Elms and BCC Add Bachelorâs Degree-Completion Program in Early Care and Education
Published on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 as a News StoryPhoto: Berkshire Community College President Ellen Kennedy and Elms College President Harry E. Dumay, Ph.D., MBA. To expand degree-completion options for working people in the Berkshires, College of Our Lady of the Elms and Berkshire Community College have added a new early care and education bachelorâs degree-completion program. Read more
International Volleyball Standouts Put Studies Ahead of Athletics
Published on Monday, October 23, 2017 as a News StoryInternational students Daniel Bondarovsky â18 and Gabriel Reis Levy â18 may be gold medalists in volleyball, but they donât let their love for the sport distract them from their main goal: getting as much as they can out of their educations. Read more
Elms College to Honor YWCA Director Elizabeth Dineen â77 with 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award
Published on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 as a News StoryCollege of Our Lady of the Elms is honoring Elizabeth Dineen â77, J.D., the current executive director of the YWCA of Western Massachusetts in Springfield, MA, with the 2017 Sr. Margaret James McGrath Distinguished Alumni Award. Read more
Elms College Student Takes the Fast Track to Law School
Published on Monday, September 11, 2017 as a News StoryJuanita Duvall of Indian Orchard, Mass., wonât technically graduate from Elms College until May 2018, but sheâs already in law school: The legal studies major is the first student to take advantage of the 3+3 program College of Our Lady of the Elms has executed with Western New England University School of Law. Read more
Reflection on the DACA decision
Published on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 as a Blog PostMy heart goes out to the hundreds of thousands of young people whose academic future has been thrown in turmoil by the Trump Administrationâs decision to rescind DACA today. I know their anxiety and their fear. I know it is personal. I know it is anything but academic. Read more
Elms College Summer Sport Camp Will Run July 31-Aug. 4, 2017
Published on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 as a News StoryElms College Athletics will host a sport camp this summer for children entering grades 1 through 8. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, July 31, through Friday, Aug. 4, and will be held on campus at Elms College. Read more
Students Assist State Troopers in Planning for the Unthinkable
Published on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 as a News StoryThe Elms College Wills for Local Heroes program âcouldnât have come at a better timeâ for Massachusetts State Trooper Nelson Zayas. The program, which provides first responders with free, attorney-supervised will services, helped Zayas with a task that had been on his mind: preparing his estate. Read more
Elms to Japanese Exchange Students: âHajimemashte!â
Published on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 as a News StoryElms College said âHajimemashte!â — which means âNice to meet you!â — last month to 9 students from the University of Kochi in Japan as part of a longtime exchange program between the two schools. The visitors from Kochi spent 12 days exploring life at a close-knit Western Massachusetts college. Read more
Chicopee PD Donates $1,000 to Elms care van
Published on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 as a News StoryPolice Chief William R. Jebb and Public Information Officer Michael Wilk visited College of Our Lady of the Elms recently to present the School of Nursing with a special donation: money the department had raised in a special new fundraiser. Read more