Archive for April 2019
Springfield College Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship Wins Grant
The Springfield College Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship has been awarded a $265,000 grant from the Davis Educational Foundation to assist in the creation of faculty-development opportunities focused on the implementation of real-time assessment procedures to help increase and maintain student academic success.The grant will allow the center to fund faculty from…
Read MoreMassachusetts-based Tree House Brewing Co., Hopsters named among fastest growing breweries in the country – masslive.com
Tree House Brewing Co. and Newton-based Hopsters have been named two of the fastest growing breweries in the country. A new report from the Brewers Association revealed the top 50 fastest growing craft breweries in the country for 2018. Among them is Charlton-based Tree House Brewing Co., which came in at 45, and Hopsters, which…
Read MoreMassMutual, with more than 10,000 employees worldwide, has eliminated traditional job titles
Springfield-based MassMutual has eliminated traditional job titles, meaning roles like “assistant vice president” no longer exist within the company. Susan Cicco, MassMutual’s head of Human Resources and Employee Experience, said the titles were confusing and didn’t accurately reflect what employees contributed to the organization. Read the source article at masslive.com
Read MoreIya Sushi and Noodle Kitchen in Amherst: Growing business and growing a relationship for the Yees, Picknellys and Vanns
Peter A. Picknelly stood in the unfinished Iya Sushi and Noodle Kitchen restaurant and looked out at traffic moving on Amherst’s busy Pleasant Street. “You are going to make a lot of money here,” he said to Andy Yee before Yee caught him. “We,” Picknelly corrected himself. “We are going to make a lot of…
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