STCC News
STCC wrestling teams capture titles at regional championship
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Competing at home, the men’s and women’s wrestling teams at Springfield Technical Community College both captured first place at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) Northeast Conference Championship on Feb. 29. The men and women’s teams have won the title four years in a row.
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STCC receives grant for financial literacy
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Springfield Technical Community College received a grant from Guardian Life Insurance Company to support a free personal finance course for students and help students who complete the course to pay off debt to the college. The grant also supports the hiring of a new financial literacy coordinator, Brendon Pohner, of Westfield, who will coach students to make smart financial choices.
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STCC offers free classes for early childhood educators starting March 11
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Springfield Technical Community College, in partnership with the union that represents early childhood educators, will offer free classes for family child care providers.
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STCC awarded $250,000 to boost mechanical engineering technology
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2020
Springfield Technical Community College will apply $250,000 in newly awarded state funding to double the size of its mechanical engineering technology laboratory. The college will add five new coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), a second cabinet of metrology (measuring) tools that contain digital calipers, micrometers, pin and bore gauges and a 3D printer that will allow the department to create parts customized to lesson plans.
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STCC announces new leader for Workforce Development Center
Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Springfield Technical Community College announces the appointment of David Buonora as assistant vice president for the Workforce Development Center, effective Feb. 17. Buonora, of Enfield, Conn., comes to STCC from WorkSource Montgomery in Maryland, where he was chief operating officer.
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STCC Asphalt Academy class starts March 9
Date: Monday, February 24, 2020
Registration is open for Springfield Technical Community College’s Asphalt Academy Pre-Apprenticeship Program, which begins March 9. The program provides an opportunity to obtain asphalt certifications through training in the new mobile asphalt classroom at STCC.
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STCC to hold spring Open House on March 10
Date: Monday, February 24, 2020
Springfield Technical Community College will hold its annual spring Open House on Tuesday, March 10, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., in the Student Learning Commons (Building 19), First Floor Welcome Center entrance.
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The sky’s the limit for STCC student selected to visit NASA
Date: Monday, February 24, 2020
STCC student Aminah Bergeron of Westfield has been selected to attend the NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) Onsite Experience at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, March 2-6. She will learn about careers in science and engineering and work with a team to design a prototype Mars rover, among other tasks.
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STCC’s veterinary assistant training program starts April 6
Date: Friday, February 21, 2020
Registration is open for Springfield Technical Community College’s veterinary assistant training program, which begins April 6. The course runs through August, with classes meeting Mondays and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Elliot Levy, senior director of the Workforce Development Center at STCC, encourages prospective students not to delay registration since space is limited.
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STCC student helping to stage PodCamp, a social media ‘unconference’
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2020
Robyn Miller, who helped organize a social media conference in Western Massachusetts, runs her own business and is pursuing a digital photography degree at STCC.
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