The July 14 session runs from 4 to 5 p.m. Additional hour-long sessions will be held bi-weekly throughout July and August. The first cohort starts on the first day of fall classes – Wednesday, August 26 – and there is another starting Monday, October 12.

Associate degrees offered include culinary arts, foodservice management and hotel-tourism management. Students can also earn culinary arts, hotel-tourism and professional baker certifications.

The award recognizes MCC’s superb pass rate on the RRT credentialing exam, which was 100 percent last year. The college’s program has previously been recognized by CoARC in 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Announced last fall, the Pledge to Advance Connecticut (PACT) program provides “last dollar funding” — meaning that qualifying students receive funds to cover the gap between federal, state and institutional aid and the full cost of attending community college.

Manchester Community College is holding online information sessions Tuesday, July 7, to provide students with an opportunity to ask questions and get answers about the college’s Social Service and Social Work, Therapeutic Recreation, Drug and Alcohol Recovery Counselor and Early Childhood Education programs.

MCC’s fall classes start on Wednesday, August 26, and applications from new and transfer students are being accepted online. There is no cost to apply, Continuing students may register online, as well.

New and incoming transfer students are automatically enrolled in a non-credit, tuition-free New Student Orientation course.  The course is offered entirely online, and is presented in six self-paced modules.

Courses begin June 22 and July 6 and run for six weeks. Both sessions are offered online this summer for the health and safety of everyone during the pandemic.

Manchester Community College is holding online information sessions through July to provide prospective students with an opportunity to ask questions and get answers regarding applying, enrolling and completing a financial aid application.