STCC News
Housebound? STCC offers online workforce development training
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Springfield Technical Community College’s Workforce Development Center offers a range of online courses available 24 hours a day from any device with an internet connection. Online education at STCC combines interactive exercises, mini-cases, video, and focused reading to ensure courses are not only engaging but that students really learn.
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STCC extends spring break, restricts public access to campus
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Springfield Technical Community College will extend spring break by an additional week and limit public access to the campus. Classes will resume March 30, pending further developments.
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State lawmakers get a close-up look at STCC programs
Date: Friday, March 13, 2020
From the patient simulation center to the mechanical engineering technology lab, state lawmakers recently toured Springfield Technical Community College to get a better understanding how STCC is preparing students for careers and boosting the economic vitality of the region.
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STCC student finds internship to be not too taxing
Date: Friday, March 6, 2020
Theresa Sherman, of Springfield, is one of four STCC students working as interns with Springfield Partners for Community Action’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program. VITA provides free income tax return preparation to low and moderate income taxpayers.
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STCC hires mechanical engineering technology instructor
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Springfield Technical Community College named Thomas Robitaille as an instructor in mechanical engineering technology. Robitaille, of Chester, is third generation to join in this field after his father and grandfather. A STCC graduate with an associate degree in mechanical engineering technology, he has been working as a CNC machinist/programmer at MTG, Inc. in Westfield since October 2016.
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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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