BCC to Participate in Space Flight Experiment | 02:00PM / Monday, November 20, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass — Berkshire Community College (BCC) has been selected by the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP)'s Mission 18 to participate in a microgravity research experiment headed to the International Space Station (ISS). The BCC experiment, which is currently under development, will be announced closer to launch date. The target date for the selection of the Mission 18 flight experiments is Dec. 15, 2023, while the launch is planned for spring or summer 2024. The SSEP Mission 18 program is supported through a grant from the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium (MASGC) and the BCC Foundation, a non-profit corporation established to >> Read More |
Financial Aid Expansion for State Public College and University Students | 10:48AM / Sunday, November 19, 2023 | |
BOSTON — Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll announced a financial aid expansion that will benefit approximately 25,000 students attending the state's public community colleges, state universities, and the University of Massachusetts. With close to $62 million in new program funding, the MASSGrant Plus Expansion program will cover tuition, fees, books, and supply costs for Pell Grant-eligible students and reduce out-of-pocket expenses for middle-income students by up to half. Governor Healey announced the program this morning at Salem State University's campus, along with Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, >> Read More |
BCC On Final Stretch of $10M UpgradesBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:19AM / Monday, November 13, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College hopes to have a majority of its multimillion dollar campus improvements completed by the end of the month.
Students and staff may have noticed various construction areas at BCC over the last year. These include upgrades to the Boland Theater lobby, exterior pavers, the quad, windows, electrical switchgear, and underground infrastructure such as sanitary and stormwater drainage lines.
"We have been very busy for the past couple of years in planning what turned out to be a $10 million critical infrastructure improvement project," Director of Facilities Christopher DeGray said at the BCC trustees' September
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