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BCC Hires New Faculty, Staff| 11:33AM / Wednesday, October 28, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College announced that it has hired a number of new faculty and staff to the college. Nicole Cerda has been hired as an Assistant Professor of Practical Nursing. She previously worked as the Nurse Educator at Canyon Ranch, where she is still employed part-time. Cerda earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from the University of Connecticut. Kelley Alibozek has joined the nursing division this fall as an assistant professor. Alibozek is a BCC nursing class of 2011 alum. She graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from Elms College and earned her Master of Science in nursing degree in 2019 from 0 Comments
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Berkshire BPW Names Scholarship Recipients| 08:16AM / Wednesday, October 28, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Business & Professional Women (BBPW) announced the recipients of its 2020 scholarships at its October meeting. BBPW awarded 22 local women scholarships, totaling $21,000, to help them attain their higher education goals. "I never, ever thought I could go back to school, as a single mom with three kids," Billie Jo George, an oncology nurse at Berkshire Medical Center and one of this year's recipients said. The women hail from seven different communities, including Adams, Dalton, Great Barrington and Pittsfield. Some are going to college for the first time, others are returning after time off, while still others 0 Comments
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BCC To Offer majority Of Courses As Virtual Or Online| 08:07AM / Tuesday, October 27, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will host the majority of its courses this spring 2021 in either hybrid or online options for its students. The majority of BCC's courses will remain online or in a hybrid education model as the school continues to provide a safe learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. BCC’s spring semester begins on Jan. 25, 2021. 93 percent of all classes, except for nursing and physical therapy assistant classes, will be taught by faculty in an online or hybrid model. "BCC made this decision by engaging every faculty member who is teaching and asked them to be a part of the decision making for their 1 Comment
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BArT Students Receive John and Abigail Adams Scholarships| 01:22PM / Monday, October 26, 2020 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — 13 Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter School students received John and Abigail Adams Scholarship The John and Abigail Adams Scholarship provides merit-based credit toward tuition for up to eight semesters of undergraduate education at a Massachusetts state college or university. The scholarship covers tuition only, fees and room and board are not included. This year's recipients are: Aiyanna Bellefeuille, Emma Danylin, Maya Gayle, Miranda-Ann Grant, Kyle Gwilt, Lindsey Gwilt, Olivia Jayko, Cameron Langsdale, Diego Mongue, Damian Nixon-Longdyke, Kassondra Stockmal, Charles Waltermire, and Molly Weeks In order to be eligible for the 1 Comment
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Mount Greylock School Committee: No Need to Gauge Community Support for Fields ProjectBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
01:32AM / Monday, October 26, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Without an actionable measure to vote, the Mount Greylock School Committee on Thursday spent nearly an hour talking about the athletic field decision that will be left to the next iteration of the panel. And three members blocked a proposal to collect data to help inform that decision. The committee learned Thursday that its architects had not yet given the district a price for drafting new detailed design documents needed for a request for proposals to do upgrades to Mount Greylock's athletic fields. Those same architects also advised the committee not to review potential "value engineering" deductions from the project or 5 Comments
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PHS Names 57 AP Scholars| 01:00PM / Saturday, October 24, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield High School's Advanced Placement program has 57 students being recognized by the College Board for their achievements. During the 2020 exam administration 213 students took 389 exams in 23 different subject areas. PHS has the largest AP program in Berkshire County and is also the only local high school offering the College Board's AP Capstone Program. "We are very proud of our AP program at Pittsfield High School," Pittsfield High School Principal Henry Duval said. "Not only of our AP scholars but also that our courses are open to all students." This year PHS named five students as 0 Comments
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Mount Greylock District Enrollment Down, School-Year Start Survey PositiveBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
06:20AM / Saturday, October 24, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Mount Greylock Regional School District lost more than 5 percent of its student population from the 2019-20 academic year, but the ones who remain report general satisfaction with the hybrid start to the school year — at least in the general education population. On a night when the School Committee devoted nearly all of its internal conversation to the question of whether the district should pay for an artificial turf field at the middle-high school, the administration focused its attention on the start of the school year and the annual school improvement plans that are required by state law. Interim Superintendent Robert Putnam also gave 0 Comments
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BArT Upcoming Enrollment Deadlines | 04:00AM / Saturday, October 24, 2020 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts and Technology (BArT) Charter Public School is currently accepting applications for students in grades six through nine for the 2020-2021 school year, and grades six through ten for the 2021-2022 school year. The next enrollment deadline for the 2020-2021 school year will be Thursday, Oct. 29 at 12:00 p.m. The first enrollment deadline for the 2021-2022 school year will be in January 2021; date TBA. More information on the school's enrollment and lottery process can be found at www.bartcharter.org. Interested families should contact the school at 413-743-7311 ext 732 or 0 Comments
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BCC Hosts Virtual Admissions Booth | 08:00AM / Thursday, October 22, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College partnered with the New England Association for College Admission Counseling to host a virtual admissions booth for interested students across New England. The BCC virtual booth provides access to interested students looking for information about how to become a student at the College. The booth provides links to recorded information sessions in English and Spanish, the admissions checklist, testimonials, financial aid info, the FAFSA checklist, early college info, and more. T.J. Karis, an Admissions Counselor at the College, oversees the booth and provides real-time chat opportunities with interested students. "Our 0 Comments
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Berkshire Community College Celebrates 60th Year With Video CeremonyBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
04:01AM / Thursday, October 22, 2020 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The state's first community college opened 60 years ago in the Central Annex building on Second Street with about 150 students and a handful of disciplines. Since then, its moved to West Street, increased its student body by more than tenfold and offers 40 associate degrees and 15 certificates, some in disciplines that didn't exist 60 years ago. Much of Berkshire Community College's original establishment is because of the work done by former state Rep. Thomas C. Wojtkowski of Pittsfield, who represented what was then the 5th Berkshire District. "We all have to credit Tom Wojtkowski for the fact that 1 Comment
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