Grant Helps B.C.C. Students Stay in School During Emergencies

The SUNY Broome Community College Foundation is welcoming a large grant from a large local defense contractor.

Lockheed Martin in Owego has been donated $75,000 to support the Student Emergency Fund to help BCC students in times of financial hardship.

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The Broome Community College Foundation created the Student Emergency Fund in early 2020 in order to help students who fall on financial hard times to be able to stay enrolled in school. The fund helps students cover an unexpected bill of less than $1,000 like a medical bill, back up child care expenses, utility or internet access. Many of those problems surfaced as challenges during the pandemic last year.

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To date, the emergency fund committee has received 245 applications and provided nearly $130,000 in emergency funds.

In addition to the big gift from Lockheed Martin, the Foundation has been moved by donations from many people who have stepped forward to contribute.

Check Out the Best-Selling Album From the Year You Graduated High School

Do you remember the top album from the year you graduated high school? Stacker analyzed Billboard data to determine just that, looking at the best-selling album from every year going all the way back to 1956. Sales data is included only from 1992 onward when Nielsen's SoundScan began gathering computerized figures.

Going in chronological order from 1956 to 2020, we present the best-selling album from the year you graduated high school.