Education

Mount Wachusett Community College has named a Central Massachusetts healthcare leader as well as one of the Gardner school’s students as the newest members to its board of trustees. 

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has officially renamed its New Education and Research Building after the donor foundation’s patriarch.

The summit will bring together representatives from Traditionalists, Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z for an event to address how to best manage and motivate a multigenerational workforce. 

One month after the dean of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s business school stepped down, the university has named Kwamie Dunbar as interim dean.

While workers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester once again made up the largest percentage of the state’s highest-paid state employees in 2024, UMass men’s basketball Head Coach Frank Martin once again topped the list.

New low-cost academic housing will be coming to Framingham State University as the school has received $6.6 million to renovate an underutilized residence hall into apartment.

After losing its primary financial backer, St. Bernard's High School in Fitchburg has surpassed its original fundraising goal to establish stability through an endowment fund now totaling $10.3 million.  

Ursprung has been part of the Dean College faculty since 2016 and most recently served as interim assistant dean.

Through the partnership, Clinton High School seniors will be able to participate in dual enrollment courses at FSU and MWCC.

WPI has pumped the brakes on its plans to convert the Hampton Inn at Worcester’s Gateway Park into student housing, citing the shifting dynamics for higher education institutions.