Tuesday, October 13, 2009
GREENFIELD - Greenfield Community College board of trustees approved this year's budget, but with a wary eye toward later this fall as they anticipate more cuts coming from the state.
The board approved this year's budget of $23.9 million on Wednesday at its meeting at the college's downtown center.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
GREENFIELD - Sunderland lawyer Liz Sillin has been appointed by Gov. Deval Patrick to serve as a member of the Greenfield Community College Board of Trustees.
Sillin has served for eight years as a member of the GCC Foundation Board of Directors, with two years as vice president and the past year as president of the foundation board.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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.
Monday, October 12, 2009
AMHERST - A plan to spend $888 million on University of Massachusetts Amherst campus construction over the next five years includes spending to renovate Mark's Meadow School, outfit a new science building and tear down an old power plant.
Monday, October 12, 2009
GREENFIELD - Amid the sound of construction and the sight of bulldozers, Greenfield Community College broke ground last week on its $31 million project to renovate and refurbish the core of its main campus building.
Monday, October 12, 2009
WESTFIELD - In need of student housing and fast, Westfield State College is contracting with an outside company to build a 90-unit dormitory downtown.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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.
