December - Bunker Hill Community College

December

7

2021

News Brief

English Professor Enzo Surin Wins Massachusetts Center for the Book Poetry Prize

The Massachusetts Center for the Book (MCB) awarded Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) English Professor Enzo Silon Surin The Poetry Award for When My Body Was A Clinched Fist. A debut collection about coming of age in New York during the 1990s, it describes the poverty and violence of that time and place with eloquence and sensitivity.

December

14

2021

BHCC in the News

A new EMT left her desk job to run toward the pandemic’s front lines

News outlet: WGBH

December

15

2021

Press Release

BHCC Board Member Joins AGB Council for Student Success

Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is pleased to share the announcement of Dr. R. Kelly Cameron, BHCC Board of Trustees member, on the appointment to the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) Council for Student Success. Established in 2021, the Council leverages the experience, perspectives, and insights of its members with active leadership roles to develop AGB expertise designed to strengthen strategic board governance across higher education.

December

14

2021

BHCC in the News

AGB Welcomes New Presidents, Board Chairs, Cabinet Members, and Faculty as Members of Its Expert Advisory Councils

News outlet: BENZINGA

December

9

2021

BHCC in the News

`Tis the Season | An Interview with Holiday Baking Championship Contestant Jody O’Sullivan

News outlet: GNN

December

16

2021

News Brief

The Boston Foundation Awards $15K in Recognition of Learn and Earn Program

The Boston Foundation (TBF) announced that Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) has been selected as a runner up recipient of the 7th Annual Deval Patrick Prize for Community Colleges. This is the first time TBF awarded a runner-up prize and BHCC received $15,000 for their ‘Learn and Earn’ program, which provides internships for a wide variety of BHCC students at local organizations and businesses. In 2017, BHCC received the Annual Deval Patrick Prize for Community Colleges for its Learn and Earn program and was awarded $50,000. Recently, BHCC has redesigned and expanded Learn and Earn to ensure that the program met the needs of students with a range of interests and needs.