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On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the Board of Trustees of Bucks County Community College announced that Patrick M. Jones, Ph.D., will be the College’s sixth president.

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BCCC Launches 48th Annual Bucks County Poet Laureate Competition

 The 2024 search is on for the 48th annual Bucks County Poet Laureate, according to Bucks County Community College professor and director of the program, Ethel Rackin, Ph.D. The Bucks Laureate Program is one of the oldest in the country. It also holds a High School Poet Contest every spring. The Bucks County Poet Laureate Program is seeking the 2024 Laureate. The postmark deadline for submission to the competition is Friday, September 13, 2024. The winner of the competition will receive a $500 honorarium, a plaque from the Bucks County Commissioners, and a reading at Bucks County Community College in the fall with the previous year’s laureate, Tara Tamburello. The 2024 final judge will be Kasey Jueds. Keeper, Jueds’ first book, won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press, and was published by Pitt in 2013. Her second book, The Thicket, was published by Pitt in 2021. Jueds has been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Soapstone, and the Ucross Foundation; she has also been a visiting poet at the University of Pennsylvania, LaSalle College, and the University of Northern Colorado. She currently resides in New York State. Preliminary judge will be Thomas Devaney. Devaney is a poet, facilitator, and educator based in Philadelphia. He is a Pew Fellow in the Arts with a focus on city building and community engagement. He wrote and co-directed the film Bicentennial City with Green House Media (2020). Devaney is the author of Getting to Philadelphia (Hanging Loose Press, 2019) and You Are the Battery (Black Square Editions, 2019). Entrants to the competition must be Bucks County residents and 18 years or older. 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 All work must be original, published or unpublished, typewritten or word-processed, one poem per page, in black ink. Poems and entry form must be submitted online. For more information, contact Dr. Ethel Rackin at ethel.rackin@bucks.edu.
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Bucks Announces Virtual Information Session for UArts Students

 A virtual information session will be hosted by Bucks County Community College for first-and second-year University of the Arts (UArts) students to present various educational pathways on Tuesday, June 25 at 6 p.m. Students and parents can learn about the high-quality art disciplines available at Bucks, which has a long and deep arts heritage. Representatives from Admissions, Transfer Services and Financial Aid will be ready to answer your questions, including how to bring your financial aid with you! Bucks County is a well-established and vibrant center for the arts both regionally and nationally, and Bucks County Community College is a premier provider of collegiate arts education. The College is proud to be one of the few community colleges in the country accredited by both the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) and the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). Whether you are a newly admitted UArts student or a currently enrolled UArts student, Bucks County Community College is ready to help you navigate this difficult time. If you enroll in one of our associate degree programs, you’ll be able to transfer to a baccalaureate program after you’ve had time to further develop your plans. Bucks County Community College offers the following arts degrees and certificate programs: Art and Art History, A.A. Cinema Video Production, A.F.A. Communication Studies, A.A. Dance, A.A. Fine Arts, A.F.A. Graphic Design, A.F.A. Multimedia & Digital Arts, A.F.A. Music, A.M.* Photography, A.F.A. Theater Arts, A.A. Creative Arts and Entrepreneurship, Certificate Furniture and Cabinetmaking, Certificate *Bucks County Community College School of Music is an All-Steinway School. Register to Attend To register to attend the Virtual Information Session, complete the online registration form. For more information, visit the College’s UArts website. Or complete the Request Information form.
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All Bucks County State House candidates are invited to forum on education

 The NAACP Bucks County Branch and the League of Women Voters of Bucks County have partnered with Bucks County Community College to host a first-ever State House of Representatives candidates forum on the topic of education. All 20 candidates running for the 10 state house districts in Bucks County have been invited to take part in the live, non-partisan forum, slated for 7 p.m. Thursday, September 12, at the College’s Newtown Campus. The forum, focused on the topic of education in Pennsylvania, will be moderated by the College’s longtime social science faculty member Bill Pezza who will pose questions solicited from the public in the weeks leading up to the forum. The “Candidates Forum: Education in Pennsylvania” will be open to the public and streamed live on the College’s YouTube channel. “This is an exciting and extraordinary opportunity to hear Pennsylvania State Representative candidates discuss their views about education,” said Karen Downer, President of the NAACP Bucks County Branch. “Our members as well as the public in general always want to know more about who their candidates are and what their thoughts are on issues that are important to them and their families, and education is a critical topic in the Bucks County community.” Voters who wish to hear directly from the candidates are strongly encouraged to contact those running in their district and urge them to take part. The candidates and district boundaries are listed below. “The mission of the League of Women Voters is to empower voters and defend democracy,” said Liz Fritsch, Candidate Forum Chair, League of Women Voters of Bucks County. “One of the most effective ways of empowering voters is to provide them with non-partisan, unbiased information about where candidates stand on the issues. This event allows voters to hear from the candidates themselves about the important issue of education.” Kevin Antoine, the College’s Associate Vice President of External Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer, pointed out that Bucks County Community College encourages free speech and debate for all residents as part of its mission. “As the only public college in the county, Bucks County Community College believes civic engagement is fundamental to the survival of a democracy,” said Antoine. “Candidates from all backgrounds should be able to engage in dialogue without fear of reprisal from the government. Debates and public forums like these strengthen free speech and expand equal opportunity.” The “Candidates Forum: Education in Pennsylvania” takes place in the Zlock Performing Arts Center, located on the Newtown Campus of Bucks County Community College at 275 Swamp Rd., Newtown, Pa. Admission and parking are free. The event will also be streamed live at starting at 7 p.m. EDT Thursday, September 12. The NAACP Bucks County, League of Women Voters of Bucks County, and Bucks County Community College urge all candidates to take this opportunity to speak directly to constituents on the issue of education, an issue that affects all residents of Bucks County: parents, students and taxpayers. To learn more about where the candidates stand, results of the NAACP Bucks County’s candidates survey on the NAACP of Bucks County website. Information is also available at Vote411. Candidates by State House District (asterisk denotes incumbent): 18th: Kathleen C. Tomlinson* (R), Anand Patel (D) 29th: Tim Brennan* (D), Steve Mekanik (R) 31st: Perry Warren* (D), Bernie Sauer (R) 140th: Jim Prokopiak* (D), Candace Cabanas (R) 141st: Tina Davis* (D), Noah Boyd (R) 142nd: Joe Hogan* (R), Anna Payne (D) 143rd: Shelby Labs* (R), Eleanor Breslin (D) 144th: Brian Munroe* (D), Daniel J. McPhillips (R) 145th: Craig Staats* (R), Vera Cole (D) 178th: Kristin Marcell* (R); Emma Rosenthal (D) District Boundaries (as of 2022 redistricting): 18th: Bensalem Township and Hulmeville Borough 29th: Buckingham, Doylestown, and Solebury Townships; Chalfont, Doylestown, New Britain, and New Hope Boroughs 31st: Lower Makefield, Newtown, and Upper Makefield Townships; Newtown and Yardley Boroughs 140th: Falls and Middletown (part) Townships; Morrisville and Tullytown Boroughs 141st: Bristol Township and Bristol Borough 142nd: Lower Southampton, Middletown (part), and Northampton (part), Townships; Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, and Penndel Boroughs 143rd: Bedminster, Hilltown, New Britain (part), Plumstead, and Tinicum Townships; Dublin, Perkasie, Sellersville, and Silverdale Boroughs 144th: New Britain (part), Warminster, and Warrington Townships; Ivyland Borough 145th: Bridgeton, Durham, East Rockhill, Haycock, Milford, Nockamixon, Richland, Springfield, and West Rockhill Townships; Quakertown, Richlandtown, Riegelsville, Telford (Bucks County portion) and Trumbauersville Boroughs 178th: Northampton (part), Upper Southampton, Warwick, and Wrightstown Townships

Center for Advanced Technologies

Your Career Begins at Bucks

The brand-new state-of-the-art Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT) has been designed to ignite a spark in Bucks County and the surrounding areas. Located on the Epstein Campus at Lower Bucks in Bristol Township, the Center houses in-demand advanced manufacturing training and workforce programs.