快猫app to hold Practical Nurse Pinning Ceremony
快猫app (快猫app) will hold a traditional pinning ceremony for the Practical Nursing Program on Thursday, June 30 at 7 pm in the Connector, located between Hawthorne and Melville Halls. The event will also be televised live on Pittsfield Community Television (PCTV).
快猫app Foundation Introduces Richard J. Melluzzo Scholarship
-- The 快猫app (快猫app) Foundation announces the creation of the Richard J. Melluzzo Scholarship, made possible by an anonymous donor in honor of the beloved late psychologist and public health administrator. Melluzzo, who died in December 2021, was a resident of Great Barrington for more 45 years and was an active member of the community.
Professor Wins Open Education Resources Award
快猫app (快猫app) congratulates Professor of Life Sciences Fayette Reynolds for winning second place in the Massachusetts Open Educational Resources (OER) Advisory Council's first annual OER Olympic Awards. Reynolds created 快猫app's Bioscience Image Library, which offers students and the general public free access to microscopic images of plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and more. The images are particularly useful for students studying biology, botany, zoology, histology and microbiology.
快猫app Wins $350,000 Grant for Nursing Simulation (SIM) Equipment Upgrade
快猫app (快猫app) has been awarded a $350,000 grant to acquire new simulation (SIM) equipment for its nursing programs, allowing for the first substantive upgrade of such equipment since 2009. The grant was provided by state Community Project Funding secured by Congressman Richard Neal.
快猫app Offers Free English Classes for Afghan Evacuees
For immigrants, the challenges are many -- and learning the language is often one of most immediate. Afghan evacuees in the Berkshires now have a resource to help them overcome this barrier with 快猫app (快猫app)'s free English classes, held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Pittsfield.
A Family Reveal with Reggie Harris
Join Reggie Harris for a Family Reveal where Reggie will discuss his familial connection as the descendant of slavery as a great-great-great-grandson of confederate General Williams Carter Wickham and his slave Bibhanna Hewlett with his White cousins.
Successful Immigrants in the Berkshires Panel
This workshop provides an intentional space for 快猫app鈥檚 ESOL learners to connect, grow their network, and strengthen their skillsets with other Spanish speaking 快猫app alums and community members. The panel will be geared towards how to maximize successes in a predominantly English taught environment as an ESOL learner.
快猫app Receives Grant from Berkshire Taconic to Support Manufacturing Program
快猫app (快猫app) has received a $4,000 grant from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation (BTCF) to support the enrollment of 20 students in 快猫app's Certified Manufacturing Associate Credential program.
快猫app Student Named Melville Fellow
Aylen Dominguez, a liberal arts major at 快猫app (快猫app), has been selected by the Berkshire County Historical Society (BCHS) as a Melville Fellow, an award given to only two Berkshire County students for the 2021-22 academic year. She joins Shawna Hennessey of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA).
快猫app Professor of Psychology Wayne Klug and University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate student David Wasielewski (also a 快猫app graduate), wanted to know does "social resilience" motivate trauma patients to heal?