Spotlights

"BCC really helped me to develop good habits for practicing and learning and growing," says Logan Osorio, BCC's Class of 2024 Salutatorian and music major. "Whether I'm at a different school or when I'm practicing piano when I'm 35, BCC has prepared me to learn more, and more efficiently, in the future."

"BCC helped immensely in staying productive and relevant while I worked for the government at General Dynamics in Pittsfield," says Steve Sweeney '02. "The valuable degree in computer science also helped me secure a promotion within the government at Lockheed Martin and work on programs of national strategic importance."

"Our students are filling a need. If you look within a 50-mile radius, there are probably at least 25 or 30 open positions," says Maggie Goss, Assistant Professor of Respiratory Care. "There aren't many jobs out there where you can come out of school with a two-year associate degree and your starting salary is $65,000 to $70,000+ a year."

Read how Pam Farron, BCC's Coordinator of Disability Services, developed the video series Breaking Barriers: Faculty, Staff and Alumni with Disabilities Share the Strategies They Use to Navigate Their Workplace. "My idea was to have them make videos, which I would help them with, and then share the videos with the entire campus ..."

Sometimes it takes being in the right place at the right time. When Geoffrey Tabor, Coordinator of Transfer Affairs/Articulation, first visited BCC in 1995, it wasn't by invitation.