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Our New President

The Bucks County Community College Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Dr. Felicia L. Ganther to serve as the new president of Bucks County Community College.

Dr. Ganther has a remarkable record of accomplishments, both as an educator, administrator, and strong advocate for students. She has extensive experience in crisis management, retention initiatives, student life, strategic planning and academic quality improvement.


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Start Smart at Bucks County Community College

7/28/21

Since you’re reading this right now, you’re likely already thinking about college and what that journey will look like. Maybe you’re still in high school or a recent grad. Perhaps you’re a parent doing some incognito research to give your child a “gentle reminder” to think about their future. Or maybe you’ve been at a job for a few years and are now ready to work towards your degree. No matter what your student story is, we at Bucks County Community College are here to help you start smart. Now that sounds great, but I’m sure you’re wondering what “start smart” actually means. To put it simply, it means to achieve all of your academic goals through an affordable, quality education, which we are proud to offer you here at Bucks. But don’t just take our word for it. Here are 4 reasons why beginning your academic career at Bucks is a smart decision: SAVE $$$ You don’t have to pay top dollar for a quality education. Period. Our tuition rates can save you THOUSANDS over the course of your degree. TRANSFER WITH EASE Have your sights set on a bachelor’s degree? We can help get you there. We have more than 25 admission agreements with local colleges + universities that allow the credits you take here to be seamlessly transferred, and you can continue your studies without skipping a beat. TAKE CLASSES NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE Don’t live in Bucks County? No problem! We offer a variety of remote learning course options that you can access wherever you are, including dozens of degrees and certificate programs that can be completed 100% online. YOU'RE NEVER JUST A NUMBER We know it’s a cliché, but it’s true here at Bucks. Whether you’re taking in-person, online, hybrid, or hy-flex courses, our small class and campus sizes allow you to develop strong relationships with your professors, our staff, and your classmates. Whether you need some extra help with your math homework, are confused about your financial aid package, require accommodations, or have questions about anything at all, we’re here for you.  Ready to start smart at Bucks? Our admissions team is happy to help get you started and answer any questions! Click here for more info or email admissions@bucks.edu.

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Vaxx Blitz: August 30 – September 3 at Bucks County Community College

8/30/21

The first 200 currently enrolled Bucks students who receive a Covid shot (anywhere) between August 30 – September 3 ONLY are eligible for a $100 gift card courtesy of the Gene and Marlene Epstein Humanitarian Fund. To redeem the reward, students must bring their original vaccine card (not a photo) with a COVID shot date of August 30 – September 3 at any of Bucks' three campus locations. Beginning Monday, August 30, Bucks students can show proof of new vaccination to the front desk of the Upper Bucks Campus, the Gene & Marlene Epstein Campus at Lower Bucks or Student Accounts in the Linksz Building at the Newtown campus. Business hours are 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. The $100 rewards are limited to the first 200 students. Students are urged to check their Bucks email daily for updates. Students who return and receive their second COVID shot to complete their vaccination at one of Bucks’ on-campus pop-up clinics, may be eligible for an additional $100 reward from the County of Bucks. In addition, all COVID vaccinated students, regardless of vaccination date, can enter into a raffle to win one-year free tuition (one student will win up to 24 credits, in-county rate tuition, or the equal value towards non-credit programs and certificates). Students may also enter if they have had a positive antibody test within the last 6 months. The raffle drawing will be held on Sept. 10. Visit bucks.edu/vaccine for more information about vaccinations, additional incentives, and County of Bucks pop-up events.

Bucks Searches for the Next Great Short-Fiction Writer

8/17/21

Enter your best story by Oct. 14 for the chance to win up to $200 in the fifth-annual competition; high school contest will follow this spring. Bucks County Community College has slated its short fiction contest for adults who live in Bucks County, and has put out a call for entries. The deadline for submissions is noontime on Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. The top three winners in the contest will receive honoraria of $200, $100, and $50, respectively, and will read from their work at an online reading and celebration at the end of the fall semester. Adults age 18 and older, who are residents of Bucks County, may submit one story of up to 18 typewritten pages (double-spaced, Times New Roman 12). Stories must be previously unpublished, including in online formats. For complete rules and to access the online submission system, please go to (https://www.bucks.edu/shortfictioncontest/). Entrants may not be full- or part-time employees of Bucks County Community College. A separate contest for high school students will be held in Spring 2022. An online celebration will be held at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, Nov. 17. We will be joined by the final judge, Megan Angelo, author of the novel Followers, published by Graydon House Books in 2020. and a native of Quakertown. Her writing has also appeared in publications including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Glamour, Slate, and the Huffington Post. She is a native of Quakertown. This event receives support from the Department of Language and Literature. For further information, contact the contest coordinator, Professor Elizabeth Luciano, at Elizabeth.Luciano@bucks.edu.     

College Launches 45th Bucks County Poet Laureate Competition 2021

8/11/21

The search is on for the 45th annual Bucks County Poet Laureate, according to Bucks County Community College Professor Ethel Rackin, Ph.D., director of what is the longest-running poet laureate program in Pennsylvania. "The contest is open to Bucks County residents over age 18 who have not previously served as poet laureate," said Rackin, who teaches language and literature at Bucks, where the program is based. Each entrant must submit 10 original poems of any style or length along with an entry form to the college’s Language and Literature Department. Entries must be submitted online by Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The winner receives a $500 honorarium, a proclamation from the Bucks County Commissioners, and will be featured at a Fall reading and reception at Bucks County Community College with the previous year’s poet laureate, Jean Edna Mohler, and contest runners-up. Poetry of any kind is welcome. The entry requires 10 poems, any style, form, or length. All work must be original, published or unpublished, typewritten or word-processed, one poem per page, in black ink. The poems and entry form must be submitted online at bucks.edu/poetlaureateentry. There is no charge to enter the contest, but there is a limit of one entry per person. Two judges will blindly select the winner. The preliminary judge will narrow the entries down to a few dozen for the final judge, who will choose the winner and three runners-up from the pool of finalists. The preliminary judge will be Ernest Hilbert, author of Sixty Sonnets, All of You on the Good Earth, Caligulan, and Last One Out. He lives with his wife and son in Philadelphia where he works as an antiquarian bookseller. The 2021 final judge will be Maggie Smith, author of Good Bones, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, Lamp of the Body, the national bestseller Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change, and Goldenrod. Smith’s poems and essays are widely published and anthologized, appearing in Best American Poetry, the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, the Washington Post, the Guardian, and elsewhere. In 2016 her poem "Good Bones" went viral internationally and has been translated into nearly a dozen languages. Public Radio International called it "the official poem of 2016." The Bucks Poet Laureate Program is one of the oldest in the country. It also holds a High School Poet Contest every Spring and sponsors an annual writers’ conference, and is yet another way that Bucks County Community College contributes to the cultural heritage of the region. For more information, contact Rackin at ethel.rackin@bucks.edu.