Higher education institutions turn out a well-prepared workforce which helps attract business

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...cy technicians, a position for which training is offered at schools like Springfield Technical and Holyoke community colleges. These companies expressing interest in Western Massachusetts want to know “is t......Community for two-year collaborative initiative to build employee-owned companies in Springfield Greenfield Community College: •: Received state grant for comprehensive review of the school’s general-education curriculu... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Breaking Down the Report Card

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...unity colleges — we need and deserve that kind of attention,” said Pura, the long-time president of Greenfield Community College, noting that this segment of the Commonwealth’s higher-education portfolio is often overlooked due ......leges are successfully training and retraining thousands of individuals. Bill Messner, president of Holyoke Community College, agreed, and took exception to some of the report’s primary recommendations, incl... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Greenfield Community College

Care Center in Holyoke receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the White House

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Anne Teschner, executive director of The Care Center in Holyoke, is scheduled to receive a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from first lady Michell......des GED preparation, The Care Center offers an Introduction to the Humanities in collaboration with Greenfield Community College, a Poetry Project, a Readers and Writers Series and the Clemente Course in the Humanities, which ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Greenfield Community College

Community colleges in Greenfield, Holyoke and Springfield win grants in new Massachusetts competition

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...gher education campuses, 18 won grants. Springfield Technical Community College received $144,125; Greenfield Community College, $122,004 and Holyoke Community College, $70,000. Ira H. Rubenzahl, president of Springfield Technical Community College,... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

Greenfield, Holyoke, Northampton and Orange win grants for stations to charge electric cars

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...n file photoRichard Sullivan According to Sullivan, two stations will be installed in Greenfield at Greenfield Community College and at the Miles Street parking lot; two at the Holyoke Mall; four in Northampton, including two at the John Gare parking garage, one at the Round House p... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Greenfield Community College   Northampton

Leadership Pioneer Valley

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...eminars will be held at venues across the region, said Wondoloski, listing the Springfield Museums, Greenfield Community College, and Yankee Candle as examples of potential sites chosen to connect participants with the businesse......gfield Day; a Five College Day to familiarize the class with the Amherst-Northampton area; a day in Holyoke, Chicopee, and perhaps South Hadley to gain perspective on that area; and a Hilltowns and Franklin ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   MassMutual   Greenfield Community College

Franklin County health-care field bolstered by $200,000 stimulus fund grant

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...0,000 grant last year to train those who are still in school and those already in the work force. Greenfield Community College, partnered with the Center for New Americans, was subcontracted to hold certified nursing assistant......kinson Hospital in Northampton who are not in the medical field or would like to rise in the ranks. Holyoke Community College and the Center for New Americans ran similar courses at Northampton ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Greenfield Community College   Northampton

4 Western Massachusetts students among 29 statewide to be issued 'Who Shine' awards by Board of Higher Education

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...inners 51111.jpg Angelina Cavallini, of Springfield, Eric Gregoire, of Ludlow, Ruben Sepulveda, of Holyoke and Jacob Powers, of Montague, clockwise from top left, are scheduled to be honored with state "Who......e to the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. Jacob S. Powers, 23, of Montague, is this year’s Greenfield Community College honoree. He has been on the college’s board of trustees and has consistently made the Dean ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Holyoke Community College   Amherst College

UMass chancellor Robert Holub warns of deep budget cuts in FY12; all Massachusetts public colleges face similar cuts

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...cluding $1.7 million in stimulus. The campus budget was cut 7 percent from the prior fiscal year. • Holyoke Community College’s budget for this fiscal year is $17.452 million including $1.3 million in stimul......iscal year is $17.452 million including $1.3 million in stimulus. The budget is down 6.9 percent. • Greenfield Community College’s budget for this fiscal year is $8.582 million including ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Michael Kittredge III opens Kringle Candle in Bernardston | masslive.com

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...and sub-contractors. Among the many new employees at the store on Saturday was Tim Morgan, 25, from Holyoke who is part of the maintenance crew. “Word of mouth led me to apply for a job here and it’s by far ......Kringle Candle date back to 2009 when the younger Kittredge was enrolled in a marketing course at Greenfield Community College. Challenged to create a new brand and marketing campaign ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenfield Community College   Greenfield   Holyoke

Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge, Msnbc host Rachel Maddow and actor Bill Cosby among this year's college commencement speakers

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...., Keating Quadrangle, Richard A. Yanikoski, CEO, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Greenfield Community College: June 6, noon, on campus at rear of East Building, professor Gregory Vouros Hampshire College: May ......Hampshire College: May 22, 11 a.m., Harold F. Johnson Library Lawn, Peter Cole, poet and translator Holyoke Community College: May 22, 10 a.m., O’Connell Soccer Field, students Alexander N. Pangborn, Tyrra L... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Massachusetts House snuffs out effort to increase local aid

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Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Editorial: Western Massachusetts community colleges pay big dividends

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Spring enrollments are up: 13 percent at Greenfield Community College; 11 percent at Holyoke Community College, and 10 percent at Springfield Technical Community College. You know things are l... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

Community colleges in Western Mass. report dramatic increased in enrollment

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Greenfield Community College has seen the largest increase with 13 percent more students attending the college this spring than ......he largest increase with 13 percent more students attending the college this spring than last year. Holyoke Community has seen an 11 percent increase in the number of students, and Springfield Technical Comm... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Springfield Technical Community College   Greenfield Community College   Springfield

Public colleges in Western Mass. to use federal stimulus funds to delay making cuts

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Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

Enrollment soars at area community colleges

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...t Robert L. Pura said. There are also more high school students who are choosing dual enrollment at Greenfield Community College, and adults are returning to college to learn new job skills. Holyoke Community College President William F. Messner said the biggest increase in enrollment is coming fr... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Greenfield Community College

A Degree of Progress?

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...e believe it is simply not enough. Portals to Higher Education Like many, Robert Pura, president of Greenfield Community College (GCC), is greeting the bill with open arms. “Obama gets it,” he said. “This bill is a recognition o......ckgrounds. “As of the last census, the population in Massachusetts is shrinking,” said Bob Messner, Holyoke Community College (HCC) president. “The only thing keeping it from shrinking more is growth among ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Greenfield Community College   Springfield