Ronni Gordon, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Bobbi Rougeau at her Alphabet Soup Childcare Center on West State Street in Granby. The Holyoke Community College graduate has committed $16,000 to endow an annual scholarship for Early Childhood Education students.

Paying it forward: HCC grad fulfills promise

by Ronni Gordon For the GazetteMay 28, 2021

GRANBY — When Bobbi Rougeau received the scholarships that enabled her to attend Holyoke Community College, she was sure of one thing: “Someday I’m going to pay it forward.”She just was not sure when that might be.In 2004, her first year in HCC’s…

Holyoke Community College literacy specialist Ash Aliengena, right, and HCC student Jackie Santana, model accessible face masks Aliengena created as part of Aliengena’s “See More Smiles” accessible face mask project.

Seeing them smile, and talk: HCC literary specialist creates masks with clear-mouth windows to help hearing impaired

by Ronni Gordon January 7, 2021