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10 CCP Students Attend NABA Student Convention
For the first time ten (CCP) Accounting and Business majors attended the NABA (National Association of Black Accountants, Inc) Eastern Region Student Convention on September 28th, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Convention was hosted by Howard University and was attended by over 500 students from 4 year Colleges and Universities from Boston, Mass. to Richmond Virginia.
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Student Government Association’s Struggle with Student Life Administration’s Bureaucracy
M.P. Hassel October 8, 2024 The Student Government Association (SGA) at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) made an attempt to provide snacks at a student gathering and continue to push for a more streamlined recognition and funding processes for student clubs — fights that administrative control has slowed and stifled. Every enrolled student at CCP
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Behind the Barricades: Vice-President Harris Visits Community College of Philadelphia, Sparks Protest and Division
At 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 17th, two buses parked on 17th Street, right in the heart of Community College of Philadelphia’s (CCP) Main Campus. One bus was emblazoned with “HARRIS WALZ,” the other with “Black Voters Matter.” Over the next three hours, hundreds of students, faculty, and community members
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Students Show Out at the Board of Trustees Meeting
On Thursday, September 5th students joined members of Faculty & Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia (FSFCCP) at the Board of Trustees meeting to rally and give testimonies directly to the Trustees. Despite FSFCCP union demands, the administration and Board of Trustees allowed contracts for faculty and staff to expire on August 31.
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Letter from the President-Elect of SGA
Dear Student Body, Community College of Philadelphia emphasizes civic engagement and offers its students multiple leadership opportunities, and hundreds of student-led clubs! At least, this is what was advertised to new students on enrollment day.
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No Lackadaisical Press for SGA Faculty Advisor
Our elected student officers in Student Government Association (SGA) have been very active over the summer terms. To arrange a meeting about an article on SGA activities for the upcoming semester, I contacted Dr. Jeffrey Markovitz, the faculty advisor for SGA, but he declined to comment on SGA affairs.
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Students, Union at the September Board of Trustees
This upcoming Thursday, September 5th, the Board of Trustees meeting will take place in the Isadora A. Shrager Boardroom in Mint Building, M2-1. The Faculty Union Federation has pushed for demands of fair wage compensations, better equipped staffing, SEPTA Trans Passes and on campus childcare at Community College of Philadelphia.
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Stalled Talks From Admin, Rising Tensions For FSFCCP in Summer Union Bargaining
The college president is strangely uninterested in paying faculty and staff fairly. At the last bargaining session on August 21st, the Faculty and Staff Federation of Community College of Philadelphia (FSFCCP), Local AFT2026, presented new contracts for full-time and part-time faculty, and staff. These contracts, drafted as memoranda of agreement, were intended to finalize negotiations before their expiration on August 31st.
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SGA Showdown Over An Email Survey
In what can only be described as a veritable clash of egos, the leaders of the Student Government Association (SGA) at the Community College of Philadelphia found themselves embroiled in an overdramatic standoff over a survey. Yes, an email survey that was sent to SGA members by the faculty advisor.
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SGA President Faces Allegations of Hate Speech
On Friday, July 26th Frank Scales received a letter stating he was under investigation for verbal abuse, harassment, and bullying at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP).
The Independent 