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  1. Articles mentioning both Western New England University and Holyoke

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    1. Lidya Rivera, Springfield Housing Authority grants coordinator, goes extra mile to serve residents

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 9 2013)

      Lidya Rivera, Springfield Housing Authority grants coordinator, goes extra mile to serve residents ...cial literacy, job preparedness, computer literacy skills, and more. Rivera's collaborations include one with Western New England University, which recently won an AmeriCorps Vista grant (Volunteers in Service to America... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Springfield College   Western New England University

    2. Students and adults rally to urge Springfield youth to pursue higher education as a key to success

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 26 2012) Education

      ...-Amherst, American International College, Holyoke Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, Western New England University, Springfield College, Bay Path College, Westfield State University and Elms Col... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts

    3. Holyoke Community and Elms colleges reach agreement on criminal justice transfer program

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 3 2012) Education

      Holyoke Community and Elms colleges reach agreement on criminal justice transfer program ...ement on Sept. 13, that spells out the details of two new transfer options. HOLYOKE – A new agreement between Holyoke Community and Elms colleges will increase the transfer options available to students studying criminal... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   Westfield State University   Western New England University

    4. Massachusetts gaming leaders to hold major public meeting in Springfield

      Explore masslive.com (Aug 3 2012)

      Massachusetts gaming leaders to hold major public meeting in Springfield ...ects manager at the Hampden County Regional Employment Board. Panelists will be William Messner, president of Holyoke Community College, and Marie Downey, executive director of the Boston Education, Skills & Training Cor... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Mohegan Sun

    5. New Friendly's CEO John Maguire wants chain to get back to basics | masslive.com

      Explore masslive.com (Jul 29 2012) Retail

      New Friendly's CEO John Maguire wants chain to get back to basics | masslive.com ...e said. Back when Friendly’s was talking about beer and wine, Elizabeth L. R. Elam, professor of marketing at Western New England University in Springfield, said Friendly’s needed to focus on its identity as a place for ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Holyoke Community College   Western New England University   Springfield

    6. 6 honored by National Conference for Community and Justice

      Explore masslive.com (Jun 5 2012)

      6 honored by National Conference for Community and Justice ...r as a registered nurse at Providence Hospital. Among their charitable works, they donated the new library to Holyoke Catholic High School. Tuohey, of Longmeadow, earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Holy Cross C... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   Holyoke Community College   University of Connecticut

    7. College building continues in the Pioneer Valley

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 24 2012) Education

      College building continues in the Pioneer Valley ...ilding. At Western New England University, major renovations to of 48-year-old Herman Hall on the campus of Western New England University began in January. The academic building is undergoing an $8.3 million renovatio... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield College

    8. 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 ...nator, at her 206 Maple St. office in Holyoke. Recognizing the growing involvement of students in places like Holyoke, Five Colleges Inc., the consortium of Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst and Hampshire colleges and UMass,... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

    9. Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 13 2012) Education

      Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs ...by visitors. Springfield College has spent more than $10 million a year on construction each year since 2001. Western New England University is a significant economic engine within the Springfield, Hampden County and Kno... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Springfield College

    10. Western New England University opens pharmacy college, only one in Western Massachusetts

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 12 2011) Education , Health Care

      Western New England University opens pharmacy college, only one in Western Massachusetts ...rone of St. Cloud, Fla. and Justine H. Avery, right, of Fairhaven, Ma. in a lab in the College of Pharmacy at Western New England University. Western New England University's College of Pharmacy welcomes its first studen... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Big Y Foods

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

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 29 2011)

      ...with minority students. A total of 14 percent of the students in Springfield public schools are white, and in Holyoke, 18 percent are white, according to the state Department of Early and Secondary Education. Other top c... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Western New England University   Springfield   Northampton

    12. The Class of 2011

      Explore BusinessWest (Apr 26 2011)

      The Class of 2011 ...ern Mass. Eric Gouvin Eric Gouvin • Eric Gouvin, a professor of Law at the WNEC School of Law and director of WNEC’s Law and Business Center for Entrepreneurship. Previously, he practiced corporate, commercial, and ba... (Read Full Article)

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

    13. Unemployment rate in Springfield rises 1%, making it 9th highest rate of any city in Massachusetts

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 21 2010)

      Unemployment rate in Springfield rises 1%, making it 9th highest rate of any city in Massachusetts ...rcent unemployment , up from 11.1 percent in October but a slight decrease from the 11.5 percent unemployment Holyoke recorded in November 2009. The state’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 8.1 percent in Nove... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Western New England University   Springfield   Holyoke

    14. Defense, Homeland Security contracts key for many Western Massachusetts businesses, colleges

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 6 2010) Aerospace/Defense , Manufacturing

      Defense, Homeland Security contracts key for many Western Massachusetts businesses, colleges ...The University of Massachusetts had $949,000 in research contracts. Western New England College and Mount Holyoke College also received defense-related research funding, according to the report, but amounts were no... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Mount Holyoke College   Associated Industries of Massachusetts

    15. Profiles in Business

      Explore BusinessWest (Nov 4 2010)

      Profiles in Business ...hortly after earning an MBA from Western New England College, exactly two decades after graduating from Mount Holyoke with a degree in Philosophy. By then, her four daughters were all in their teens, and she had the time... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Western New England University   Springfield

    16. Gov. Deval Patrick touts 4,000 new jobs in Massachusetts during visit to Westfield

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 16 2010)

      Gov. Deval Patrick touts 4,000 new jobs in Massachusetts during visit to Westfield ...ong time to get them all hired.” Thomas A. Thacher, data analysis manager at Career Point, a career center in Holyoke, said 235 CareerPoint customers reported finding jobs in August compared with 149 in August 2009. Lynn... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   Westfield State University   Western New England University

    17. 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 ..., 10 a.m., O’Connell Soccer Field, students Alexander N. Pangborn, Tyrra L. Minto, and Janice M. Daley Mount Holyoke College: May 22, 10:30 a.m., Richard Glenn Gettell Amphitheater, Gail Collins, New Yorks Times column... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

    18. PeoplesBank Receives Springfield's First GreenSeal Designation

      Explore From the EDC (Feb 26 2010) Green Region

      PeoplesBank Receives Springfield's First GreenSeal Designation ... Spirit of Springfield, Springfield School Volunteers, Square One, the YMCA of Greater Springfield, the YWCA, Western New England College, and WGBY. Photo Caption: The new PeoplesBank office in Springfield, MA is the f... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Western New England University   Springfield   Northampton

    19. Preoccupations - When She’s Ready to Retire, She’ll Know - NYTimes.com

      Explore The New York Times (Feb 15 2010)

      Preoccupations - When She’s Ready to Retire, She’ll Know - NYTimes.com ...tion time to travel to Southeast Asia for a board meeting. I recently attended my 50th class reunion at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass. When we arrived there as students in 1955, we were told that we were pa... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Mount Holyoke College   Western New England University   Holyoke

    20. Black chamber turns the page

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 28 2009) Education

      ...tive, she graduated from Boston University and returned to work for the Urban League in Springfield from 2001 to 2004. Then she went to law school at Western New England College before opening her own practice.... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Western New England University   Springfield   Holyoke

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

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 9 2009) Education

      ...ollege, Bay 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'... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield College

    22. Colleges make green choices

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

      Colleges make green choices ...olar panels 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 projects to inc... (Read Full Article)

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

    23. Mass. green jobs grants awarded

      Explore bizjournals (Sep 1 2009) Green Region

      ...pton, Western New England College in Springfield, Bristol Community College in Fall River, Nuestras Raices in Holyoke, and UMass Boston and the Asian American Civic Association in Boston. “Gov. Patrick is committed to bu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Western New England University   Springfield

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