Tag: Bristol Community College
Free-tuition program for community college in Mass. now official
FALL RIVER – With the stroke of Gov. Maura Healey’s pen on July 29, the commonwealth’s new tuition-free community college initiative went into effect.
The...
Curry College will offer graduates a job guarantee. Should local colleges...
PROVIDENCE – Less than a year after becoming Curry College’s new president, Jay Gonzalez needed to find a way to make his Milton, Mass.-based...
Bristol Community College taps Rege as New Bedford campus dean
FALL RIVER – Vidyanidhi “Vinnie” Rege, who has served as Bristol Community College’s dean of business and experiential education since 2020, will now also...
Five Questions With: Laura L. Douglas
Laura L. Douglas is the president of Bristol Community College. She announced on Jan. 29 that she will retire next January after serving as...
Bristol Community College president to retire in January 2025
FALL RIVER – Laura L. Douglas in a year’s time will officially call it a career in higher education.
The president of Bristol Community College...
Trombly named director of National Offshore Wind Institute
FALL RIVER – Jessica Trombly, who previously served in a leadership role at the New Bedford Economic Development Council, has been named director of...
Medeiros named Commonwealth Heroine by Mass. Commission on Status of Women
TAUNTON – Joan Medeiros, vice president and head of small-business lending and government partnerships at Bristol County Savings Bank, was named to the Commonwealth...
New Bedford once lit the world with whale oil. Now it...
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) – New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in...
Tuition program puts new spin on incentive
Cecilia Guante didn’t plan on stopping her schooling after she finished her associate degree.
But she ran out of money and had to shelve her...
Local colleges receive millions from FEMA for COVID-19 testing expenses
PROVIDENCE – Local colleges and universities for the better part of the last two years conducted test after test, health screening after health screening...
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