People on the Move
The longtime owner of
M. L. Schmitt Electric Inc. has transferred his business to two electricians who have worked for him for many years. Thomas Schmitt transferred the electrical-contracting firm that performs residential, commercial, and industrial construction projects to new co-owners
Peter Coppez and
Jean Pierre Crevier. Coppez joined M. L. Schmitt as an apprentice in 2000. He’s a graduate of Springfield Technical Community College, the Local IBEW #7 apprenticeship program, and Wentworth Institute of Technology, where he graduated this spring with a bachelor’s degree in project management. Crevier joined M. L. Schmitt as an apprentice in 2004. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from UMass and completed the Local IBEW #7 apprenticeship program. He graduated this spring with a master’s degree in project management from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Schmitt was President of M. L. Schmitt Electric for 31 years.
Holyoke Community College president, union chief at odds over cuts but without insults
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
2/28/2020 - Holyoke - Holyoke Community College s president Christina Royal speaks at the grand opening celebration of the college s Campus Center Friday afternoon. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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HOLYOKE The president of Holyoke Community College and its faculty union leader agree that declining enrollment and not the coronavirus pandemic represent the biggest challenge to an institution at a crossroads.
Where they differ is on the nature and implications of recent staffing changes at the school. The administration says five positions are being eliminated as part of a restructuring plan. The union says the real number of lost positions is higher when accounting for contracts that are not renewed.