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Help Wanted: Thousands Answer the Call to Work
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 in nine years, a winding line of job-seekers snaked around Spring Garden Street and down …
Step Up and Step Out: Community College of Philadelphia Holds its 51st Commencement
Step Up and Step Out: Community College of Philadelphia Holds its 51st Commencement Lindsay Jackson, an Education: Early Childhood (Birth to 4 th grade) major never imagined she would finish college. On May 6 at Community College of Philadelphia’s 51 st …
New Partnerships Pave the Path to Student Success
New Partnerships Pave the Path to Student Success The College continues to advance its mission of student success and academic excellence by securing partnerships with two prestigious institutions: The Wistar Institute and Drexel University. The Wistar …
The Lives We Change! The Families We Change! The Communities We Change!
The Lives We Change! The Families We Change! The Communities We Change! Naya Williams was 18 years-old when her mother passed away, leaving her to guide and love her three younger siblings, a 13-year-old and two six-year-old twins. “I made a promise to …
A Community College All-Star
A Community College All-Star Alumnus Makes 2017 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team Community College of Philadelphia alumnus Cedric Jouin has been named to the 2017 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team—an honor that recognizes 49 of the state’s community college …
Students Band Together to Send a Message: This College Is No Place for Hate
Students Band Together to Send a Message: This College Is No Place for Hate Students at Community College of Philadelphia engaged in a commanding display of camaraderie and unity after a man who calls himself Pastor Aden and his followers suddenly …
With Drop the Mic, Students Preach and Learn
With Drop the Mic, Students Preach and Learn Jarell Currie, who goes by the stage name, Black Cancer (a.k.a. Brave Lion Applying Concrete Knowledge Consume All Necessities Courageous Encouraging Rebel), connected to Drop the Mic after attending the spoken …
Coffee for a Cause Helps Pave the Pathway for Student Success
Coffee for a Cause Helps Pave the Pathway for Student Success Saxbys recently set out on a new mission to Make Life Better one coffee at a time by establishing a fellowship program for Community College of Philadelphia students. The grand opening of …
North Philly student heads for Oxford, asserts that community college was more than a steppingstone
North Philly student heads for Oxford, asserts that community college was more than a steppingstone When Hazim Hardeman arrived on Community College of Philadelphia's campus in 2012, he had no idea that he was destined to become a Rhodes scholar, an honor …
A Community College Honors Curriculum that Prepares Students for the Elite Institutions of the World
A Community College Honors Curriculum that Prepares Students for the Elite Institutions of the World In the six years after graduating from Community College of Philadelphia, L. Larry Liu has gone from Northeast Philadelphia, to an Ivy League university, …
Fifty Years After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death, a College Remembers the Man and Students Give Back
Fifty Years After Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Death, a College Remembers the Man and Students Give Back Fifty years after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., America still struggles with the issues faced by past generations: civil …
CCP and Parx Casino Work to Eliminate Barriers, Build On the Strengths of Philly's Students
CCP and Parx Casino Work to Eliminate Barriers, Build On the Strengths of Philly's Students Community College of Philadelphia and Parx Casino recently announced a diversity partnership that will help fund support services for students who are veterans, …