Career day showcases jobs in automotive industry
The parking lot of Manchester Community College resembled an auto show Tuesday as part of an effort to get more high schoolers interested in the automotive industry.
Students from North Conway to Salem turned out for the auto industry career day. Organizers said that as with most trades, there's high demand.
Precision inspector apprenticeship program developed with BAE Systems 
Apprenticeship programs are growing across New Hampshire thanks to partnerships between employers and the Community College System of New Hampshire. Recently, CCSNH’s ApprenticeshipNH team worked with BAE Systems of Nashua to develop the company’s first NH apprenticeship program for precision inspectors, launched this past summer.
MCC and International Institute launch "LNA For Success"
Recognizing the growing need for workers in our state’s health care sector, Manchester Community College has developed a new partnership with the International Institute of New England to train English Language Learners to become Licensed Nursing Assistants. The 18-week program, launched this fall, combines contextualized English language training, soft-skills development and 144-hours of LNA training to prepare students for successful completion of NH’s Board of Nursing exam to enter employment in New Hampshire's health care sector.
Great Bay’s CNC certificate program gives student opportunities to retool his life and earning power
After working in food service for eight years, Jaime Stickles decided it was time for a new career and a new outlook. Taking the advice of a friend who had completed the CNC program at Great Bay Community College and following the lead of an uncle who operates a machine shop, Stickles enrolled at Great Bay this fall with the expectation that his decision to learn a trade would change his life.
Career-changer finds new meaning in helping people emerge from addiction
After a 30-year career in finance, Guy Torgersen followed his passion to help people overcome addiction. As a 2018 graduate of NHTI's associate degree program in addiction counseling, Torgersen has been able to run an intensive outpatient program, work with state parole officers and drug court, counsel those in driver intervention programs, as well as manage group and individual counseling and clinical assessments. He finds meaning in his work with Better Life Partners, a medical assisted treatment program for opiate and alcohol use disorder.
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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.