Press Releases

  Hartford, CT – Starting in August 2017, The Friends of Pope Park Youth Digital Technology Project will offer free computer classes for middle and high school aged youth.  Classes will be held during after school hours at the Samuel V. Arroyo Recreation Center at 30 Pope Park Drive in Hartford. The project, funded by a grant from the State …

Capital Community College, located in the former G. Fox department store building, 950 Main St, Hartford, will be open on Saturday, June 3rd from 9 am to 1 pm to help new and continuing students enroll in Fall classes. Staff from the college’s Welcome and Advising Center, Enrollment Services, Financial Aid, and Counseling departments will be available to assist students …

June 5th-June 30th M-F 9 am – 9 pm / Saturday 9 am-3 pm Capital Community College, Conrad L. Mallett Gallery, 950 Main Street, Hartford, CT This is the 39th Annual Show of artwork from Connecticut’s prisons, and features over 400 artworks from over 118 inmates and former inmates. Inmates and staff work all year toward this unique and extraordinary …

Alumni-Donor Scholarship Reception Thursday May 18th; Foundation Scholarship Applications For Fall Semester Available An alumni-donor scholarship scholarship reception will be held at Capital Community College (CCC) on Thursday, May 18th, at 6 p.m. as the 2016-2017 academic year comes to a close. Through the generosity of individuals, companies and foundations the CCC Foundation and the College each year pave the way …

Capital Community College  is partnering with The Hartford to launch an insurance apprenticeship program that will offer an insurance-specific curriculum, paid-on-the-job training, tuition assistance and mentoring to equip students for key customer-facing roles in The Hartford’s claims operation. The initiative is a joint effort with The Hartford, the Connecticut Department of Labor, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Capital and Rio …

Hartford, CT – Capital Community College has joined the National Consortium on College Men of Color (NCCMC), part of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab (CCEAL), a two-year old national research laboratory out of San Diego State University, dedicated to advancing practices that enhance access and achievement among underserved students of color. Participation in the NCCMC will facilitate an exchange …

Hartford, CT – Capital Community College (CCC) is proud to announce a new Associate Degree program in Theater Arts, beginning Fall, 2017. Students will get hands on experience through regional theater company internships, and will take classes taught by theater professionals from Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks, Sea Tea Improv and HartBeat Ensemble, institutions the college has existing partnerships with through CCC’s …

Doris B. Arrington, Dean of Student Services at Capital Community College, will be this year’s recipient of the Connecticut Distinguished Woman in Higher Education Administrative Leadership Award, which will be presented at the organization’s Spring Conference at Trinity College this Friday, March 10. The CT AWN Awards Committee cited being impressed by her “sustained commitment to fostering self-improvement, empowerment, and …

Hartford, CT — For the fourth year, Capital Community College (CCC) has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award — a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and …