Naugatuck Valley Community College operates in close collaboration with the citizens of the region, the Connecticut Departments of Labor and Economic Development, and other Community Development agencies, as well as Secondary School Districts and Public and Independent Institutions of Higher Education, in order to develop and sustain excellent programs which respond to the economic development needs of the state and the short-term and long-range educational needs of individual citizens. Through its degree, certificate and non-credit programs and its student and community services, NVCC is the place where:

• Challenges are welcomed.
• Special needs are addressed.
• Friends are made.
• Parents, children, spouses, and associates take classes together.
• Retirees make new beginnings.
• Success is celebrated.

- Dr. Richard L. Sanders, President