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NVCC Students Irving Amaral and Lisa Marschall (NVCC photo)
WATERBURY, CT - Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) announced two nominees this year for the transfer track of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) All-USA Academic Team award: Irving Amaral and Lisa Marschall. Both students will be inducted to the All-Connecticut Academic Team for 2021. The annual All-CT Academic Team ceremony has traditionally been held at the Capitol to acknowledge the success of some of the most accomplished students in our community college system. Last year the program was cancelled because of the pandemic. This year, the awards will be hosted in a virtual ceremony on Friday, April 16, 2021 at 3:00 pm. To join the ceremony celebrating our students achievements, visitors may sign into our virtual celebration by 2:45pm on April 16. Registration is required in advance, and may be done through the link provided:
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Due to state mandates and guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, some senior citizen services may have curtailed operations and activities for the time being. Many senior centers are operating on a limited in-person basis or have moved some or all programming online.
AARP Driver Safety Course. Many courses at area senior centers currently suspended. For updates on locations and times call AARP at 1-877-390-8806 or aarp.org/driving27.
Beacon Falls Mini-Bus Service available for seniors and disabled residents Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on first-come basis for medical appointments and shopping trips. Funded in part by WCAAA and ConnDOT.
The plan to consolidate the 12 community colleges in Connecticut into one college with 12 campuses is called “Students First,” which is ironic because it does not fund students first. It funds a new administration in a new, statewide bureaucracy.
The Board of Regents (BOR) and the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system office presented the “Students First” plan in April 2017 with an aim to reduce administration and save $46 million annually.
Three and a half years later, the plan has added dozens of new administrators, cost tens of millions of dollars, and there is more spending to come.
The BOR may still contend they are saving money, but to make that claim they have to keep moving the goal posts. Table 1 compares the BOR’s forecasts of expenditures with the consolidation plan versus “doing nothing” for fiscal year (FY) 2021.