Education

Ten UMass Amherst students and recent graduates will share $65,000 in equity-free funding to pursue their entrepreneurial endeavors, thanks to the 2023 Innovation Challenge hosted by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship in the Isenberg School of Management. The center’s premiere pitch event aims to launch novel ideas into scalable, impactful ventures. The students and Graduates…

Community Music School of Springfield (CMSS) to hold their Spring Gala: Sounds of Springfield fundraising event at Robyn Newhouse Hall on Saturday, May 6. The annual event is the single largest source of funding for CMSS’ extensive financial aid and scholarship offerings, as well as creates equitable and inclusive access to high quality music education…

Jump Start Preschool held a live art show at the Agawam Library on Thursday evening. Jump Start was the Agawam Preschool that was heavily damaged last year in an overnight fire. The showcase had food, music, a photo booth, lots of giveaways, and of course art. All the students from the school’s three classrooms created…

It was a day of celebration Wednesday, in honor of Holyoke Community College President, Christina Royal, who is retiring at the end of this academic year. Hundreds gathered at the campus center in recognition of Royal, who is the 4th president of the college’s 75-year history. Speakers noting some of her accomplishments, as well as…

Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) and Elms College are partnering to create an affordable and seamless pathway for students to transfer into the biology program at elms. Students who earn their associate degree in engineering and physical science transfer (biology transfer) from STCC can enroll at Elms as a biology major to seek a bachelor’s…

MBAE is very pleased to partner with MassINC on an upcoming event that might be of interest to you and your members in health care, Tuesday, May 23,2023 8:30am – 10:30am. A sector experiencing an intense workforce crisis. Serious staffing issues, made worse by the pandemic, have hampered employers in nearly every region of the…

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal joined Elms College President Harry Dumay this week to announce a $1 million earmark to expand the education and social work programs at Elms College. The allocation was made possible through congressionally directed spending from the U.S. Department of Education. Neal included funding for this project in the FY 2023 spending…

Kumble Subbaswamy recalls that, when he arrived at the UMass Amherst campus a dozen years ago, his first priority was to bring some needed stability to a school that had seen a number of leadership changes over the previous decade. After that, he said, his main goals were to bring the school to a higher…