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Concord, N.H. (November 10, 2025) – November is National Scholarship Month and students in trades programs at the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH)
Northeast Delta Dental has funded a scholarship program that helps dental hygiene students pay for vital educational supplies and related fees. The $250,000 grant is administered through The Foundation for NH Community Colleges, the charitable entity that provides needed support for students at NHTI-Concord’s Community College.
In the 2024-25 academic year, The Foundation awarded 1,333 scholarships totaling $854,000. For this fall alone, The Foundation has already met critical needs by awarding nearly 600 scholarships totaling $487,000. The average award was $814, a 27% increase over the prior academic year.
The Foundation recently expanded its board of directors with the additions of Rich Ashooh and Kevin Powers.
In an effort to increase access to scholarship funding, Granite Edvance has opened a new fall scholarship application window for New Hampshire community college and trade school students.
The Foundation for Seacoast Health has partnered with GBCC to help remove barriers, such as transportation or licensing costs, that can prevent students in healthcare from earning a degree or certificate.
There’s one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it looks a lot different than in prior years.
After years of struggling with addiction, Nate Lavallee is now focused on not only his own health but the wellness of others as the owner of FlexABLE, a company that specializes in assisted stretching and mobility training to help people improve the quality of their lives.
The center of this universe, the granite bench paying tribute to Grace Orzechowski, was unveiled Friday at New Hampshire Technical Institute. It stands rock-solid, honoring a Concord woman who knew she was dying from brain cancer, yet made people laugh and helped them reach their potential.
With national competitions for vocational high schoolers still on hold, a group of NH metal fabricators teamed up with welding programs at community colleges and high schools to hold a welding contest of their own.
Graduates of Great Bay Community College are working in the research labs where vaccines for Covid-19 are being developed, on the frontlines where people are getting tested for the disease and in hospitals and clinics, where the therapeutics are being administered.
While 2020 may have been memorable for most people in ways that were less than positive, Nina Sanborn had much to celebrate. Her life and plate were filled with marrying her high school sweetheart, having a baby, and earning a college degree in 2020. Even emergency gallstone surgery did not keep her down.
The Foundation for NH Community Colleges and NH Charitable Foundation allocated $90,000 to cover emergency needs for CCSNH students at the seven colleges. The funds were distributed by the colleges to cover expenses ranging from tuition to food and utilities for students who were in great financial need due to the effects of the pandemic.
Great Bay Community College veterinary technology graduates are outperforming their peers nationally by achieving a 95% pass rate on their Veterinary Technician National Exam in 2019. The national average was 78%.