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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.
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FITCHBURG Sizer School nurse Elizabeth Dugas, a native of Ashburnham, has been accepted to serve as the Region 4 co-chairperson for the Massachusetts School Nursing Organization (MSNO).
The mission of the School Nursing Organization is to “Promote and advance quality school health services throughout the Commonwealth and promote the rights, interests and professional growth of our members,” according to their website, msno.org. “Members are encouraged to take an active stance in decisions directly impacting school nursing, especially in the legislative, economic and educational areas.”
Region 4 is western Massachusetts and is considered the largest of the 10 regions. This new opportunity will allow Dugas to connect to fellow school nurses to each other and resources to better serve the student population.
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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.
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