MCLA to Host Networking Session for Regional K-12 Educational Leaders | 07:42AM / Thursday, September 18, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Division of Graduate & Continuing Education will host a networking and mentoring session for new K-12 leaders on Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 4-6 p.m. at the Berkshire Innovation Center in Pittsfield. The event comes at a time of significant leadership transitions across local school districts and is designed to strengthen regional educational partnerships while providing support for newly appointed administrators. "With significant leadership transitions occurring across local school districts, this gathering provides an opportunity to build relationships, offer support, and strengthen the >> Read More |
Greylock School Signage Coming Into Focus; 100 Firms PrequalifyBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:18AM / Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | |
The sign would be located where the arrow is pointing. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The School Building Committee came to a compromise on a sign for the entrance to the new Greylock School. There was a negative reaction to the first design, what committee member Richard Alcombright described as a pipe organ in July. Jesse Saylor of designer TSKP Studios proffered three new options on Tuesday night: a post-and-beam version, a straightforward rectangular version with the building's vertical siding and a modification of the original proposal. All three had some version of a ridgeline to reflect the mountains. "We took a look at it and we thought, >> Read More |
Northern Berkshire School Union Offers Biz Post to Food Service DirectorBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:39PM / Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | |
FLORIDA, Mass. — The Northern Berkshire School Union has offered the post of business administrator to North Adams' former food service director. Cory Nicholas was the only applicant for the job, which has been pieced out to district employees and a part-time interim administrator for the past six months. "I've reinvented myself multiple times within different work industries," Nicholas told the committee on Monday night. "I would say I grew up in the restaurant business, working for my brother, went away to school, got out of the restaurant business, went to public health for five years, and then stumbled back into food service, working for >> Read More |
MCLA Professor Receives National Guild of Book Workers Mid-Career Award| 08:22AM / Saturday, September 13, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Professor of Art Melanie Mowinski, founder of PRESS: LetterPRESS as a Public Art Project, has been honored with the Guild of Book Workers Mid-Career Award, a newly established national recognition celebrating excellence in the book arts and printmaking field. Mowinski is among the first recipients of this award from the Guild of Book Workers (GBW), one of the leading professional organizations in book arts and printmaking. Central to Mowinski's artistic practice is a philosophy she describes: "I want to die lightly — but more importantly, I want to live lightly." This commitment >> Read More |
iBerkshires Create an Ad Needs Teachers| 03:24PM / Thursday, September 11, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Junior Marketers Create an Ad series is back, and we need teachers. Over the past year, students in grades one through eight have participated in our Junior Marketers Create an Ad series to develop advertisements for businesses across the county, and the results were priceless. We have the businesses, but we need teachers to step up and integrate this exciting program into their curriculum. Participation application here. The hands-on experience provides students with the opportunity to interact with a local business and create ads that will be used to showcase what the business offers to the >> Read More |
North Adams School District Starts New Year With New FacesBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:49PM / Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The public schools welcomed two new faces this year: a dean of students at Brayton Elementary and a director of adult education and 21st Century programming. Steven Rickman and Kate Merrigan were introduced at the School Committee's Aug. 26 meeting. The Merrigan isn't really new as she spent two terms as a city councilor. She replaces Anne Pecor, who was named as assistant superintendent earlier this year. Merrigan was director of student and community development for Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School and was more recently with the youth empowerment organization Up for Learning based in >> Read More |
MCLA to Host Lecture Focused on Surveillance, Police, and Big Tech | 07:53AM / Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will host its annual Constitution Day Lecture at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Murdock Hall, Room 218. This year's presentation, titled "Surveillance, Police, and Big Tech: Lessons from Baltimore," will be delivered by Dr. Ben Snyder, associate professor of sociology at Williams College. Snyder's talk will focus on a 2020 partnership between Baltimore police and a technology startup to deploy aerial surveillance planes designed to reduce gun violence. Equipped with high-powered cameras, the planes recorded the movements of every person in public view across the >> Read More |
9/11 Survivor and Inspirational Speaker to Visit MCLA| 08:08AM / Friday, September 05, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will host author and inspirational speaker Michael Hingson on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in the Amsler Campus Center Gymnasium. The presentation will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m., followed by a meet and greet with book signing from 7 to 7:30 p.m. "We are honored to welcome Michael Hingson to our campus on such a significant day," said MCLA Assistant Director of Disability Resources Nancy Rumbolt-Trzcinski. "His story of survival, resilience, and the power of human-animal partnerships offers invaluable lessons for our students as they navigate their own challenges and prepare for their >> Read More |
MCLA Kicks Off Fall Semester With Breakfast, Ribbon CuttingBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
05:40PM / Wednesday, September 03, 2025 | |
Student Government Association President Paige Dufur, a McCann Tech graduate and MCLA senior, says she's excited for her final year and the new students coming in. Dufur plans to pursue a graduate degree in public policy. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — President James Birge's announcement that he would retire next year may have been the big news on opening day for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, but it wasn't the only news. The day began with an opening breakfast that touched on changes, successes, and challenges for the year ahead. This was followed by a convocation featuring speaker Declan McDermott, a member of the class of 2021, who has pursued a career >> Read More |
MCLA President Birge Announces RetirementBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
10:32AM / Tuesday, September 02, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The annual MCLA opening breakfast reflects on the year ahead — the incoming students, new faculty and programs, challenges and goals. President James Birge wrapped up the breakfast by saying Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is in a good place financially and programmatically, and that this was a "logical time" to retire. "After 10 years as president of MCLA and 42 years of working in higher education, I've decided it's time to retire," he told the packed Centennial Room on Tuesday morning. "I plan to leave MCLA at the conclusion of the academic year on June 30, 2026." As he >> Read More |
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