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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Win It Wednesday Log into Involved between 9:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. and enter our “Win It Wednesday” raffle to win an Amazon gift card! Twenty students will win a $25 Gift Card! Winners will be emailed on Thursday, September 3!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Trivia Night: General Trivia 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Join us for our new weekly series, Trivia Night! A fun experience that you can do at home with your loved ones or alone. We are kicking off this series with General Trivia. Gift Card prizes for our Top 3 winners! Win up to $40!

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Win It Wednesday Log into Involved between 9:00 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. and enter our “Win It Wednesday” raffle to win an Amazon gift card! Twenty students will win a $25 Gift Card! Winners will be emailed on Thursday, September 10! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TRIVIA NIGHT: GENERAL TRIVIA 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Join us for another night of General Trivia. A fun experience that you can do at home with your loved ones or alone. Gift Card prizes for our Top 3 winners! Win up to $40!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Virtual Pet Parade: Rep Your Pet 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Log on with Student Life & Leadership and show off your pet and make new friends! We will be raffling off PetSmart Gift Cards ev-ery 15 minutes!

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Muffin Monday Express 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Journal Square Campus, STEM Building, Lobby A bi-weekly opportunity to grab some free, individually wrapped breakfast. Grab some muffins and a beverage for the road. Avail-able in the STEM Lobby every other Monday starting September 14. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Stuff-A-Plush Grab and Go 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. North Hudson Campus, Lobby GRAB AND GO! Grab a pre-packaged Stuff-a-Plush bear and stuffing for an at-home crafting project.

Virtual Escape Room3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.Follow Me is a brain boggling and mind-blowing adventure where an Escape Room meets True Detective. Can you put the clues of this escape room together and finish before the time runs out? Buckle up, it’s going to be a fast ride! Join with your friends and family! WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 New Student Social 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Join Student Life & Leadership as we welcome new students at HCCC! Icebreakers, raffles, music and more! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Stuff-A-Plush Grab and Go 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Journal Square Campus, Culinary Conference Center, Lobby GRAB AND GO! Grab a pre-packaged Stuff-a-Plush bear and stuffing for an at-home crafting project.

VIRTUAL WELCOME DESK!Have a question?

Visit our Virtual Welcome Desk for help!

Wednesday, September 29:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 312:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Friday, September 43:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 89:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Wednesday, September 912:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 103:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Virtual Escape Room6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Follow Me is a brain boggling and mind-blowing adventure where an Escape Room meets True Detective. Can you put the clues of this escape room together and finish before the time runs out? Buckle up, it’s going to be a fast ride! Join with your friends and family! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Trivia Night: Hispanic Heritage Month 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Test your knowledge with Hispanic Heritage Month trivia. Prizes for our Top 3 winners! Co-sponsored with the Latinx American Association.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19Virtual Escape Room1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.Follow Me is a brain boggling and mind-blowing adventure where an Escape Room meets True Detective. Can you put the clues of this escape room together and finish before the time runs out? Buckle up, it’s going to be a fast ride! Join with your friends and family!

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Virtual Town Hall Meeting 12:00 p.m. Join HCCC President Dr. Chris Reber for the monthly Virtual Town Hall Meeting, where he will share an update with the College and open to all attendees for conversation and questions. Dial in at 888-363-4734, Access Code 9751220#.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23Virtual Student Involvement Fair 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Your opportunity to learn more about the different clubs, honor societies, and leadership opportunities at HCCC!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Teal Table Talk: “What the COVID?” 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Join us as we talk about the recent changes during this pandemic and dealing with our new normal. Lip Sync Battle 6:00 p.m. Lip sync for your lives with Student Life & Leadership! There will be prizes for our Top 3 Winners. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Virtual Student Services Fair 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Meet staff members from various offices and programs available to you at HCCC!

Trivia Night: Disney 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. It’s Disney Trivia Night! Gift Card prizes for our Top 3 winners! Win up to $40! MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Muffin Monday Express 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Journal Square Campus, STEM Building, Lobby A bi-weekly opportunity to grab some free, individually wrapped breakfast. Grab some muffins and a beverage for the road. Available in the STEM Lobby every other Monday starting September 14. Pizza with the President 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Ok, so there isn’t any pizza (we are sad too!) but that won’t stop us from having our favorite traditional event with our favorite Presi-dent, Dr. Chris Reber! Join Dr. Reber for an update on the College, answers to your questions, and more! Gift cards will be raffled to attendees! Submit a question for Dr. Reber by logging into Involved between September 14 and September 27. If your question gets randomly picked for the first or last question, you win $50!

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Conference Opportunity

HCCC will be sponsoring the attendance of ten students to attend the His-panic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) 34th Annual Confer-ence which will be held VIRTUALLY on October 26 to October 28, 2020. This is an amazing opportunity to attend a special Student Track focused on ca-reer development, networking, and leadership skills. Through this opportu-nity, you will be connected to companies and organizations from across the country along with over 500 other college students! Students who are interested in attending will be asked to fill out an applica-tion, which will be found on https://involved.hccc.edu/ from Tuesday, Sep-tember 15 to Monday, September 21. Complete details related to the confer-ence will be in this application. Those chosen to attend the conference will be alerted on Tuesday, September 22.

HCCC Foundation Art Collection: Hispanic Heritage Month Online Self-Guided Art Tour

Whether you are online or on campus, you can enjoy the beautiful artwork that is part of the HCCC Art Foundation Collection. Visit www.hccc.edu/HHMBrochure for a self-guided tour brochure including on-campus loca-tions and www.hccc.edu/HispanicArtistArtCollection for the online gal-lery for the HCCC Foundation Art Collection featuring Hispanic and Hispanic American Artists.

HCCC celebrates

HISPANIC HISPANIC HERITAGE HERITAGE MONTHMONTH

@hcccstudentlife Social Media Feature: Learn Spanish!

Visit HCCC Student Life on Social Media (FB: HCCC Student Life and IG:@hcccstudentlife) throughout Hispanic Heritage Month and learn common phrases and words from members of the HCCC Community

Introducing HCCC’s first Padlet! Visit https://padlet.com/HCCCStudentLife/HHM to share your culture, traditions, memories, and what it means to you to be Hispanic/Latinx.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Trivia Night: Hispanic Heritage Month 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Test your knowledge with Hispanic Heritage Month trivia. Prizes for our Top 3 winners! Co-sponsored with the Latinx American Association. Trivia Provided by HCCC’s Latinx American Association and the Speech and Modern Languages Department.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24Voto Latino11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.This year, for the first time in history, Latinos will be the nation’s largest racial or ethnic voter group in the U.S. presidential election. Attend this important workshop to learn how crucial the Hispanic voice is and how you can become an involved voter. Presented by Your Voice Matters at HCCC.

First Memories 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.Argentinean poet Claudia Prado will host a video-poetry screening and facilitate a bilingual creative writing workshop on childhood memories.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29Make the Road New Jersey6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Make the Road New Jersey builds the power of immigrant, work ing-class & Latinx communities to achieve dignity and respect through commu-nity organizing, legal, policy innovation and transformative education. Join us and our guest speakers from the organization to hear about the top issues impacting Hispan ic/Latinx NJ people and families and some recent victories, in cluding the recent bill signed by Governor Phil Mur-phy which will allow hundreds of thousands of people in New Jersey to be come licensed doctors, nurses, electricians, counselors, cosme-tologists, and other professionals regardless of their immigration status.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1Una Noche de Mariachi6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Join us for an evening of Mariachi. Mariachi, as we know it today, is a style of music and a musical group performance that dates back to the 19th century in Mexico. Tune in to enjoy the intricate and beautiful sounds of local Mariachi, Mariachi Nuevo Mexico.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3Tenement Museum Virtual Museum Tour: Meet the Saez-Velez Family1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.During this live, virtual, interactive experience, a Tenement Museum Educa-tor will take us inside of one family’s home and story. The Saez-Velez family is a Puerto Rican family who lived at 103 Orchard Street in New York City beginning in the 1950s. You will see how they built community at home, school, work, and in their neighborhood. Log onto involved.hccc.edu and search “Tenement Museum” to RSVP. Limited spots available.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8Loteria 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Bring back childhood memories with a popular Mexican card game, similar to bingo, called Loteria. Winners of each round will receive a prize! Present-ed by HCCC’s Latinx American Association.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 13Spanish Spelling Bee7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.How well can you spell?! Test your skills out pero en Español! Join us for our Spanish Spelling Bee. There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Pre-sented by HCCC’s Latinx American Association.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14Documentary Screening and Discussion: “Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas”6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Register to attend at: www.tinyurl.com/hhm20From the new, groundbreaking PBS trav el series, “Afro-Latino Travels with Kim Haas”, which shines a light, honors, and celebrates the historical and cul-tural contributions of Latin America’s African descendants. Host, Kim Haas, will lead an in teractive discussion on various topics related to Afro-Latino culture and identity.

“We are introducing participants to Afro-Latinos and their profound legacy in the Americas through history, culture, cuisine, art, dance, music, environ-mental conservation, literature, sports, and festivals,” says Haas. “Afro-Latino Travels is about Black joy, pride and resilience despite centuries of oppres-sion and under-representation.” The se ries and event will feature Afro-Lati-nos that will leave participants with pride, hope, and joy. This event is hosted by Continuing Education and the Office of Student Life and Leadership.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16Training Opportunity: UndocuAlly Training10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.The purpose of the UndocuAlly Training is for participants to understand the history of our undocumented communities, past and present legisla-tion, and the lived realities and barriers our undocumented communities are fighting through with strength and resilience. This training is open to students, staff, and faculty.

Journal Square Campus, 70 Sip Avenue, Building A, Jersey City, NJ North Hudson Campus, 4800 Kennedy Blvd., Union City, NJ Secaucus Center, One High Tech Way, Secaucus, NJ Hudson Online – Many courses and six fully online degrees! www.hccc.edu/OnlineLearning

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Come join us for three great events!

Building a Budget and Good Financial Health THURSDAY OCTOBER 8

3:00 p.m.

– Guest Speaker from M&T Bank

In this workshop, participants will understand the value of creating a budget, and learn strategies to build a simple budget and pay

off debt. They will also learn some core habits to practice and maintain financial health.

Scholarships – Special Pre Halloween-Event

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 3:00 p.m.

– Guest Speaker Kathryn Buckley,

Assistant Professor of English

Learn about sites to visit for various scholarships, how to

simplify the application process, and how to write your essay.

Entrepreneurship

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 1:00 p.m.

– Guest Speaker Dr. Peter Cronrath,

Instructor of Business

Learn about the risks and benefits of

entrepreneurship.

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