Dean College

Dean College has named Bill Ingram as the new dean of its Sanders School of Business and Patsy Collins Bandes as the first dean of the School of the Arts.

Despite progress in the lower rungs of higher education’s leadership ladder, women are not equally represented in the industry’s top executive spot.

Nine months after he took on the newly created role, former Worcester city manager Edward Augustus will step down as the first-ever chancellor of Dean College in Franklin effective April 14, for what he described as an uncertain future.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will receive a public assistance grant of $4.3 million to reimburse the school for COVID-19 tests administered between May 2020 and December 2021.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse the City of Worcester for operating the 250-bed DCU Center field hospital in the initial phases of the coronavirus pandemic.

A new report shows Greater Worcester is significantly behind the stagnated state in having women as leaders.

Dean College in Franklin announced in June two historic appointments to its leadership team. Kenneth Elmore will serve as the school’s 14th president and former Worcester city manager Edward Augustus will be the school’s first-ever chancellor.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse Dean College in Franklin more than $1.1 million for COVID-19 testing and disinfection between April and September 2021. 

Dean College in Franklin announced Wednesday that Kenneth Elmore will serve as its 14th president and former Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus will be the school’s first-ever chancellor. Elmore is the college's first Black president.

Dean College in Franklin will rename its student center after President Paula Rooney, as she leaves her position after 27 years in the role.