Education

Anna Maria College has signed a five-year partnership with an art school in Paris, France to allow students of the Paxton school to study in Europe.

MassEcon, the Family Health Center of Worcester, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Reliant Medical Group, the Mass. Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and Central One Federal Credit Union all saw personnel moves.

A group made up largely of alumni has come together to ensure the school will stay open, even as it will no longer receive financial support from its longtime formal tie with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester.

Anna Maria College in Paxton has named Alex Mowatt as vice president for finance and chief financial officer and Michael Miers as its new vice president for administration and chief information officer.

Lancaster inclusive gym owner Brendan Aylward has launched an online business designed to help other gyms better serve athletes with disabilities.

As a light-skinned woman of color, Jule Gomes Noack has seen how discrimination is applied to people with disabilities, similar to what she dealt with growing up.

A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute is launching what it is calling The Global School to expand one of its main academic features: Projects students undertake overseas.

Fund Our Future, an education advocacy coalition that includes unions, faith groups and progressive organizations, gathered Tuesday to detail their fiscal 2021 proposal.

There was nearly one constant across the 2010s in the Greater Worcester workforce: Jobs became more plentiful, in nearly every industry.