You are invited to volunteer as a mock job interviewer with our students on Oct. 14 from 6-7:15 p.m.

To ensure we set our volunteers up for success, we will hold a training session on Oct. 7 from 6-7 p.m. During the training session, we will review the itinerary for the virtual event, discuss expectations and share tools.

Both the training session and the event will be conveniently held via Zoom. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please complete and submit this online form by Sept. 10.

Your advice and feedback will be invaluable to our students! Thank you!

You are invited to participate in the exciting HACC events we have coming up in September.

Please visit the HACC Events Calendar for more information. We will see you there!

Recently, enhancements have been made to the HACC Foundation website to make it easier for you to make charitable donations in honor of your loved ones and friends.

To learn more, please visit hacc.edu/HACCFoundation/Donate/donate-in-memory-of.

If you have any questions, please email us at foundation@hacc.edu. Thank you.

Beloved philanthropists and HACC supporters, Dr. Rukhsana Rahman and Mr. Athar Rafiq, shared with us why they give to the HACC Foundation.

1. What are your current (or former) job title and employer name?

Dr. Rahman: retired radiologist from Gettysburg Hospital

Mr. Rafiq: assistant professor of cyber security Mt. Saint Mary’s University

2. How did you become affiliated with the College?

Athar volunteered for HACC’s Gettysburg Campus as it was first expanding and relocating to its current site. Our son, Zuhair, attended HACC for his first few years of college courses.

3. What inspires you to give to HACC?

We have experienced the benefits of a local community college campus presence for our own family and friends’ children’s education. Our initial assistance was directly to students who contacted us through friends and family as well as being invited as speakers to a variety of events. We have had a variety of rich collaboration experiences with faculty and staff, ranging from donation of books for Africa by faculty to nursing student volunteers at the local Heritage Festival.

4. What do you hope your gift will accomplish?

Our objectives are frequently shaped by our own experiences and historical events. Today, the average student at HACC is probably facing numerous challenges, and we hope to support their ability to survive a short-term crisis with direct cash intervention. That is even more important today than ever before.

5. Why should others give to HACC?

It is an investment with invaluable return on investment. For each student who succeeds at HACC, society gains at many different levels from their increased earning potential. They are engaged members of society paying taxes, and their children have a higher probability of completing higher education.

6. If you were to designate a contribution to the HACC Foundation in your last will and testament, what type of lasting impact would you want your contribution to have?

We would want to increase all forms of short-term immediate impact and not have any of the funds sitting in long-term endowments. Too many institutions are sitting on massive endowments when there is such a dire need in community college education. This is our personal feedback of the current endowment model for higher educational institutions such as HACC.

7. What part of philanthropy gives you the most joy?

The success of an individual that resulted from a single or a few financial grants combined with individual mentoring.

We appreciate the dedication, compassion and empathy that Dr. Rahman and Mr. Rafiq have shown as they continue to support HACC’s students.

To make a contribution to the HACC Foundation, please visit us at hacc.edu/GiveNow.