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  1. Articles mentioning both Holyoke Community College and Springfield Technical Community College

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    1. Holyoke Community College offers employers conference on retaining and recruiting workers

      Explore masslive.com (Mar 5 2012) Education

      ...force Development at the college, 303 Homestead Ave. Home > Breaking News - MassLive.com > Holyoke Holyoke Community College offers employers conference on retaining and recruiting workers Published: Tuesday, March 06, 2012,...... being presented by Training and Workforce Options (TWO), a workforce program operated by HCC and Springfield Technical Community College, a press release said. The main speaker will be Margaret McMullen, a professional trainer and speci... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce

    2. 'Training and Workforce Options' is a program offered by Holyoke Community College and Springfield Technical Community College

      Explore masslive.com (Mar 5 2012) Education

      'Training and Workforce Options' is a program offered by Holyoke Community College and Springfield Technical Community College Holyoke Community College and Springfield Technical Community College joined efforts in October to establish Training and Workforce Options, or “TWO,” in which the two i... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

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

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 11 2012) Education

      Higher education institutions turn out a well-prepared workforce which helps attract business ...en training workers in the fields of precision machining, healthcare and early childhood education. Springfield Technical Community College is taking the lead in training workers in green technologies through the MassGreen initiative, said......300-square-foot center in Whately for student internships, re´search, lectures and community events Holyoke Community College: •: $785,000, three-year grant from U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education t... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

    4. Momentum Building

      Explore BusinessWest (Jan 31 2012)

      Momentum Building One of the main marketing taglines for the Scibelli Enterprise Center at Springfield Technical Community College is ‘Business Building.” This explains both what the facility is — a facility housing small business...... to the college, such as T.W.O., the workforce-training initiative undertaken in collaboration with Holyoke Community College, and the MassGreen Initiative, a program designed to train people for jobs in green-energy business... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

    5. Breaking Down the Report Card

      Explore BusinessWest (Dec 6 2011) Education , Health Care

      Breaking Down the Report Card ...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, including a centraliza......fore answering his own question. Ira Rubenzahl Ira Rubenzahl Meanwhile, Ira Rubenzahl, president of Springfield Technical Community College, said that, while many of the report’s conclusions can be debated, its basic argument — that commu... (Read Full Article)

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

    6. Editorial: Massachusetts' community colleges have a critical mission

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 2 2011) Education

      Editorial: Massachusetts' community colleges have a critical mission ...ble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print stcc entrance.jpg File photo | The RepublicanThe entrance to Springfield Technical Community College Western Massachusetts community college presidents have raised some legitimate concerns about a new......me and time again that what’s true for Greater Boston is not always true for Western Massachusetts. Holyoke Community College President William F. Messner noted that community colleges in Massachusetts recently worked collabo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

    7. Editorial: 'TWO' is better than one for workforce training

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 19 2011) Education

      Editorial: 'TWO' is better than one for workforce training ... invoke the old adage: “Two heads are better than one.” And when the problem is workforce training, Springfield Technical Community College and Holyoke Community College believe two schools are better than one. Putting that belief into action, the colleges recently com... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

    8. Springfield Technical Community College and Holyoke Communtiy College join forces for worker training | masslive.com

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 17 2011) Education

      Springfield Technical Community College and Holyoke Communtiy College join forces for worker training | masslive.com ...bsite – www.trainingandworkforceoptions.com and phone number, (413) 755-6100. Operating separately, Holyoke Community College and Springfield Technical Community College educated a total of about 1,000 employees on behalf of a number of local companies, Hayden said. J.... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

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

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 6 2011) Education , Life Sciences

      Community colleges in Greenfield, Holyoke and Springfield win grants in new Massachusetts competition ...ingfield 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, said the grant will be used to expand an existing program that involves intensive counseling for 1... (Read Full Article)

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

    10. Richard Freeland's 'Vision Project' aims to get 29 Massachusetts public higher-education campuses moving in same direction

      Explore masslive.com (Jul 2 2011) Education

      Richard Freeland's 'Vision Project' aims to get 29 Massachusetts public higher-education campuses moving in same direction ...hare Email Print STCC garvy.JPG Republican file photoGarvey Hall is the administration building at Springfield Technical Community College. By MARY MOORE Boston Business Journal When Richard Freeland launched the Vision Project a year ago......epublican file photoStudents head for classes on the steps of the Frost Building on the campus of Holyoke Community College. Community colleges are seen as a key part of the Vision Project of having 29 ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

    11. The Class of 2011

      Explore BusinessWest (Apr 26 2011)

      The Class of 2011 ...r of BusinessWest’s 40 Under Forty class of 2008. He is currently chair of the Board of Trustees at Springfield Technical Community College (from which he graduated), and has long been active with the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Springf......den • Jeffrey Hayden, director of the Kittrredge Center for Business and Workforce Development at Holyoke Community College, which houses a number of workforce-development programs, the Mass Export Center, and WISER, the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Western New England University

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

      Explore masslive.com (Nov 15 2010) Education

      UMass chancellor Robert Holub warns of deep budget cuts in FY12; all Massachusetts public colleges face similar cuts ...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 stimulus. The budget is ......his fiscal year is $8.582 million including $665,758 in stimulus. The budget is down 6.9 percent. • Springfield Technical Community College’s budget for this fiscal year is ... (Read Full Article)

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

    13. Small Business Administration to hold expo in Holyoke to help merchants beat sluggish economy

      Explore masslive.com (Aug 19 2010)

      ... called the Small Business Recovery Expo, will be from 7:30 a.m. to noon at the Kittredge Center at Holyoke Community College. P. Edgardo Tarrats, the Small Business Administration’s branch manager for Western Massachusetts, ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College   Springfield

    14. Experts weigh in on potential economic impact of Holyoke high performance computing center

      Explore masslive.com (Aug 9 2010) Information Technology

      Experts weigh in on potential economic impact of Holyoke high performance computing center ...use of the talent pool, because of the high performance computing center,” Kurose said. Kurose said Springfield Technical Community College and Holyoke Community College are working with UMass to secure a $600,000 National Science Foundation grant aimed at prepping w... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

    15. Massachusetts Senate fiscal 2011 budget would slash local aid about 4 percent

      Explore masslive.com (May 19 2010) Education

      ...n nearly 6 percent from this year. The Amherst campus receives about half the money. The budget for Holyoke Community College would be $17.7 million, down about 5 percent and Springfield Technical Community College, $23.2 million, down about 5 percent. The Senate panel approved $20.8 million for Westfield State C... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts

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

      Explore masslive.com (May 8 2010) Education

      Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge, Msnbc host Rachel Maddow and actor Bill Cosby among this year's college commencement speakers ...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. Minto, and Janic......ngfield College: May 16, 9:30 a.m., Mass Mutual Center, Alexander Wolff, writer, Sports Illustrated Springfield Technical Community College: June 3, 6:30 p.m., college president Ira H. Rubenzahl University ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

    17. Massachusetts House snuffs out effort to increase local aid

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 30 2010) Education

      Ira H. Rubenzahl, president of Springfield Technical Community College, said he was disappointed. The cuts are coming even though enrollment has increased, he said. “......t $429 million, down from $492 million this year. The Amherst campus receives about half the money. Holyoke Community College’s budget was set at $16.3 million, down from $18.7 million; Greenfield Community College received $... (Read Full Article)

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

    18. Editorial: Western Massachusetts community colleges pay big dividends

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 20 2010) Education

      Editorial: Western Massachusetts community colleges pay big dividends 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 looking good when one of a college president’s biggest worries is finding enou... (Read Full Article)

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

    19. Task force established to help with creation of high-speed computing center planned in Holyoke

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 11 2010) Education , Information Technology

      ...computing center during a visit here in June and reiterated the commitment at a press conference at Holyoke Community College on Oct. 21. The project involves a partnership of the state, the University of Massachusetts, ......or for the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network * Ira H. Rubenzahl, president of Springfield Technical Community College * Carlos Gonzalez, president, Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce * J. William Ward, executive... (Read Full Article)

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

    20. Innovative Force

      Explore BusinessWest (Jan 11 2010) Education , Manufacturing

      Innovative Force ...r of partners. In addition to the REB and UMass, the Economic Development Council of Western Mass., Springfield Technical Community College, Holyoke Community College, and six area vocational technical high schools are all involved. There are several goals and deliv... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

    21. UMass Amherst machining partnership wins NSF grant

      Explore masshightech.com (Dec 18 2009) Education , Manufacturing

      UMass Amherst machining partnership wins NSF grant ...for commercial manufacturers, aircraft engine builders and defense contractors, according to UMass. Holyoke Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, Regional Technology Corp. and the Economic Development Council for Western Massachusetts are also ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

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

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 30 2009) Education

      ... prepared for it. But next year is going to be very serious,” said Ira H. Rubenzahl, president of Springfield Technical Community College. “This (federal stimulus funding) is temporary money,” said William J. Fogarty, vice president for......ing) is temporary money,” said William J. Fogarty, vice president for administration and finance at Holyoke Community College. The federal stimulus money is a welcome, if short-term, fix for the finances of higher education, ... (Read Full Article)

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

    23. Colleges make green choices

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 7 2009) Education , Green Region

      Colleges make green choices ...ce energy use were installed and an extremely efficient heating and cooling system was employed. At Springfield Technical Community College, solar panels were added to the roof of one building, and solar-powered lighting was added in the p......s were added to the roof of one building, and solar-powered lighting was added in the parking lots. Holyoke Community College received nearly $3.1 million in federal stimulus funds, and numerous ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield Technical Community College

    24. Enrollment soars at area community colleges

      Explore masslive.com (Aug 31 2009) Education

      Enrollment soars at area community colleges ...skills. With little more than a week before classes begin, enrollment is up more than 19 percent at Holyoke Community College, Springfield Technical Community College is reporting a 9.7 percent increase and Greenfield Community College is seeing a 16 percent rise in... (Read Full Article)

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

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