Four Berkshire Community College Service-Learning Student Leaders secured one of six grant awards in the amount of $250 from New England Campus Compact and the Jenzabar Foundation to support a student-driven community partnership and project.

The awarded project is an educational workshop called “VENT: Self-Care for the Engaged Student” co-facilitated by our BCC Service-Learning Student Leaders and Student Services Support Staff. The workshop, slated for the fall semester, is a combination of peer-to-peer support and presentations about resources on and off campus for managing academic troubles, community relations, personal issues, and future plans to increase our students’ capacity to be engaged student-citizens in the community.