LYNN — There’s a lot going on at North Shore Community College (NSCC) over the coming months, including a new bookstore.
Patricia Gentile, the school’s president, said there are plans to move into the new development on the Lynn Campus over the month of June.
The temporary entrance on the side of the main campus building will remain, and the current bookstore will be moved from the interior of the building into an area that is now occupied by offices, said Gentile.
The new bookstore will be open to the public for retail and carry more than just textbooks. The college has submitted a request for proposal for potential bookstore vendors.
Gentile said that by 2018 they’re hoping to have the bookstore settled so the college can move on to other renovations within the building. The school is seeking funding for a Lynn-based veterans center and is in the midst of building a health center. The work, funded by the Workforce Skills Capital Grant Program, is being done over the summer and should be completed by fall.
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A number of events are coming to the campus, such as the Forum on Tolerance at 6 p.m. on April 20 and a town hall meeting with Congressman Seth Moulton this Saturday. Law Day on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. constitutes a presentation about the 14th Amendment regarding immigration rights.
“We’re trying to get the public involved as well as students,” said Gentile.
She said another new initiative at the college is a pilot of the North Shore Promise Award, which reduces the direct cost to attend NSCC to zero for the first 100 full-time students who are eligible for financial aid but lack enough grant funds to cover tuition and fees.
“We know affordability is becoming a major hardship for folks,” said Gentile. “Coming to a community college makes a lot of sense but even that can be individually unaffordable.”
Gentile said the award is a response to the fact that financial factors have dissuaded many students who apply to the school from attending.
