News Archive 2023

The HCCC Early College Program enables all high school students who attend school or reside in Hudson County to earn up to 18 college-level credits per academic year. Participating students save 50% on tuition, and credits earned may be applied to a college degree at HCCC or transferred to a four-year college or university when they graduate.

While many criteria may be used to determine whether a workplace is a great place to be employed, perhaps the most valued assessment is that of employees. For the second year in a row, Hudson County Community College (HCCC) has been honored as one of the 2023 “Great Colleges to Work For®” with an important plus – special designation as a “Great Colleges to Work For®” Honor Roll institution.

Twenty-two years ago, 2,977 people were killed when terrorists attacked the nation, targeting the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. Keynote Speaker Victoria Regina Lockhart will recount her experiences at the World Trade Center on that fateful day in 2001.

The 2020 United States Census revealed that the country is growing more diverse than expected. However, Pew Research Center reported that while the nation’s STEM workforce has grown rapidly, Black, Hispanic and other people of color remain underrepresented in STEM jobs.

Hudson County Community College (HCCC) is proud to be named the recipient of one of The Provident Bank Foundation’s (PBF) three 2023 Signature Grants.

As Metallica rocks a summer stadium tour, the heavy metal titans also celebrate the fifth year of their Foundation’s All Within My Hands (AWMH) Metallica Scholars Initiative.

For more than 120 years, America’s community colleges have played a vital role in transforming lives by creating pathways to economic opportunity and financial security. Today, community colleges face myriad challenges such as funding issues, keeping apace of rapidly changing technologies, and, most importantly, developing the means to assist students in continuing and completing their studies.

Three young men who think spatially, and have loved to dismantle and reassemble things throughout their lives, are now among an elite group. The trio of tinkerers – David Ayoub, Ezeldein Elgamil, and Phoenix Overholser – recently earned positions in the coveted Hudson County Community College (HCCC) and Eastern Millwork, Inc. (EMI) Holz Technik Academy Apprenticeship Program.

As a community college located in Jersey City, New Jersey, the most diverse city in the United States, Hudson County Community College serves and supports all who walk through our doors in pursuit of an education and a promising future. Our college’s commitment to this open access mission, anchored to our shared values of diversity, equity and inclusion, is ironclad.

Join Reverend Al Sharpton at Hudson County Community College's 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summer Retreat. Learn about our efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.