BCC Adds Associate Degree in Natural and Physical Sciences | 10:54AM / Monday, July 31, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) has added a new associate in science degree in Natural & Physical Sciences (NPS), available beginning in the fall 2023 semester. The NPS program was developed as an opportunity to offer students studying the sciences an associate in science degree that included meta-major style pathways in biology, biotechnology, chemistry and physics. Previously, students studying biology and biotechnology earned an associate in arts degree in the liberal arts program. These pathways will allow students the ability to explore the sciences while staying aligned with their degree program, saving the student time and >> Read More |
Central Berkshire Urged to Address Bullying in SchoolsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:10AM / Monday, July 31, 2023 | |
DALTON, Mass. — A parent and community leader called out the Central Berkshire Regional School District for how it handles the safety and wellness of students. Joseph Diver, chair of the Select Board, said he was speaking as a resident at Thursday's School Committee meeting. He expressed his disappointment on how bullying incidents are reported and how the district handled recent anti-Semitic harassment that led to a teacher's resignation. This is not the first time Diver has brought up the issues with the committee. Approximately six years ago, he and his son went before the board following bullying incidents directed toward his son. When >> Read More |
BCC Massage Therapy Students Volunteer at Community Events | 11:04AM / Saturday, July 29, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Massage therapy students at Berkshire Community College (BCC) provided free massage therapy sessions at various locations in the Berkshires and beyond during the spring semester, in addition to their full schedule of classes. On April 17, BCC massage therapy students and faculty traveled to the Boston, joining a team of massage therapists to provide post-event massages to the Dana Farber Boston Marathon Team. Runners reported that knowing there would be a massage at the end of the race helped keep them motivated. On April 22, during BCC Wellness Day, massage therapy students joined physical therapist assistant, respiratory and >> Read More |
Miss Hall's School Names New Deans| 08:43AM / Friday, July 28, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Miss Hall's School announces that it has named Kristen Milano as the School's inaugural Dean of Wellness and Sarah Virden as its new Dean of Students. Both Milano and Virden also join the Miss Hall's School Leadership Team, which is responsible for making informed decisions grounded in the School's mission. "I am pleased to welcome Kristen and Sarah to school leadership and to introduce a new structure that will allow us to focus even more on student wellbeing, while building stronger collaboration among all areas of the School," said Miss Hall's Head of School Julia Heaton. "Kristen brings a wealth of >> Read More |
BCC Info Session At Berkshire Family YMCA | 03:48PM / Tuesday, July 25, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will hold a special community college information session at the Berkshire Family YMCA, located at 292 North Street in Pittsfield, on Wednesday, August 2 at 5:30 pm. Financial aid, admissions and advising staff will be on hand to help students enroll at BCC, potentially for free through the Commonwealth's MassReconnect program. To register for the event, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/massreconnect. Refreshments will be served. The event is part of MassReconnect, a proposed program designed to pay the full costs of community college for adults 25 and older who do not already have a >> Read More |
CBRSD Hosts Family Literacy Engagement EveningBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:47PM / Tuesday, July 25, 2023 | |
Superintendent Leslie Blake-Davis and Assistant Superintendent Michael Henault say the initiative hopes to give children ownership of their learning and create lifelong learners. DALTON, Mass. — Ding, Ding the sound of the school bell goes off, the students rush down the halls, and out the doors embracing the sun and the summer before them. With school out does that mean so is learning? The Central Berkshire Regional School District made sure that was not the case for their students by holding a Family Literacy Engagement Evening last Wednesday. Students and their families entered into the Wahconah Regional High School lobby and picked up summer >> Read More |
BCC Signs Articulation Agreement for Dental Hygiene Program | 04:00PM / Saturday, July 15, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In response to a growing need for dental hygienists in Western Massachusetts, and to help attract students to the field, Berkshire Community College (BCC) has entered into an articulation agreement with Springfield Technical Community College (STCC). The agreement stipulates that BCC students may complete all 27 credits of their general education classes at BCC and are guaranteed a transfer of those credits to STCC towards an Associate in Science in Dental Hygiene degree, provided that students have earned a minimum grade of C in all equivalent courses. Once accepted into STCC, an additional 44 credits are required to complete the associate >> Read More |
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