MxCC Foundation



		Scholarship Applications: Click Here 2012 Scholarship Booklet 2012 Scholarship Application Artists for World Peace: Artist's Fund at MxCC Middletown, Conn. – Applications are now available for Artists for World Peace Artist's Fund. Please review the 2012 Scholarship Booklet. Fillable pdfs are available for the 2012 Scholarship and AFWP Artist's Fund Application. New Officers Elected to Lead MxCC Foundation Middletown, Conn. – The Middlesex Community College Foundation Board of Directors elected three new officers in November: George M. Eames IV (president of Lee Manufacturing in Wallingford) as chairperson, Dr. Mark D. Benigni (superintendent of schools in Meriden) as vice chairperson, and Anne Cassady of Durham (professor emerita from MxCC) as secretary. Read More New Financial Support Program For Single Parents Middletown, Conn. – In an effort to help financially struggling single parents who are students at Middlesex Community College, the school has created a new program, Single Parents Line of Hope (SPLH). This program aims to relieve some of the financial burdens that are unique to community college students such as childcare, transportation, food, medicine, and emergency housing that may be threatening these students’ academic performance. Awards of up to $400 per academic year will be granted to eligible students. Read More Grant Funding Update Recent grants awarded to the MxCC Foundation have helped the college develop a new Allied Health Lab at the Meriden Center and equip the main campus science lab with 15 new compound light microscopes, while additional grant funding was secured for the college’s successful Supplemental Instruction Initiative. The Meriden Foundation Allied Health Lab was funded with a $12,500 naming gift from The Meriden Foundation and $3,000 grants from both The CUNO Foundation and The James H. Napier Foundation. The lab enhances the Certified Nurse Aid program with patient care equipment, hospital furniture, manikins, blood pressure and phlebotomy simulation trainers. Allied Health Coordinator Diane Bordonaro, R.N., worked with Institutional Advancement and the Foundation as grant administrator. MxCC science classes were made significantly more current thanks to new microscopes purchased with a $20,886 grant from the Dorr Foundation of New Hampshire. The new equipment employs state-of-the-art technology that students may encounter in research and clinical environments. The microscopes serve about 60 microbiology students and 15 molecular genetics students per year. Associate Professor Marci J. Swede, Ph.D., worked with the advancement office and Foundation staff as principal investigator. A $25,000 award from the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation of Boston will fund the Supplemental Instruction Initiative for one year. The S.I. program serves our most “at-risk” students in a program that promotes college readiness in developmental reading and writing. Traditionally underserved students are increasingly in need of early intervention as well as creative, effective approaches to assist them in the journey to college readiness. Associate Professor of English Donna Bontatibus worked with the college advancement office and Foundation staff as principal investigator. Finally, a $10,000 grant from an anonymous donor has helped the college complete a C-Pod (Collaboration Pods) group computing station in the campus library. The C-Pods project enables 3-4 students sitting around one single computer and large-screen monitor, but each with a keyboard and mouse, to help each other work on a group learning project. The C-Pod stations are adjacent to the new Collaborative Technology Center and Library Tech Classroom. College Librarian Lan Liu worked with the college advancement office and Foundation staff as project director. Please check back here often for more Foundation News!