Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) will have two new Early College programs in 2023

As part of a nine-school expansion announced by the Healy-Driscoll Administration, Brighton High School in Boston and Malden High School will both be home to BHCC Early College programs. The addition brings the total number of Early College programs to 60 across the Commonwealth, with approximately 7,800 students enrolled.  

Recognizing academic excellence of more than one thousand students 

Bunker Hill Community College’s (BHCC) Office of the Provost is proud to announce the Fall 2022 Dean’s and Merit lists, which recognize more than a thousand BHCC students for their achievement in academic excellence. 

On February 10, 2023, Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) welcomed international students during a reception in the gymnasium. Surrounded by faculty, staff, fellow students, and student ambassadors, the event was the second of the school year and a way to bring the community together for the spring semester.

Would provide free community college to Mass. residents aged 25 and up with no previous degree 

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced the inclusion of the MassReconnect program in her administration’s budget proposal on Wednesday. The program, which would provide free community college and cover tuition, fees and some educational expenses to Massachusetts residents age 25 and older with no previous college degree, was announced in a press conference held at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC).  

A five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund a plan for UMass Boston to work with Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) to implement a culturally sustaining transfer pathway that enhances the capacities of each institution. This new funding comes at a critical time given the dual pandemic of COVID-19 and anti-Asian hate aimed at Asian American students, families, and communities.

New space signals new and expanded mental health services for BHCC students 

Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) officially opened its expanded Student Counseling, Prevention and Wellness Center on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, signaling the College’s commitment to student mental health and wellness at a time when access to mental health services at colleges and universities everywhere has taken on greater importance.   

Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) was awarded a $135,799 Massachusetts Skills Capital Grant for the College’s General Sonography and Cardiac Sonography Associate of Science degree programs, one of only two Cardiac Sonography degree programs in Greater Boston. This is Bunker Hill’s fourth Commonwealth Skills Capital Grant in the last five years.

Tell Magazine is one of 38 institutions internationally to be recognized for excellence in art and literary magazines 

Tell Magazine, the student literary magazine of Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC), was awarded a First Class Prize in the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) contest by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Tell was selected from more than 250 literary magazines from institutions worldwide.  

 

Bunker Hill Community College | Office of the President

Dear BHCC Community,  

Overnight, devastating earthquakes struck the countries of Turkey and Syria, with a death toll in the thousands. The earthquakes were centered in southern Turkey, near the Syrian border and the Turkish city of Gaziantep. While we are still learning the extent of the damage, we know that millions of people are likely affected. 

Bunker Hill Community College | Office of the President

Dear BHCC Community, 

Bunker Hill Community College joins those around the world outraged by the murder of Tyre Nichols by police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this month - the latest in a seemingly endless trail of harassment and killing of Black men by law enforcement in our country’s history.  The release of the officers’ body camera footage this week has brought further grief and devastation, and revealed the full brutality, racism, and lawlessness of Tyre’s killers and the systems they represent.  For Tyre’s family, friends, and all who mourn his death and celebrate his life, we hope for the healing light of justice, mercy, and peace. 

Bunker Hill Community College | Office of the President

Dear BHCC Community,

On Sunday, my family and I celebrated the Lunar New Year, an observance we will share over the next two weeks with other families around the world. But this year’s New Year’s celebration was different: not long after we welcomed the Year of the Rabbit, we heard news of several mass shootings, two of those in Asian American communities in California. Those events have introduced a sadness to what ordinarily is a joyful time of year. 

Bunker Hill Community College | Office of the President

Dear BHCC Community,

On Sunday, my family and I began the celebration of the Lunar New Year. Just as we finished New Year’s Eve dinner on Saturday evening, we heard about the mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, often known as the city’s Second Chinatown. Ten individuals were killed, and as many wounded, all in their 50s, 60s, and 70s.  We were devastated that these elders, engaging joyfully in dance lessons and social activities, were so senselessly and brutally gunned down.

Bunker Hill Community College | Office of the President

Dear BHCC Community, 

On Monday, January 16, we observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  For all of us, it will be a day of service, reflection, and rededication to the values of universal equality, dignity, and love that animated Dr. King’s work, and that serve as a spark and inspiration to our own.