CCSNH, ABC NH/VT announce new registered carpentry apprenticeship to build future workforce
Associated Builders and Contractors NH/VT (ABC NH/VT) has partnered with the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, ApprenticeshipNH, and Manchester Community College to create a Registered Carpentry Apprenticeship, approved by the U.S. Department of Labor in November 2021. The apprenticeship program is desperately needed to help address a shortage of carpenters in the state.
Week of events shines spotlight on apprenticeships in New Hampshire
The ApprenticeshipNH program, an initiative run by the Community College System of New Hampshire, is working with industry partners to ease the workforce strains felt by employers in the state.
Pathways to professions in bioscience launches
The Community College System of New Hampshire is partnering with the University of New Hampshire to offer a "bioscience pathway scholarship" for students that provides academic, social and financial support. Pathways to Professions in Bioscience (P2Bio) will award 10 annual scholarships along with career advising and research opportunities for a future career in life sciences.
Jackson Musgrave's time at LRCC planted a seed that grew into a budding Christmas tree empire
Growing up in Bedford, NH, Jackson, the second-eldest of five boys in the Musgrave family, was unsure of his next steps after high school. He spent the months following graduation working a series of odd jobs with a moving company, officiating youth hockey games and selling Christmas trees. Little did he know, the latter experience planted a seed that would ultimately grow into his own arboreal empire.
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The Community College System of NH is NH's statewide system of community colleges offering associate degree and certificate programs, professional training, transfer pathways to four-year degrees, and dual-credit partnerships with NH high schools. The System’s colleges are Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth and Rochester; Lakes Region Community College in Laconia; Manchester Community College; Nashua Community College; NHTI – Concord’s Community College; River Valley Community College in Claremont, Keene and Lebanon; and White Mountains Community College in Berlin, Littleton and North Conway.