Colleges' safety chief moves to Princeton

SOUTH HADLEY - Paul L. Ominsky, director of public safety at Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges, will leave the Valley in January to head up the public safety department at Princeton University.

College eating 2009: With an eye to healthy bodies and a healthy planet, college dining changes

In the University of Massachusetts dining commons, what students don't know could help them.

Area college funds begin long climb back from decline

After a year of decline, area college and university endowments are finally seeing some improvement.

Following last August's Wall Street meltdown, colleges nationwide were concerned endowments could lose as much as 30 percent of their value by the end of the fiscal year, forcing institutions to slash operating budgets.

Report updates incidence of crimes on area campuses

Crime rates remained relatively stable on the Five College campuses from 2007 to 2008, according to the latest college crime reports.

The 2009 Clery Report, a compilation of campus crime statistics mandated by the federal government, was made available to the public this month. Individual campus reports provide information for 2008.

Area colleges graded for #green'

They may be draped in crimson, purple and blue, but the color of our Valley campuses is green.

According to the College Sustainability Report Card, an annual ranking of the nation's colleges' green efforts, Amherst and Smith colleges are among the most eco-friendly in the states.

Five-College library plan likely to spell job losses

AMHERST - About 340 employees at the libraries of the Five Colleges - Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges and the University of Masachusetts - are stewards of more than 7.1 million academic items, including books, maps periodicals, specials collections, CDs and other media.

Flu shots run low on campuses

Ahead of a flu season that is expected to be harsh on the nation's college campuses, student demand for seasonal flu vaccinations- and a delay in their delivery- are exhausting local resources.

State and college officials said awareness of the H1N1, or swine flu, has encouraged more people to seek out vaccinations earlier in the flu season, further draining resources.