Student Spotlights

Barry profile
  • Meet Kaitlyn Barry

  • Salutatorian, Class of 2023
  • On the surface, it might not be surprising that BCC salutatorian Kaitlyn Barry got an A in the first class she ever took at the College, followed by an A in the next class. And the next. But it was surprising to Kaitlyn. "I thought, this is insane! I had never gotten higher than a C in any of my high school classes," Kaitlyn recalls.
Ashton Bird
  • Meet Ashton Bird

  • Valedictorian, Class of 2023
  • Ashton Bird, BCC Class of 2023 Valedictorian, didn't want to go to college. Born and raised in Dalton, Ashton graduated from Waconah High School and hadn't particularly enjoyed his high school experience, especially during the pandemic. College was something he didn't think had much merit.
Mortiz
  • Meet Rosa López Moritz

  • Engineering
  • When BCC student Rosa López Moritz sets her mind to something, she's unstoppable. Case in point: Rosa once had a debilitating fear of math, enough to make her push aside her interest in engineering and instead earn a degree in nutrition in her home country of Mexico.
Mike Kusek
  • Meet Mike Kusek

  • Visual Arts
  • You might not guess that a systems engineer at General Dynamics has a passion for art. But for Mike Kusek, making paintings is second nature. Currently enrolled at BCC as a fine arts/visual arts major, Mike is well on his way to an associate degree - a degree that complements a bachelor of science degree he earned almost 20 years ago at Central State Connecticut University. There, he was a computer science major with a minor in mathematics.
Martha Escobar
  • Meet Martha Escobar

  • Psychology Concentration
  • Helping others comes naturally to Martha Escobar, who recently graduated BCC with an associate degree in psychology. While Martha never expected accolades for her instinct to help, her efforts haven't gone unnoticed: She is the winner of a prestigious 29 Who Shine award, representing BCC among fellow public institutions of higher learning in the Commonwealth.