GREENFIELD Dr. Yves Salomon-Fernández, president of Greenfield Community College, told graduates that in times of crisis, the best of our humanity blossoms.Salomon-Fernández congratulated the Class of 2021, Class of 2020, and dual enrollment.
GCC president, legislators respond to Biden’s free community college plan
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Students leave Greenfield Community College’s main campus in March 2020.President Joe Biden has proposed $109 billion for two years of free community college Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 4/30/2021 4:55:21 PM
GREENFIELD Greenfield Community College President Yves Salomon-Fernández says it’s great to have a United States president who values higher education and wants to keep the country competitive on the global stage.
“What is most heartening about the Biden proposal is that it focuses on making community college affordable to students while also providing for infrastructure cost for colleges, and it addresses issues like child care and increases in Pell funding that are so critical to student success,” Salomon-Fernández said after President Joe Biden proposed $109 billion for two years of free community college so that “every student has the ability
Turners Falls resident named recipient of GCC’s Distinguished Alumni Award
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Published: 4/29/2021 9:14:40 PM
GREENFIELD Turners Falls resident Phillip Ringwood, who graduated with two degrees from Greenfield Community College in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has earned the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award.
“Phil is an extraordinary leader and graduate who has accomplished so much since leaving GCC,” GCC President Yves Salomon-Fernández said in a press release. “We are just so proud to honor him as this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.”
The annual award was established by the GCC Alumni Association to recognize and honor an alumnus or alumna of GCC who has achieved substantial public recognition for their accomplishments or success, according to the release. To be eligible for nomination, the nominee should demonstrably have:
GCC president launches online conversation series
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Published: 4/20/2021 3:23:21 PM
GREENFIELD Greenfield Community College is launching “Candor with Prez Yves,” a biweekly online conversation series hosted by GCC President Yves Salomon-Fernández that will feature guests from Western Massachusetts and beyond.
Salomon-Fernández said she was inspired to create “Candor with Prez Yves” by the wealth of extraordinary leaders and activists engaged in crucial work locally and throughout the state.
“There’s so much that we can be sharing during this time, that we can be celebrating, and there are challenges that we are all facing,” she said in a GCC press release. “We are finding ways that work, and we’re also learning a lot through those struggles. I thought it would be a great opportunity to engage these thoughtful leaders and action-oriented leaders in sharing some of those.”
GREENFIELD Greenfield Community College will celebrate the accomplishments of its graduates with both virtual and in-person commencement ceremonies this year.GCC’s in-person commencement ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, June 5, and will include.