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(Archive February 2018) Summer Session Pell Grants Return

By editorialteam on February 4, 2025

By Jennifer Lamontagne | Staff Photographer

Check the Financial Aid office to see if you qualify for a summer session pell grant.
Photo by Jennifer Lamontagne

Pell grants are Federally funded to people who qualify for financial aid. They can be cut or added back based on federal funding. The Pell grants for summer classes are back.

According to Kelly Morris, Director of Financial Aid, “students need to have FAFSAs done for the 2018/2019 school year.” FAFSA is through the state and file times can change but for this year, FAFSA applications run from October – May 1st.  Morris could not stress enough to pay attention to deadlines. read more

(Archive February 2018) MWCC Uses Grant to Improve Humanities Curriculum

By editorialteam on February 4, 2025

By Kayla Blackwell | Observer Contributor

For the past four years, a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities has been used by MWCC in order to improve our school’s humanities curriculum.  The mission statement of the Humanities Project includes, “[examining] the intersection between the humanities and other disciplines.”

According to Michelle Valois, an MWCC teacher who wrote the grant, “humanities needed a boost here.  By humanities I mean art, literature, philosophy…etc.”  Valois said, “These disciplines are often seen as unpractical and so receive less support than technical or career majors.  I’m talking the traditional liberal arts, which is steeped in critical thinking, writing, and reading- all important skills, no matter what field of study.” read more

(Archive March 2017) Decrease in Student Enrollment Increases the Role of Grants in MWCC Department Budgeting

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Kelly Cacciolfi | Observer Contributor

With decreased enrollment, the demographic of students that is ever changing and budget restrictions, both Robert LaBonte, Vice President of Finance and Administration and Jason Zelesky, Dean of Students said that they have tough jobs of doing the best for the overall student and retention of those students here at MWCC.

 LaBonte has been at MWCC for 22 years. Raised in the Gardner area, LaBonte said, “I feel this is the best place for me; my position is challenging as I am responsible for running the Finance and Administration Office, Cafe, Fitness Center, Theater, and the Facilities Department.” LaBonte said, “It’s like running a large company with a lot of separate businesses within, and MWCC is the parent company.” read more