Community partnerships provide opportunities within the College and the greater area community, encouraging and promoting success for QCC students. For more information about partnering with QCC, please contact Shirley Dempsey at sdempsey [at] qcc.mass.edu (subject: Community%20Partnerships) .
Last December, the HomePlate Food Pantry & Resource Center purchased a refrigerated truck in order to increase its ability to provide access to fresh food. The van was purchased with funds from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation.
This month the van got some fresh graphics and is in full swing, picking up food from Worcester County Food Bank and Wegman's, in addition to making...
More...Quinsigamond Community College has been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to QCC’s programs which include over 120 associate degrees and certificates.
“QCC offers students access to higher education through a myriad of partnerships and pathways designed to facilitate student success,” said QCC President...
More...The Hanover Insurance Group has recently joined as a core partner of Quinsigamond Community College’s (QCC) mentoring program. Core partners are organizations that provide at least 10 mentors who will be matched with QCC students. The Hanover will be providing mentors from Mi Familia, one of its business resources groups which supports the Hispanic/Latinx community and its allies.
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More...Local legislators, community organizations, food pantry donors, and members of the Quinsigamond Community College community gathered together on Friday, September 23, 2022, for a legislative breakfast and ribbon cutting of the college’s HomePlate Food Pantry and Resource Center. The morning events featured QCC students who shared their stories and the impact the food pantry and resource center has had on their...
More...In late April, QCC offered a free workshop series to students, Be Your Own Boss in Three Days (How to Grow an Idea into a Side Business) focusing on purpose, problem solving, and entrepreneurship. Twenty students participated in the three-day event. On Tuesday, April 19 and Wednesday, April 20, the workshop took place on QCC's West Boylston Street campus, and on Thursday,...
More...On August 11, President and Chief Executive Officer of Webster Five Bank, Donald F. Doyle, along with Webster Five Foundation Executive Director, Monica Thomas-Bonnick, presented a check for $4,000 to the Quinsigamond Community College Foundation on behalf of the Webster Five Foundation. The donation will help support the QCC Student Emergency Aid Fund. On-hand for the presentation was QCC President Luis G....
More...QCC's Homeplate Food Pantry and Resource Center has officially moved indoors. The food pantry had its last day of outdoor food distribution on August 25 and will now move its services indoors. Thanks to funding from community partners, The United Way of Central Massachusetts and The Greater Worcester Community Foundation, extensive upgrades and renovations have been made to the...
More...Quinsigamond Community College recently received a $10,000 Gene Haas Foundation Grant. Developed by Gene Haas, owner of Haas Automation, Inc., the largest machine tool builder in the western world, the Foundation was formed in 1999 to support the charitable needs within its local community of Ventura County, California. As the Foundation grew, so did the need for a stronger manufacturing workforce. Reports such...
More...On September 18, Quinsigamond Community College became part of Blackstone Valley history when the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its new Blackstone Valley Education Hub, an advanced manufacturing training center developed for students to get hands-on training in the manufacturing and technology field. The new education hub, located in the renovated Linwood...
More...On September 13, Quinsigamond Community College provided approximately 20 volunteers to work on five projects across the City of Worcester, during the United Way of Central Massachusetts Day of Caring. Each year the event draws hundreds of volunteers, who help local nonprofit organizations with service projects.
The QCC volunteers painted porches, a teen center, cleaned out the basement at...
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