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We have a plan for that … or do we?
Continuous Improvement and our Strategic Plan Continuous Improvement has arisen as a strong theme in CCC’s Strategic Plan discussions and I like it! Continuous Improvement ideas can be applied at the individual level all the way up to the organizational level. Think about the notes you...
Elisha Patterson Says ‘You’re Not Alone’ at CCC
For Elisha Patterson, CCC was a second chance and a transformative experience. Like about 30% of current CCC students, Elisha enrolled as an older, returning student. After high school, she felt she needed to focus on work. “In Richmond, I think we’re raised to do K...
CCC Students Awarded at Kennedy Center Festival
Contra Costa College students brought home two awards from the American College Theatre Festival at the Kennedy Center last month. In order to attend the regional competition, students must be nominated by judges who see various college performances in their respective areas. Seven nominated CCC students...
Ready to Transfer? We’re Here to Help!
It’s college admission season! To help you out, our Transfer Center has put together this list of helpful tools and links: University of California Transfer Admissions Planning Tool California State University Application Common Application for (some) private colleges Common Application for (some) historically black colleges and...
Scholarships Created in Memory of Richmond Resident Whose Estate Gifted $835,000 to CCC Foundation
The Contra Costa College Foundation has received a gift of $835,000 from the estate of Geraldine M. Packard. The donation will fund 12 annual scholarships through the newly established Packard-Zell Scholarship Fund. “We are thrilled to be able to support even more students from our community...
Supporting the Students That I Cared So Much For: A Bequest to the CCC Foundation
I was introduced to Contra Costa College (CCC) when I was a one-year sabbatical leave replacement. I was then lucky enough to get hired full-time the following year. While my work life at CCC spanned everything from reference librarianship to teaching German, directing the choir to...
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...
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...
CCC Awarded $5.95 Million HSI STEM Grant
In October 2016, Contra Costa College was awarded $5.95 million by the U.S. Department of Education’s Hispanic-Serving Institution’s Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics and Articulation (HSI STEM) Program. The purpose of the HSI STEM Program is to increase the number of Hispanic students attaining degrees in...