Education

Pattie Hallberg, who served as CEO of Worcester nonprofit Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts for 16 years, is stepping down from the position at the end of 2023.

The College of Marin named QCC President Luis Pedraja as one of the final three candidates to be its president, as he looks west to rejoin his family.

Nichols College has asked its president to stay away from all college personnel as it looks into an increasing number of allegations against him as part of a CNN report into improprieties at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where he is also barred.

The National Science Foundation has added Worcester Polytechnic Institute to its Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center, bringing the university on to its collaborative effort between universities and industry leaders to better understand, prevent, and respond to wildfires.

CNN reported Glenn Sulmasy exchanged more than 1,600 texts – some of which were racy and indicated a willingness to show favoritism – with a student when he was serving as an instructor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

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.

Nichols College in Dudley is investigating President Glenn Sulmasy’s involvement in an incident regarding the handling of a rape allegation now being investigated by the U.S. Coast Guard.

The College of the Holy Cross and all three of the Central Massachusetts state universities gained in the U.S. News and World Report rankings released Monday, while Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Clark University fell.

General contracting firm Fontaine Bros. broke ground on Sept. 8 on a $112-million addition and renovation to David Prouty High School in Spencer.

Since joining Harvard-based Maugel DeStefano Architects eight years ago, Pelletier advanced to the top, first being tapped as a principal by founder Brent Maugel in a 2018 merger that created Maugel DeStefano Architects.