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From Classroom to Living Room Overnight, How One Student is Making the Grade
From Classroom to Living Room Overnight, How One Student is Making the Grade Juggling school and personal life in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic was a tough hit for many. Unprecedented. It flipped the lives of many students upside down with no notice, …
Graduate Success Story - Kasara Pompey
Graduate Success Story - Kasara Pompey With support from the Women’s Outreach and Advocacy Center, Kasara was able to obtain her degree despite additional hurdles she encountered during the COVD-19 pandemic. The way Kasara Pompey was introduced to the …
Lauren Ferri – Forging Ahead During the Pandemic
Lauren Ferri – Forging Ahead During the Pandemic Amidst the acclimation to online learning, teaching her children at home and returning to campus for limited lab instruction, Lauren Ferri and fellow Dental Hygiene students are moving closer to their goal. …
Graduate Success Story - Yael Johnson
Graduate Success Story - Yael Johnson One student’s destined journey to a career in early childhood development Yael Johnson, ’21, says her calling has never been clearer: she wants to be an advocate and champion for the exceptional young children who …
Graduate Success Story - Russel Shelton
Graduate Success Story - Russel Shelton From John B. Kelly Elementary to the big stage Russell Shelton, ’20, thinks back to when he finally embraced his passion for theater and the performing arts at the age of 14. He vividly remembers his first acting …
Graduate Success Story - Daisy McDonagh
Graduate Success Story - Daisy McDonagh A day in the life of a CCP dual enrollment student Daisy McDonagh is not your typical 18-year-old. This month, she will be graduating with a 4.0 GPA at the College and a 4.4 GPA at MaST Community Charter School in …
Graduate Success Stories – Jameelah Hairston and Sumiaya Abdur-Rasheed
Graduate Success Stories – Jameelah Hairston and Sumiaya Abdur-Rasheed With some trepidation, Jameelah Hairston enrolled at the College in 2017, unsure she would be successful in higher education. This week, she will graduate with her Nursing degree from …
Graduate Success Story - Jaron Mcneil
Graduate Success Story - Jaron Mcneil Jaron McNeil, ’21, says attending Community College of Philadelphia was one of the best decisions he’s made. “CCP was not only affordable, but it gave me a great start,” Jaron says. “I’ve gained some amazing mentors …
Graduate Success Story - Chris Robin
Graduate Success Story - Chris Robin In order to better meet the needs of his growing family, Chris Robin sought an educational path that would enable him to change careers. “It was a perfect storm of events that brought me to CCP,” he said. The owner of …
Student Makes the Most of His Second Chance with Support from the CME
Student Makes the Most of His Second Chance with Support from the CME A second chance. That’s what Leroy Brown, a Black Studies major, found in one Community College of Philadelphia program as a young Black male. Leroy is expected to complete his degree …
Alumni Andreas Copes Awarded with Point Foundation Scholarship
Alumni Andreas Copes Awarded with Point Foundation Scholarship Andreas Copes is a Community College of Philadelphia Mass Media alumni who was named one of 24 Point Foundation Community College Scholars in spring 2020. Now he/they is being recognized once …
PROMISE Scholarship offers mental clarity for student eager to complete college
PROMISE Scholarship offers mental clarity for student eager to complete college George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science graduate Essence Gaines had no doubt that she would go to college. It was which university she would attend …