat coronovirus. The reception, scheduled for Hartford’s City Steam Brewery, was organized  in support of an educational … Continue reading →

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Nominations Invited For The Class of 2020 Alumni Wall of Fame

Posted on March 9, 2020 by

Fifty three years ago Capital Community College then known as Greater Hartford Community College opened its doors at a two-story Sequassen Street building in Hartford’s Colt Park. From an opening enrollment of 339 students more than 300,000 have enrolled and … Continue reading →

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In Celebration of Black History Month: “Hidden Figures” Screening Set For Thursday, February 27th

Posted on February 25, 2020 by

A screening of Hidden Figures, the acclaimed 2016 film about a team of female African-American mathematicians who were instrumental in the development of the U.S. space program, will be held Thursday, February 27th at 1:30 p.m. in the Walter J. … Continue reading →

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“Free” Tuition Plan, School To Work Partnerships Will Be Topics at Capital Community College Town & Legislative Breakfast January 30th

Posted on January 17, 2020 by

A Community College “Free Tuition” initiative and school-to-work apprentice and intern programs will be among topics at a Town and Legislative Breakfast at Capital Community College’s Walter J. Markiewicz Community Room on  Thursday, January 30, 2020  from 9 a.m. to … Continue reading →

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