The NCCC Foundation offers funding for a variety of courses, scholarships, cultural events, as well as support for the Northwestern Connecticut Community College itself including the NCCC Awards Convocation. Without the Foundation’s support, none of these amazing opportunities would be possible.
Funding for College Courses
Art History Courses with Field Trips:
Spring 2015 – Museum Treasures: The Art of Collecting – Isabella Stewart Gardner; Her Museum
Fall 2014 – Museum Treasures: Welcome Home! Getting Re-acquainted with the Clark Collection
Spring 2014 – Museum Treasures: Boston MFA Masterpieces & More
Fall 2013 – Museum Treasures: Be Dazzled at NBMAA
Spring 2013 – Museum Treasures: Women Artists: A New Look
Fall 2012 – Museum Treasures-Exploring Genre
Fall 2011 – Museum Treasures-Pissarro
Spring 2011 – Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Fall 2010 – Another Look: Picasso & Degas
Spring 2010 – Museum Treasures – Re-View
Fall 2009 – Italian Renaissance Sculpture
Spring 2009 – Yale Center for British Art
Music History Courses:
Spring 2015 – Special Topics: Keep on Dancing
Fall 2014 – Special Topics: Richard Strauss (1864-1949), The Last Romantic
Spring 2014 – Special Topics: Musical Prodigies
Fall 2013 – Special Topics: Benjamin Britten & 20th Century English Music
Spring 2013 – Special Topics: Alkan & Chopin
Fall 2012 – Claude Debussy
Spring 2012 – Vienna, Waltz, Strauss Family
Fall 2011 – Liszt
April 29, 2011 – Plagiarism in Film Composing
Spring 2011 – Music Inspired by Goethe
Fall 2010 – Herbert to Kern
April 30, 2010 – Music and Film – Part II
Spring 2010 – Shakespeare in Music
Fall 2009 – Offenbach
Spring 2009 – Musical Juxtapositions
Scholarships Funded
Awarded 26 scholarships in 2016 for a total of $35,742
Awarded 22 scholarships in 2015 for a total of $29,436
Awarded 18 scholarships in 2014 for a total of $19,616
Awarded 24 scholarships in 2013 for a total of $20,450
Awarded 16 scholarships in 2012 for a total of $14,750
Awarded 19 scholarships in 2011 for a total of $17,750
Awarded 21 scholarships in 2010 for a total of $21,800
Support for the College
Awards Convocation
Commencement
CT League for Nursing Annual Student RN Day
English Department: Mad River Anthology
History Club
Phi Theta Kappa
Student Senate: National Leadership Conference
Cultural Events Open to the Public/Community
Amber Chand – dramatic performance
Core Ensemble
Dorothy Leeds – dramatic performance
Kirk Sinclair – The Hiking Humanitarian
Jann Klose
Tres Vidas
Literary & Art Events
Annual Mad River Literary Festival
Author Talks
Shakespeare Company
Storytelling and Book Events
Student Art Exhibit
The Highwaymen Art Exhibit and Lecture