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In 2022, the City of Houston received a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor for a solar jobs program to provide career opportunities for residents without college degrees and living in under-resourced and underserved neighborhoods. The city turned to HCC for help in putting training in place. The college received about $250,000 to cover tuition, fees, tools and exams to train interested students in solar photovoltaic installation skills through next summer.

Representatives from the Consular Corps of Houston heard Houston Community College (HCC) Chancellor Margaret Ford Fisher, Ed.D., call for closer collaboration to find and train international students for meaningful workforce jobs in the region’s robust economy.

When the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges approved two new baccalaureate degree programs at Houston Community College, it enlarged the pipeline to jobs for thousands in the college’s service area.

In a heartening act of philanthropy, Patsy Chappelear recently donated $30,000 to the Houston Community College Foundation. The fund, named the Patsy S. Chappelear Engineering Endowed Scholarship Fund, will provide scholarships of $1,000 each year to qualified HCC engineering students.

A series of HCC summer camps in June and July seeks to introduce middle and high school students to the latest technologies and areas of IT studies.