Quinsigamond Community College News
Browse past news stories for Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA:
- Teen parent advocates urge state to save funds (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on March 19, 2010 at 10:22:09 am
BOSTON - Teen pregnancy accounts for up to 25 percent of the state's high school dropout problem, according to groups that asked state officials yesterday to save funding for teen parent support programs. - College Town (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on March 14, 2010 at 08:18:04 pm
The Peapod Squad took home first place at the recent College Beanpot Improv Tournament in Boston. - Yesterday's Hero: Darcie Beahn/Uxbridge (Ashland Tab)
posted on March 14, 2010 at 06:10:09 am
Darcie Beahn wasn't intimidated when she played youth basketball against boys in Worcester, and she made that experience pay off during her four-year varsity career at Uxbridge. The 5-foot-7 Beahn, who was a two-time captain, averaged 18 points during her senior year. She finished with 960 total points and twice was selected as a Southern Worcester County League All-Star. - Yesterday's Hero: Darcie Beahn/Uxbridge (Holliston Tab)
posted on March 14, 2010 at 05:58:27 am
Darcie Beahn wasn't intimidated when she played youth basketball against boys in Worcester, and she made that experience pay off during her four-year varsity career at Uxbridge. The 5-foot-7 Beahn, who was a two-time captain, averaged 18 points during her senior year. She finished with 960 total points and twice was selected as a Southern Worcester County League All-Star. - On the job: Linda M. Burke (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on March 8, 2010 at 09:47:33 pm
What do you do? "I make dreams come true. We have, oh gosh, everyone comes in, and they just, they're excited, they're looking to go on a trip somewhere nice and warm and beautiful, where they can get the best deal they're looking for, which is great. We try to send them to places, especially (places) we have been, which is very important, because all of our agents here have had the privilege of ... - On the job: Linda M. Burke Travel counselor AAA Southern New England, Worcester (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on March 8, 2010 at 09:35:07 am
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posted on February 19, 2010 at 07:52:58 pm
NORTHBRIDGE , Mass. : When a local skilled nursing community began devising a plan to address the shortage of nurses across the nation, its leadership knew exactly where to find qualified candidates ─ in their own backyard. - Business Digest (The MetroWest Daily News)
posted on February 12, 2010 at 02:08:39 pm
Threads fashion boutique to open in Hopkinton; Company lists communities poised for growth in Mass.; Corridor Nine chamber schedules business expo; Energy assistance options remain available in Mass.; Firm picks Protonex Corp. for power supply concepts; Ernie Houde Associates hires Chandler, Snyder - Seven Hills receives $55,500 in grants (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on February 8, 2010 at 09:40:58 pm
WORCESTER - The Seven Hills Foundation has received grants for its mental health and respite programs, totaling $55,500, the agency said in a press release. - Art proves to be child's play (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on February 5, 2010 at 10:40:17 am
It can be dangerous carrying an expensive camera in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. One might instantly become a person of interest to the many thieves that prey on unwary visitors there. But Nora Happny had been warned. When she served for a month last spring with a humanitarian organization in Nairobi, the Holy Cross College student brought only an inexpensive point-and-shoot camera with ... - Scott, Lee team up to carry Massasoit men (The Brockton Enterprise)
posted on February 5, 2010 at 06:48:00 am
WORCESTER — Doug Scott scored 21 points and Marcellus Lee added 18 as the Massasoit Community College men's basketball team beat Quinsigamond Community College on the road, 67-62, Thursday night. - A life honored for dedication to doing right (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on February 3, 2010 at 02:29:44 pm
If, in the course of her life, Edna Spencer rubs some people the wrong way, it isn't personal. - On the job (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on February 1, 2010 at 02:40:42 pm
At work with Donna McGrath, a self-described multi-tasker - Binienda announces candidacy for 13th term (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on January 28, 2010 at 04:38:14 pm
State Rep. John J. Binienda has announced his bid for re-election for a 13th term representing the 17th Worcester District. - Free help this Sunday in filling out federal college aid form (The Sudbury Town Crier)
posted on January 27, 2010 at 03:06:39 pm
Parents and students can get free financial aid help during College Goal Sunday, Jan. 31, starting at 2 p.m.. Volunteers will be at 26 sites across the state to help students and parents complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. (FASA) - A community, when aware, offers support (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on January 25, 2010 at 02:38:50 pm
On Jan. 14, 69-year-old Spencer resident Michael S. Khoury fatally shot his wife and then himself. - 100,000 pairs of shoes making their way to Haiti (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on January 24, 2010 at 09:49:17 am
Alexander Diaz said he finally knows why God drove him to start collecting 100,000 pairs of shoes for the needy one year ago. - Scituate team prepares for VEX championships (Scituate Mariner)
posted on January 20, 2010 at 08:43:06 pm
Deep in the heart of Scituate High School, junior Connor Geary and seniors John McGuiness and Denzel Silva have been hard at work preparing for the upcoming VEX Robotics championships in April. - To her, he was and #8216;Uncle Martin and #8217; (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on January 19, 2010 at 09:36:16 am
WORCESTER - Donzaleigh Abernathy came out of the womb "shaking," wet her pants rather than using a public restroom when she was a young girl, and lovingly called the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. "Uncle Martin" when she was growing up. - Community Calendar (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on January 18, 2010 at 09:45:32 am
Take Aparts Potluck 1:30-4:30 p.m. Jan. 19. $9 for one museum or $13 for both. Discovery Museums, 177 Main St., Acton. (978) 264-4200 or www.discoverymuseums.org. - NSCC offers free financial aid forum (The Daily Item)
posted on January 15, 2010 at 08:24:09 am
LYNN - Parents struggling over how to pay for their children's college education can get help at North Shore Community College where a free financial aid forum will be held Sunday, Jan. 31 on the Lynn campus. - QCC, Anna Maria in grant partnership (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on January 13, 2010 at 12:32:07 pm
WORCESTER - Quinsigamond Community College and Anna Maria College in Paxton have formed a partnership that will provide incentives for students who start their education at Quinsigamond and finish at Anna Maria. - Comedians draw on hard knocks for benefit to help GBV children (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on January 10, 2010 at 12:31:08 pm
WORCESTER - Orlando Baxter and Jesus R. "Ralphie" Candelaria don't have to twist the truth when they get on stage. - Funny school 101 (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on December 29, 2009 at 02:33:17 pm
WORCESTER - Donna Gilmore slapped sticky notes up her left arm and down her right arm, and when she ran out of room, she stuck one on her forehead. - Better to light a candle and #8230; (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on December 11, 2009 at 02:25:25 pm
WORCESTER and#8212; Quinsigamond Community College students Justin Hughes of Worcester and Emily Frias of Grafton light candles yesterday at the base of the new stone wall overlooking Amy's Slope on the QCC campus. More than 100 students and faculty members lighted the candles in the event, called "Celebrating 2009 and Hope for 2010." - Sibling team joins Newton police force (Newton Tab)
posted on December 3, 2009 at 11:20:22 am
For a brother-sister duo from Worcester, police work is now a family business. Newton Police officers Amanda E. Schlegel, and her brother, Jason M. Schlegel, joined the force on Oct. 5. - Planting trees topic of talk (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on November 24, 2009 at 04:27:55 pm
WORCESTER - Local, state and federal officials met with residents last night to discuss the latest in the city's battle against the Asian longhorned beetle. - Beetle update for public is scheduled Monday (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 09:40:27 am
WORCESTER - Federal, state and local officials will update the public on the Asian longhorned beetle infestation at a town hall meeting Monday.The session is at 5:30 p.m. at Quinsigamond Community College, Suprenant Building, 670 West Boylston St. U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, will attend and speak. State Rep. James J. O'Day, D-West Boylston, will moderate the 90-minute session. The ... - New school group seeks exec. director (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 04:27:03 pm
WORCESTER - More than six years after the Alliance for Education closed its doors, a new business/education group is ramping up. - St. Vincent infection control (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on November 12, 2009 at 02:31:32 pm
Caren Spagnuolo, RN, BSN, has been named associate director of infection control at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. She will report directly to the infection control director. She also works as a clinical risk manager in the Risk Management Department.