STCC News
STCC professor shares memories from Vietnam at Veterans Day event
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2021
At a Veterans Day event at Springfield Technical Community College, professor Eric Brown shared grim memories of his service as a field medic in Vietnam and described how the wartime experience shapes his work at STCC. He reminded those gathered in the forum at the Student Learning Commons why many veterans struggle after coming home.
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STCC course takes aim at inequities in society
Date: Friday, November 5, 2021
Diversity and Social Justice, one of about 10 new courses launched this fall at Springfield Technical Community College, aims to better prepare students to respond to some of the thorniest issues facing society today: racism, classism, health inequities and other forms of oppression.
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STCC disperses more than $4 million in federal grants to help students
Date: Friday, November 5, 2021
Springfield Technical Community College distributed $4,018,000 from a federal emergency relief grant provided in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to help 3,405 eligible students. STCC in October distributed money made available through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) and the American Rescue Plan Act enacted by Congress.
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Health Careers Exploration night at STCC set for Nov. 30
Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021
Springfield Technical Community College on Tuesday, Nov. 30, will offer Allied Health Careers Exploration Night, an opportunity for anyone interested in becoming a health care professional to learn more about STCC’s programs.
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STCC Optics and Photonics professor accepts award at conference
Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021
Nicholas Massa, a professor Optics and Photonics at Springfield Technical Community College, accepted an award recognizing him for outstanding contributions to education in optical science and engineering. Massa accepted the Esther Hoffman Beller Medal from Optica, formerly the Optical Society of America (OSA), an organization that advances optics and photonics worldwide. The society held a virtual Frontiers in Optics conference Nov. 1-4.
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STCC director of marketing and communications wins district ‘Rising Star’ award
Date: Thursday, October 28, 2021
The Springfield Technical Community College director of marketing and communications received the Rising Star Award from an organization that represents public relations professionals employed at community colleges.
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STCC Phlebotomy for Healthcare Workers class starts Nov. 1
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021
Springfield Technical Community College will offer 60-hour training for healthcare workers who want to become a certified phlebotomist. The class, open to anyone licensed in various medical fields in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, runs Nov. 1 through Nov. 24. Class hours are 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Labs for the course will be held in person on the STCC campus. All students must wear masks and adhere to STCC COVID-19 procedures.
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STCC’s 3rd ‘Carberry Conversations’ Continues with Exhibiting Artist, Keith Hollingworth
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Carberry Conversations, presented by Springfield Technical Community College’s Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, continues Friday, Oct. 29, from noon-12:45 p.m., with a virtual conversation between associate professor and gallery coordinator Sondra Peron and retired professor and visual artist Keith Hollingworth.
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STCC programs recognized for quality, affordability by College Factual
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Several of Springfield Technical Community College’s programs were recognized as top tier in a wide-ranging ranking list for 2022 by College Factual, a data analytics website. According to College Factual listed ranking highlights for STCC, including quality and affordability. In total, STCC was awarded 84 badges in the 2022 rankings. The highest ranked major is mechanical engineering technology.
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Charles V. Ryan played a key role in the founding of STCC
Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Charles V. Ryan, who died Monday at the age of 94, was one of four key players in the founding of STCC in 1967. The founders realized the ideal use of the Armory facility would be as a college. Others included Garvey (also the first president of the college), Joseph J. Deliso Sr., an industrialist, and Anthony M. Scibelli, a state representative and chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee.
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