Student Spotlights

Jill Wollins has 30 years of professional experience and a P.h.D. in Biomedical Engineering. She has traveled the globe for work before she found herself looking for a career change. She is now a student at the College studying in the Community Health Worker field and values the chance she gets to change people's lives.

Alexander Ford Griffith is the Valedictorian of the Class of 2018 from Berkshire Community College. He's also extremely eclectic, and has passionately studied 30 languages - after first learning to speak Hebrew, starting at the age of 12.

Liliana Atanacio is the 2018 recipient of the 29 Who Shine award for her incredible work ethic, community achievement, and determination as she prepares to graduate in the Spring. She is also a full-time working mother of two originally from Mexico who grew up with a volcano outside of her window.

Don Ross, a Pittsfield native, is Berkshire Community College’s current Student Government Association President, where he works tirelessly to try to engage his peers in making the College a more service-oriented environment that inspires the student body to be more engaged civically. He was also held back a year and eventually dropped out of high school after dealing with a personal trauma early on in life.

Dalton Nicholas, a student at Berkshire Community College, loves fitness. He is pursuing his Associate's degree in health science at the College, and his love of the gym has him training at Paterson — and personally training others, too.