"Community colleges have long been innovators and leaders in serving students holistically. The pandemic accelerated higher education’s efforts to support students’ basic needs, like food, housing, technology and general well-being. But community colleges had already been modeling how to do this work for years," writes Michelle Dimino in a recent submission to The Hechinger Report.

For the fifth consecutive year, nursing students from Butler County Community College (BC3) donated a basket that will be raffled to help a non-profit organization raise money for Butler County families in need. The BC3 nursing students are among 11 external donors that contributed to the Butler Health System Foundation’s Caring Angel basket raffle.

The Community College of Allegheny County is offering a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) program to help meet the growing demand for truck drivers. The course will be offered in December at the Boyce campus and at the Washington County Center in January. Each program will run for eight weeks, with classes meeting Monday through Friday.

Pennsylvania community colleges continue to evaluate their response to COVID-19. As guidance changes, the most up-to-date information from each community college is available through the Commission's website.