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Fitchburg State s Community Read of Underland continues April 17

Community Content Fitchburg State University’s Community Read of “Underland” by Robert MacFarlane continues with university faculty leading a virtual discussion of the book’s eighth chapter at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 17. “Red Dancers: Art Emerging from the Darkness” will be hosted virtually by the Leominster Public Library, one of the university’s Community Read partners. To attend the discussion, please register in advance at https://is.gd/7ppNyW. This event features Fitchburg State Professors Sarah Bromberg, Sally Moore and Jessica Robey, all of the Humanities Department. Robey will provide an overview of the discovery of prehistoric cave art and its reception in the 20th century. We ll look at how these earliest examples of culture lead to a reassessment of what it means to be human.

Central Mass colleges in line for expected $100M in aid

Colleges in Central Massachusetts are due to receive an estimated $100 million among them under the latest federal pandemic aid program. The most funds will go towards colleges whose students are more likely to receive financial-need-based Pell Grants, including Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, due to receive more than $18 million, and Worcester State University, which is in line for more than $13 million, according to the Washington, D.C., industry group American Council on Education. Half of the amount each college receives must go toward student grants, a similar standard put in place last year when colleges nationwide first received coronavirus pandemic-related aid. In that case last April, Central Massachusetts colleges received a total of $33 million.

Becker College in Worcester will close for good at end of current school year

Telegram & Gazette WORCESTER  Becker College, whose origins date to the late 1700s, will close at the end of the academic year. The school last month made it clear that its future was in doubt, owing to financial struggles caused in large part by the pandemic. On Monday, Christine Cassidy, chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, confirmed what  students and neighbors of its campuses in Worcester and Leicester had hoped to avoid. In a post on the Becker College website, she wrote: It is with deep regret that I share the news that on March 28, the Board of Trustees voted to permanently close Becker College at the end of the current academic year. The College will provide academic, support and transitional services to students through August 31, 2021. Following an orderly transition, classes will not resume in the Fall.

Gardner Clerk Magistrate Whitney Brown confirmed for Westborough District Court judgeship

Gardner Clerk Magistrate Whitney Brown confirmed for Westborough District Court judgeship
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