Posts Tagged ‘Bunker Hill Community College’
Changes for Long-Serving NE Higher Ed Leaders
by John O. Harney
October 11, 2012
Among recent comings and goings, Father Jonathan DeFelice, O.S.B., president of Saint Anselm College, announced he will retire in June 2013, after leading the college since 1989. Bunker Hill Community College President Mary L. Fifield also announced she will retire in June, after 16 years.
Don Vickers said he also will retire as president and CEO ...
Read MoreTags: Ashford University, Bridgepoint, Bunker Hill Community College, Comings and Goings, Don Vickers, Jonathan DeFelice, Mary Fifield, New Hampshire, Richard Pattenaude, Saint Anselm College, VSAC | No Comments
A Few More Commencements
by John O. Harney
April 24, 2012
University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst and Connecticut's State Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz will be among 14 speakers to address UConn graduates on Sunday, May 6. Herbst, will speak at 12:30 p.m., and Katz at 5 p.m. in UConn's Harry A. Gampel Pavilion.
Carolyn Lynch, CEO of the Lynch Foundation ...
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Celebrating 10th Year, NEBHE Announces 2012 Excellence Awards; Mass. Gov. Patrick and former R.I. Gov. Carcieri Among Recipients
by NEBHE Staff
November 10, 2011
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) named recipients of its 10th annual New England Higher Education Excellence Awards.
Each year, NEBHE presents Regional Excellence Awards to individuals and organizations that have shown exceptional leadership on behalf of higher education and the advancement of educational opportunity, and State ...
Read MoreTags: Bristol Community College, Bryant University, Bunker Hill Community College, Connecticut College of Technology, Deval Patrick, Donald Carcieri, Early College for ME, New England Higher Education Excellence Awards, Paul LeBlanc, Richard Gustafson, Ron Machtley, Southern New Hampshire University, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Vermont Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) | No Comments
Talent Search: Bunker Hill CC Snags Grant to Prepare Disadvantaged Students
by John O. Harney
September 23, 2011
Bunker Hill Community College and partners were awarded a five-year grant of $230,000 per year by the U.S. Department of Education Talent Search program to prepare high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds for entry and success in college.
The project’s other partners include the Chelsea (Mass.) Public Schools, Families United in Educational Leadership (FUEL) and Choice ...
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Filmmaker Michael Moore to Speak at Bunker Hill CC
by John O. Harney
August 29, 2011
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore will speak at Bunker Hill Community College's Health & Wellness Center Gymnasium on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Moore's latest book, Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life, is scheduled to be released in mid-September. The event is free but seating is limited.
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Coming to Terms with MOOCs: A Community College Angle
by Mary L. Fifield
January 22, 2013
When MIT approached Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) to participate in edX, the new Harvard/MIT massive open online course (MOOC) initiative, we reacted with both interest and skepticism. What did MIT have in mind for Bunker Hill Community College? How would edX “transform the way that community college students learn” as edX President Anant Agarwal ...
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