
Philanthropist Barbara Mullin Joins The Foundation for New Hampshire Community Colleges Board
The Foundation for New Hampshire Community Colleges (The Foundation) recently expanded its board of directors with the addition of Barbara Mullin.
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The Foundation for New Hampshire Community Colleges (The Foundation) recently expanded its board of directors with the addition of Barbara Mullin.

The Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) has been selected for a $25,000 grant from the Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI) to enhance the Culinary Arts & Sustainable Foodways program at Great Bay Community College (GBCC).

Granite Edvance has donated an additional $100,000 to the Student Emergency Aid Fund it helped create in 2024 with The Foundation for New Hampshire Community Colleges, bringing its total contribution to $280,000.

On the evening Great Bay Community College (GBCC) celebrated its 80th anniversary, the Community College System of New Hampshire (CCSNH) presented the 2026 Walter R. Peterson Award for Education and Public Service to the Stebbins family

The Foundation for New Hampshire Community Colleges awarded a record-breaking 1,650 scholarships totaling $1.1 million during the 2025–26 academic year.

Granite Edvance is offering up to $740,000 in scholarships to NH college and trade-school students for the coming school year, delivering on its mission of helping students find and fund their future pathways.

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%.