In This Issue

View the Spring 2025 Issue of BHCC Magazine

Features

3	Campus News
10	Grants
12	Education for Everyone Two Years of Investment Leads to Free Community College, Boost in Enrollment
18	DISH Food Pantry Celebrates 5 Years Milestone Event Highlights On-Campus Resource’s Impact on the Community
22	Spotlights A closer look at the dedication and impact of our BHCC Community
25	Compelling Conversations Robert Harris and Jaleel White
28	Searching for Self in Iran One Book Program Explores Themes of Identity, Culture and Resistance

Campus News

Healey-Driscoll Administration Celebrates One of the Most Comprehensive Free Community College Programs in the Country

DISH Food Pantry Celebrates 5 Years of Serving Students in Need

Bunker Hill and UMass Boston Sign Joint Admissions Agreement

Streamlined Success: Bunker Hill Community College to UMass Lowell Dual Admissions Agreement for Effortless Transfer

Celebrating Two Decades of the Electric Power Utility Technology Program

BHCC Welcomes Wiley the Comfort Dog to Campus

Chief Barrows Named Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society Distinguished Fellow

Artificial Intelligence, Real Progress

Dr. Cynthia K. Orellana Joins Board of Trustees

Grants

Biogen Foundation Grant Restores Medical Interpreter Community Access Program

BHCC Receives Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Workforce Development Capital Grant for Biotech Classroom Renovations

Web Extras

Free Community College

The MassEducate and MassReconnect programs allow all eligible Massachusetts residents who have not yet earned a bachelor’s degree to attend BHCC for free. And both programs include an allowance for books and supplies for certain students.

Joint Admissions at BHCC

Planning to earn a Bachelor’s degree? Joint Admissions agreements provide a seamless path for earning an Associate degree at BHCC and a Bachelor’s degree at one of our partner Universities.