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Four new members have been elected to the ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Board of Trustees. The board is composed of area residents appointed by the governor of Massachusetts.  

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ has been approved by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and the New England Commission of Higher Education to offer an associate of science degree in mechatronics, a field that combines industrial machinery operation and maintenance skills with 21st-century automation electronics and robotics. The new degree will be available in fall 2023.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ has been awarded a $1,080,231 grant from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services program called Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training.

Student success means more than retention rates at ºìÐÓÖ±²¥. It's about making effective connections that last beyond the classroom and into the working world. Those connections are at the core of "learning communities," now part of the curriculum.

Congressman Richard E. Neal, Chair of the House Committee on Ways and Means, visited ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ to announce a $350,000 earmark for upgrades to the nursing program's simulation equipment.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ has been awarded $1,080,231 in grant funds from a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services program.  The four-year grant will provide stipends, partial reimbursement of tuition and fees, and supplies for up to 15 students per year enrolled in ºìÐÓÖ±²¥'s Mental Health, Addiction Recovery, and Human Services certificate programs.

In the spring of 2022, ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved enrolled 20 Afghan evacuees in a pilot program designed to teach them English and help assimilate them into American life.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved (ºìÐÓÖ±²¥) has announced that it will host a site visit for initial accreditation of its Practical Nurse (PN) Certificate nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts announce the creation of a joint "Associates to Bachelors" program intended to provide an efficient pathway to teacher licensure.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved (ºìÐÓÖ±²¥) has received a $735,000 workforce training grant, part of a total of $15 million awarded to the Commonwealth's 15 community colleges. Each college is allocated 75 seats for training courses, and additional funds will be made available from the grant's remaining $3.45 million after a school expends the current allocation.