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Former Comet McKinley is ‘Star of the NFL Draft’!
2013-2014 CCC defensive lineman Takkarist McKinley will soon be playing for the Atlanta Falcons. USA Today declared McKinley “the star of the NFL draft” as the 2017 NFC champions swapped first-round and gave up third- and sixth-round picks to snag him. McKinley became an instant fan-favorite at the draft, when he met reporters with a large, framed…
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Liberal Arts Major Wins Prestigious, $320,000 Scholarship
CCC’s own Sasha Graham is one of 55 students nationwide to win the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Graham is a single mother of a nine-year-old son who also sits on CCC’s Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) Advisory Board. She’s already been accepted to the Universities of California, Davis and Santa…
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Andrew Almacen is Off to UCLA Nursing
Meet Andrew Almacen, a CCC graduate from the class of 2016! Some fast facts about Andrew: Grew up in Pinole Attended Ellerhorst Elementary, Pinole Middle and Pinole Valley High Schools Studied at Contra Costa College from 2013 – 2016 At CCC, Andrew was a Student Ambassador, USDA Scholar, Anatomy Teaching Assistant, tutor (in calculus, statistics, chemistry, and…
