December 4, 2018 — On Nov. 29, Middlesex Community College (MxCC) and Eversource Energy held a special ceremony to present the first 11 students with a Natural Gas Field Technician Certificate from this inaugural program. MxCC partnered with Eversource Energy last spring to develop and provide a short-term training program that would lead to highly skilled workers in the state’s …

Why Patients Lie to Their Doctors Fear of being judged and embarrassed are among the reasons Salt Lake City – When your doctor asks how often you exercise, do you give her an honest answer? How about when she asks what you’ve been eating lately? If you’ve ever stretched the truth, you’re not alone. Sixty to 80 percent of people …

November 8, 2018 — Middlesex Community College (MxCC) unveiled a solar energy system during a ribbon-cutting event attended by Mark Ojakian, president of the Connecticut State College and Universities system (CSCU), and representatives from the college, CSCU central office, Sunlight Solar Energy, Inc., and Middletown officials. The new energy system will reduce MxCC’s reliance on utility-generated power and is expected …

October 26, 2018 — Carol M. Dykas, a licensed optician and full-time lecturer of ophthalmic design and dispensing at Middlesex Community College (MxCC), has been selected by Governor Dannel Malloy to serve on the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Opticians in the state’s Department of Public Health. She was appointed on October 12, 2018. The primary purpose of the board is …

October 17, 2018 — U.S. Senator Chris Murphy joined Connecticut’s community colleges, their foundations, and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) on October 17 to announce the establishment of the Precision Metalforming Association Scholarship for Tunxis (TCC), Middlesex (MxCC) and Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) students who are studying precision manufacturing/machining. PMA has seeded the PMA Scholarship with an initial $30,000 donation …