Roxbury Community College

For Roxbury resident Philip Lima, there’s something extra special about holiday concerts. Among the spectators are children who bring an “infectious” joy to the event, and the performances draw people from all across town.

A new program from Roxbury Community College, with state and federal support, will bring new career paths to students looking to enter green technology fields.

The Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center announced last Thursday a first-of-its-kind, multiyear partnership with the Boston Athletic Association, the nonprofit that hosts the Boston Marathon.

Jackie Jenkins-Scott, the former president of Wheelock College and current interim executive director of Boston’s Women’s Fund, was recently honored by Eastern Bank’s philanthropic counterpart, The Eastern Bank Foundation, during their 30th anniversary celebration.

The energy thrummed around the conference table at Cambridge College, as 13 high school students prepared for a quiz, part of a paid summer learning initiative focused on green energy jobs, run by the Boston professionals’ chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers.

Four staff members at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center were abruptly removed from their roles in what Roxbury Community College officials said was part of an organizational restructuring.

The search for Roxbury Community College’s next leader is over, as the school recently announced Jonathan K. Jefferson as its forthcoming president.

The New England Board of Higher Education honored Jackie Jenkins-Scott, president of Roxbury Community College, with its Massachusetts Excellence Award on May 10. The award recognizes President Jenkins-Scott’s decades of superior leadership in higher education and mission-driven institutions.

James Anderson stood on a stage last Friday with his friends, family, classmates and other Roxbury Community College affiliates looking on. He was clad in a black graduation cap and gown, with stoles draped on his shoulders, and gold and blue chords and a medal adorning his regalia. “Hello everyone. I’m a little nervous up here, trying not to cry,” he said. “I’ve got some tears building up. But it’s alright.”

RCC has justly hired former Suffolk County District Attorney and U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins to run its newly created Restorative Justice Project.

Roxbury Community College opened its doors in September 1973 after years of community activism, welcoming 400 students to a modest campus on Blue Hill Avenue.

The need for increased coordination and cooperation was central to the assessment of industry and education representatives gathered at Roxbury Community College to discuss how to help Boston residents of color better access jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the second annual Roxbury Worx conference.