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Student Emergency Fund Featured on Forbes Civic Nation
CCC’s New student emergency fund has been featured on Forbes’ Civic Nation Voice blog! In a post published this morning, Sara Marcellino, Development Officer for the Contra Costa College Foundation, describes the program in detail: If an otherwise dedicated student suddenly goes missing from class or confides in...
Business Professor’s Estate Gifts $825,000 To College Foundation
The Contra Costa College Foundation has received a gift of $825,000 from the estate of retired business professor, Stephen C. Schaefer. The donation will support Contra Costa College students interested in business careers and related campus support activities. It will also fund the Stephen C. Schaefer...
Contra Costa College Stands with Undocumented Students
The ‘unwinding’ of DACA does not impact a student’s ability to attend our colleges, qualify for an exemption from nonresident tuition fees, or to apply for financial aid under the provisions of the California Dream Act. These are state programs that are entirely separate and distinct...
State Honors Warehouse Program for Raising Student Income
For the first time today, California acknowledged Strong Workforce Stars–career education programs that have helped students significantly improve their quality of life. And one of them is right here at CCC! Forklift, Logistics, Operations and Warehouse (or FLOW, as we like to call it,) was recognized for...
Drama Professor Takes One-Man Show to Dublin
This May, CCC Dramatic Arts Department Chair Carlos-Manuel Chavarria took his show “Joto: Confessions of a Mexican Outcast” to the largest gay theater festival in the world! Chavarria performed “Joto” at CCC’s Knox Center last year, where it was met with a rave review from The Advocate. Organizers...
CCC Journalism Alums on Pulitzer Prizewinning Team
Two CCC grads were integral to a recent Pulitzer Prize win for Breaking News by the East Bay Times for their outstanding coverage of the Ghost Ship fire tragedy. Craig Lazzeretti, the East Bay Times metro editor, lead the coverage that began around 4:00 a.m. on December 3,...
Former Comet McKinley is ‘Star of the NFL Draft’!
2013-2014 CCC defensive lineman Takkarist McKinley will soon be playing for the Atlanta Falcons. USA Today declared McKinley “the star of the NFL draft” as the 2017 NFC champions swapped first-round and gave up third- and sixth-round picks to snag him. McKinley became an instant fan-favorite...
Liberal Arts Major Wins Prestigious, $320,000 Scholarship
CCC’s own Sasha Graham is one of 55 students nationwide to win the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Graham is a single mother of a nine-year-old son who also sits on CCC’s Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Advisory Board. She’s already been...
Early College Program Honored as Gold Ribbon School
Congratulations to Principal Finny Prak and the rest of the team at Middle College High School. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson named the school a Gold Ribbon School. Middle College is a collaboration between the West Contra Costa Unified School District and CCC. It allows high school students who...
Student Newspaper is 15 Time Pacesetter Winner
The Associated Collegiate Press is the oldest collegiate press/media organization in the nation. Its National Newspaper Pacemaker Award is considered the highest award in college journalism — the “Pulitzer Prize of student journalism.” Between three and five National Pacemakers are given to two-year college newspapers each...