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Clarksburg Elementary Holocaust Exhibit Set Monday By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
05:09PM / Sunday, May 14, 2017 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Clarksburg Elementary eighth-graders will host the school's 13th annual Holocaust Exhibit featuring Auschwitz survivor Magda Brown on Monday night. English teacher and exhibit organizer Michael Little said the exhibit this year will focus on anti-Jewish legislation in Nazi Germany. "This exhibit features 18 different [display] boards of Nazi laws from from 1933 to 1939, and the purpose was to show what happened through the legal system, the coming of the Holocaust and the routes of it," Little said. "The boards accumulate on your consciousness and some stuff is unbelievable that was passed." Little said the 1 Comment
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Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Tells MCLA Grads to 'Get in the Way'By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:19PM / Saturday, May 13, 2017 | |
— NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — An icon of Civil Rights Movement, U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Alanta, Ga., urged the class of 2017 to "be brave, be bold, be courageous" and turn the world upside down. "There are forces in America today that want to take us back to another place, another time," he told the graduates at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on Saturday morning. "We've come too far, we've made too much progress and we must not go back, we must go forward as a nation." The Georgia Democrat was met with rounds of applause as he spoke from the stage at MCLA's 118th commencement exercises in the Amsler Campus 0 Comments
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Letter: BAtT Fundraiser Success Because of Community SupportLetters to the Editor,
01:00PM / Wednesday, May 10, 2017 | |
On Saturday, April 8, Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School hosted our 10th annual "Get BART Smart" fundraiser – and raised $27,843 (net) for the school's college preparatory programs. Over 130 people attended – and re-lived their high school years through our team trivia game. A huge "thank you" to all who played and made it a great evening!
This night would not have been possible without the support of over a hundred local organizations and businesses.
Our High Honor Roll sponsors: Aladco Linen Services; Berkshire Bank; Cord Master Engineering; Primary Venture Partners; Shine Wire Products Inc.; Smith Watson & Company, LLP; and
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Rockwell Donates Art to MCLABy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:53PM / Tuesday, May 09, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Jarvis Rockwell's "American" assemblages now hang in the foyer of Bowman Hall at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. "It's a lot easier than taking it home," Rockwell joked as he pointed out some of his favorite tchotchke fixed to one of the assemblages at his reception Tuesday. "It's collage and I just began on one end and kept going until I ran out of space." The assemblages of lightly draw lines and shapes scattered with small items of all sorts have been a fixture at DownStreet Art over the past few years and will most likely be familiar to anyone who has walked down main street. "Jarvis 2 Comments
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MCLA to Begin First of Three Summer Course Sessions on May 22| 03:02PM / Monday, May 08, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, MASS. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts will begin the first of three summer course sessions on Monday, May 22, with a wide variety of classes presented in a range of online, hybrid and evening formats. Classes will be offered on the MCLA campus and in Pittsfield
Each year, MCLA designs summer course offerings for both traditional and non-traditional college students, as well as high school students who want to get a head start on college.
May 22-June 29
June 19-July 27
July 5-Aug. 10
Students may sign up for the first summer session through Monday, May 23. Registration for the second and third summer sessions is ongoing through the first day of class. For
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McCann Announces Third Quarter Honor Roll| 02:57PM / Monday, May 08, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — McCann Technical School has announced its third quarter honor roll for 2016-17 school year. High Honors Boudreau, Brian; Cristofolini, Lorenzo; Denault, Angela; Field, Mallory; Gardner, Makenzie; Gibeau, Allie; Gifford-Blasi, Ivy; Gigliotti, Chastity; Gigliotti, Katie; Gigliotti, Madison; Gorman, Kayla; Kendig, Caleb; Kipp, William; Lincoln, Rosalyn; Noel, Alexander; Oakes, Jacob; Pandell, Blaize; Parada, Ryan; Pecor, Robert; Rancourt, Amanda; Wojcik, Alexander; Wood, Elizabeth.
Boucher, Noah; Cahill, Alyssa; Charon, Ryan; Diesz, Natalie; Dix, James; Dowling, Aimee; Duquette, Amber; Favre, Joshua; Fuller, Hannah; Gamari, Daniel; Ingalls, Maisy; Kittler, Benn;
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MCLA Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society Inducts Students, Businessman| 11:31AM / Friday, May 05, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts recently recognized the achievements of six business administration students, when they were inducted into the Zeta Zeta chapter of the Delta Mu Delta national honor society on Saturday, April 22.
The new members of Delta Mu Delta are seniors Jordan R. Meredith, Brianne Murray O'Rourke, Brian Harper, Tyler V. Panetti and Liza Scranton and junior Nicole Hastry.
In addition, Daniel J. Trombley ’90, majority owner and manager of Alton and Westall Real Estate Agency in Williamstown, who serves as chair of the MCLA Foundation Board of Directors, was inducted as an honorary member of the organization.
"Dan
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McCann Tech Welding Grads Hope to Spark New CareersBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
01:24AM / Friday, May 05, 2017 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Certificates of completion were awarded Wednesday to the dedicated graduates of McCann Technical School's evening welding course, part of a workforce development program to train for manufacturing skills. "This is a compressed course. You went through a lot of material in a very short period of time," metal fabrication instructor John Kline said. "You know how far you've come in the short seven weeks we had here. ... "I hope you got a lot of out of it, and not just the hands-on welding but what you learned in the classroom as well. You not only learned how, you learned why. And you need 4 Comments
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MCLA Names Recipients of Berkshire County Educator Recognition| 01:06PM / Monday, May 01, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has announced the recipients of the seventh annual Berkshire County Educator Recognition Award. This award, given by MCLA in collaboration with Berkshire County K-12 superintendents and Berkshire Community College, was created to honor the region’s exceptional teachers. This year's recipients will be recognized on Thursday, May 4, at 5:30 p.m. in Murdock Hall room 218, on the MCLA campus. The event is free and open to the public. The recipients are Lisa Kelly Kane (Early Childhood – Community Setting), director of St. Paul's Children Center of Stockbridge; Robin Poirot (PreK-Grade 2), a kindergarten
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Sociology Major Names Newman Civic Fellow at MCLA| 07:50PM / Friday, April 28, 2017 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts sophomore Maggie Whited of Lincoln, Mass., was selected by the Campus Compact as the College’s 2017 Newman Civic Fellow. According to the Campus Compact, Fellows tackle community challenges, provide fresh energy and perspective, inspire and mobilize others, and develop their own skills and potential. Through service, research and advocacy, Newman Fellows make the most of their college experiences to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues, and effective mechanisms for creating lasting change. As one of this year's Newman Civic Fellows, Whited – who majors in sociology at MCLA, with
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