April 6, 2021
AMHERST, Mass. – The 2021 Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference (MassURC) will be held as a virtual event on Friday, April 23. MassURC serves as an opportunity for undergraduate students from public colleges, universities and community colleges across the Commonwealth to showcase their research and engage with peers, faculty and conference attendees. The 2021 MassURC will feature the research of 910 undergraduate students representing 26 of the public higher education institutions in Massachusetts.
Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the administrative arm of MassURC and a co-sponsor of the conference, along with the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, the Massachusetts State University Council of Presidents and Massachusetts Community Colleges.
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FALL RIVER Bristol Community College will celebrate its 54th Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 22, at 5:30 p.m., on Bristol’s 2021 Commencement website, Facebook and YouTube pages. The ceremony’s unique virtual format will feature new additions, including fun “watch party” packages sent to each graduate with their cap, gown and special celebratory items.
Over the last several months, Bristol Community College has been working hard to determine and plan the best and safest way to celebrate its graduates’ achievements in a unique virtual ceremony.
While the college had hoped to hold an in-person ceremony, given the continued uncertainty of the pandemic, the projected number of participants and the time that it takes to plan a large-scale event such as Bristol’s commencement ceremony, the college will continue forward with its plan to host a personalized, virtual commencement ceremony on the event’s original date May 22.
Becker College, mired in financial problems that could put its long-term future at risk, is moving ahead with what could be any college s biggest annual event: its spring graduation ceremony.
But the Worcester school is also making contingency plans for students potentially having to transfer elsewhere if the college were to close, including helping students transfer to other institutions, according to messages to the campus community from President Nancy Crimmin.
Crimmin has advised students to continue to take classes this semester and seek help from campus services if needed. The college said March 2 it was considering options for its future, including potentially closing, after talks with an unnamed institution fell apart in January.
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Becker College in Worcester, Mass., may be on the path to closure, The Boston Globe reported. The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education said Becker’s financial situation has become “sufficiently uncertain” that it threatens the college's long-term viability.