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Fall 2022 has already been a semester to remember!  In a remarkable turnaround, Contra Costa College has emerged from the height of the pandemic with enrollment rains and hundreds of thousands in new grant funding. It has also launched a bevy of new partnerships and student...

It’s hard to be a parent. It’s even harder to be a student parent. That’s why we’re so excited to announce that the Comet Market—a free grocery store where students are encouraged to pick up everything from produce and milk to snacks and coffee—now offers parenting...

CCC has long offered free breakfast to students via the Student Life office. Now, for the first time, we’re offering free lunch, as well!  The meals are catered by a rotating roster of popular local restaurants, and are offered on College Center Plaza at 12:45 p.m....

Contra Costa College has been awarded a sizable grant to create a Rising Scholars pathway for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals. The grant will allow CCC to better engage with and serve justice-involved individuals at every step of the student journey. The college will offer informational...

NASA has chosen Contra Costa College as the only Northern California campus for its National Community College Aerospace Scholar program! CCC aims to recruit a cohort of about 60 CCC students who are seeking degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math and want to participate in...

Thanks to a new grant from Ellucian, Contra Costa College students facing economic hardship were eligible for the Progress, Accomplishment, Thriving, Hope (PATH) Scholarship for the first time this year.   $10,000 was awarded to the college, then distributed to ten students, to help cover items such...

Contra Costa College believes that paying for college shouldn’t be a barrier for you to achieve your educational goals. That’s why the CCC Foundation has scholarships for everyone! This year’s scholarship application cycle will be no different, with CCC offering more than 67 different scholarship opportunities...

Reyna Grande, Award-Winning Author came to Contra Costa College this week to have lunch with CCC students, sign books, share some of her inspiring story and give advice to aspiring authors.  After sharing lunch with a group of around 50 students in Fireside Hall, Grande moved...

CCC is proud to announce that, on September 22, 2022, Ellen Coatney was named Contra Costa County’s Community College Teacher of the Year!   The award comes with a $1,000 grant, which Professor Coatney intends to put toward classroom supplies.  “We are so proud of Professor Coatney,”...

The October, 2022 issue of DownBeat Magazine highlighted CCC’s multi-award-winning jazz ensembles! Here’s what they had to say: Stephanie Austin Letson holds a number of titles at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California. The professor of music is also the director of choral activities, performance...