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05/17/2023 - 9:55amIn between conference calls, preparing for graduation and running the College’s new coffee shop, we sat down with Yeismarie Rivera, the student chief executive officer (SCEO) of Saxbys Café to figure out how and why she does it all. Q: Yeismarie, tell us a little about yourself. A: My name is Yeismarie. My parents are Puerto Rican natives, so my first language growing up was Spanish. I graduated high school in 2021 and originally, I had no plans for higher...
05/11/2023 - 5:54pmOriginally from Guinea, Ahmadou Sidibe was a student in Moscow while his loved ones resided here in Philadelphia. After countless conversations with his father and sisters about life and school, and the overwhelming feeling of missing his family, Ahmadou finally made the move, joining them in 2019. After settling in, conversations of continuing school would become a popular topic for him and his sister, who suggested the College--but Ahmadou wasn’t initially interested. So how does he feel now that he’s...
05/09/2023 - 2:01pmOn April 25, Mayor Kenney and the College community gathered to celebrate the largest cohort of graduating Octavius Catto Scholars with a pinning ceremony. The Octavius Catto Scholarship was launched in the spring 2021 semester, when the world was still in the midst of a global pandemic. With 66 Catto Scholars graduating this spring, the program has grown to support more than 1,100 students. Not only does this scholarship fully cover the cost of tuition, but it also covers the...
05/04/2023 - 9:59amExcited to attend the College’s May 6 graduation ceremony, Brittney Coleman will join other Parkway Center City Middle College students in earning an associate degree a few weeks before receiving a high school diploma on June 8. With her associate in Liberal Studies degree, and graduating with Highest Honors, she will focus on a career in nursing this fall at North Carolina A&T, an institution she selected for a few reasons. “I was looking at HBCUs, and students there have...
05/03/2023 - 1:56pmArriving at the College in summer 2019, Nana Agyman had a plan to achieve his goal of becoming a nutritionist, motivated by changes he made in his life. Growing up with health challenges, Nana experienced issues while vising extended family in Ghana, and he made the decision to take control of his own health. “When I got back home, I started researching better ways of eating, and traditional ways of eating in Ghana. It was a major shift,” he said...
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The Sons of Legends Foundation hosted a panel discussion and live music event at Community College of Philadelphia to kickoff Black Music Month (video).
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Director of the College's Power Up Your Business program, Tiffany Spraggins was recognized for her dedication to helping local business owners reach new heights. Her profile said:
"Tiffany Spraggins spent over a decade with the Enterprise Center in Philadelphia, including five years leading its U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization program in the Mid-Atlantic... Launched in 2017, [Power Up Your Business] provides small business owners with tools to grow their companies. In addition to leading current cohorts, Spraggins works on continuing education for alums of the program, which today total more than 400."
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