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January 4, 2017
Carole Haas Gravagno: Compassionate Citizenship in Action
For Carole Haas Gravagno, responsible citizenship simply doesn’t mean living purposefully as an engaged, dut…
January 3, 2017
Inquirer Editorial: Pennsylvania needs a unified community college system
By 2020, an estimated 30 percent of all job openings will require at least some college or an associate’s degree. …
January 3, 2017
New initiative seeks to strengthen neighborhood commercial corridors
The Power Up Your Business initiative is a neighborhood-centered approach to economic development.Through the program, C…
December 8, 2016
Asian American Film Festival Takes Its Offerings to Community College of Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) this year expanded its venues to include the Main Campus of Commun…
December 8, 2016
Help Wanted: Thousands Answer the Call to Work
On the same day the Department of Labor announced the November unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent, the lowest level i…
December 7, 2016
The Next Big Thing in Philadelphia? Your Neighborhood Business
Monica Parrilla, owner of Marz Auto Center in Hunting Park, loves her job but sometimes the challenges can be difficult …
November 17, 2016
A Blank Check, Paid With Sacrifice and Service
Veterans Day at Community College of Philadelphia was a time to remember heroes, a number of whom are sitting in the cla…
November 7, 2016
Langston Hughes and Jazz: A Black History Primer
The jazz riffs of Ron McCurdy’s sweet trumpet wafted out of the Bonnell Auditorium, piquing the curiosity of passe…
November 7, 2016
Balancing Needs: How One Professor Teaches Nurses How To Care For Themselves
As part of their job description, registered nurses are expected to carry out emotionally-fraught tasks that most worker…
October 14, 2016
A Murder that Happened 145 Years Ago Rallies New Generations in Philly to Vote
African Americans' centuries-long battle for freedom has not been lost on Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, an Irish Cathol…
August 30, 2016
A Learning Community Gathers to Prepare for Its Students
As Community College of Philadelphia prepared for the 2016-2017 academic year, it placed the focus on learning — b…
August 17, 2016
Defining Destinies, Changing the World
On Aug. 4, nine Community College of Philadelphia students celebrated the completion of the Biomedical Technician Traini…