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  1. Articles mentioning both Western New England University and Chicopee

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    1. College graduate hiring up, with local grads finding success

      Explore masslive.com (May 7 2012) Education

      College graduate hiring up, with local grads finding success ...pplications per opening in 2009. Nancy E. Davis, director of career services for Elms College in Chicopee, said those long odds mean candidates have to work hard following up with potential employers. “I’v......s picked out of it. What else are they doing to make it happen?” Loris M. Epps, career counselor at Western New England University, echoed the sentiments of her counterparts at other schools by stressing the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College

    2. Friendly's wants to add beer, wine at Chicopee location in bid to change image of Wilbraham-based chain

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 23 2012) Retail

      ... 58 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Generic Friendly's 2012.jpg CHICOPEE – Zinfandel with a Fishamajig? Big Beef with a beer? Wilbraham-based Friendly Ice Cream Corp. has a......ple go there is because their kids like it, said Elizabeth L. R. Elam, professor of marketing at Western New England University in Springfield. “I’m extremely biased because I have young children (ages 6 and ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Western New England University   Springfield   Chicopee

    3. Profiles in Business

      Explore BusinessWest (Jun 7 2011)

      Profiles in Business ...l this, Blair took on another challenge, or detour, as he called it — earning his juris doctor from Western New England College School of Law. The four-and-a-half-year odyssey of night school was a learning experience on a numb......se neighborhoods that sparked the kinds of investments he spoke of. Such parks have been created in Chicopee at Westover, and also Agawam, East Longmeadow, Westfield, and other communities, resulting in the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual

    4. Census 2010 data show "white flight" trend continues for Massachusetts cities

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 29 2011)

      ...pulation declined by 18,000, or 24 percent, since 2000, Holyoke’s fell by 3,000, or 13 percent, and Chicopee lost 3,500, or 7.5 percent, census statistics reveal. Greenfield lost about 1,000 whites, down 6 pe......n fact, some young blacks will do the same thing.” John S. Baick, associate professor of history at Western New England College in Springfield, says whites leave for the suburbs ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Edward J. Gibson   Western New England University   Springfield

    5. Eugene Cassidy of Longmeadow named Big E executive vice president and COO

      Explore masslive.com (Mar 22 2011)

      Eugene Cassidy of Longmeadow named Big E executive vice president and COO ...ative of the community. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from Western New England College. Cassidy’s career started at KPMG Peat Marwick in Springfield. He has also been treasurer of Chicopee Cooperative Bank and Colonial Mortgage Co., as well as assistant vice president of Park West Bank a... (Read Full Article)

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

    6. Life sciences research at Pioneer Valley colleges is poised to become leading hub

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 19 2011) Education , Health Care , Life Sciences

      Life sciences research at Pioneer Valley colleges is poised to become leading hub ...y, it has helped launch several real-life examples of life sciences, such as Seahorse Bioscience in Chicopee. At its Chicopee location, Seahorse manufactures a device, the Seahorse Extracellular Flux (XF) Analyzer, that makes......elped to develop it. MTTC, she said, also helped FloDesign Wind Turbine in Wilbraham to form out of Western New England College. Founded in late 2003, MTTC started operation in 2004 as part of economic stimulus legislation ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Life Sciences Center   Smith College

    7. Western New England College opens $40 million Center for Sciences and Pharmacy

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 14 2010) Education , Life Sciences

      Western New England College opens $40 million Center for Sciences and Pharmacy Western New England College formally opened its new $40 million 127,000-square-foot home of its pharmacy school and other scien......e officials said. The college financed construction through Peoples United Bank, Berkshire Bank and Chicopee Savings Bank. The center will be home to the newly created pharmacy school and neuroscience program... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Western New England University   Berkshire Bank   Springfield

    8. Profiles in Business

      Explore BusinessWest (Nov 26 2010) Aerospace/Defense

      Profiles in Business ...ttention as he attempted to place the history and longevity of Fontaine Bros. Inc. in perspective. “Chicopee Comp High School … we built the new one, but as part of the project, we also had to raze the old o......y, the new Minnechaug Regional High School and soon-to-open Center for the Sciences and Pharmacy at Western New England College. There are currently six projects on the company’s books — roughly ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College   MassMutual Center

    9. Editorial: Big Y's Gerald D'Amour leaves giant legacy

      Explore masslive.com (Aug 18 2010) Retail

      Editorial: Big Y's Gerald D'Amour leaves giant legacy ...'Amour Gerald D'Amour and the late Ronald Moreau are seen in front of the original Y Cash Market in Chicopee in1936. 0 0 Share Of the many stories told about Big Y Supermarkets co-founder Gerald E. D’Amour,......our brought that upbeat attitude to all his endeavors, including his work with institutions such as WNEC, Elms and Bay Path Colleges and Baystate Medical Center. It’s no coincidence that ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Big Y Foods   Western New England University   Baystate Health

    10. FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. to get $3 million in financing from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 8 2010) Energy

      FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. to get $3 million in financing from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center ...sachusetts. The company has relationships with local aerospace companies and colleges, particularly Western New England College. Kowalski said manufacturing will be outsourced to various manufacturers, possibly some in the Pion......companies local. But Graney pointed out that Qteros is building its pilot manufacturing facility in Chicopee. “With the FloDesign story, I don’t think we’ve written the last chapter yet, either,” he said. “I ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Western New England University   Amherst

    11. Realizing Springfield's Energy Potential

      Explore BusinessWest (Mar 16 2010) Education , Green Region

      ...native-energy sector’s growing employment needs, which is precisely the reason we collaborated with Western New England College, Western Massachusetts Electric Company, Chicopee Light & Power, and Westfield Gas & Electric to create GreenTEK. This program, once funded and funct... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Western New England University   Springfield

    12. Sound Business Strategy

      Explore BusinessWest (Jan 26 2010) Information Technology

      Sound Business Strategy ...mmunications equipment and services in New England. The business has stayed in the same location in Chicopee, just off I-291, for the past few decades, yet from that same location new products and services ha......St. in Springfield, Valley is handling security systems at a county jail outside Boston, all of the WNEC campus, “and just this morning,” Bob added, “we got a job for a high school in Connecticut ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Western New England University   Springfield   Chicopee

    13. Marie Grady: Springfield Institute aims to help city reinvent itself

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 9 2009) Education

      ...y Path College, Holyoke Community College, Springfield College, the University of Massachusetts and Western New England College School of Law. The group has fashioned its agenda upon the belief that the state's third largest c......b site. The institute's organizing committee also includes Nicole Blais, chief of staff for Holyoke/Chicopee Head Start; Maria Cuerda of Western Massachusetts Legal Services; A. Rima Dael, assistant professor... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield College

    14. Hot Table welcomes downtown diners

      Explore masslive.com (Aug 3 2009) Tourism

      Hot Table welcomes downtown diners ...he other location," he said. They opened their first Hot Table location in the Breckwood Plaza near Western New England College in 2007. The Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund and Nuvo Bank and Trust Co., which is also locat......oba's restaurant experience includes as an owner of The Gold Mine in Easthampton, Admiral D.W.'s in Chicopee, Captain D.W.'s in Enfield and T.D. Smith's in ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Western New England University   Springfield   Chicopee

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