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 |
MCLA Welcomes Three New Faculty Members | 11:58AM / Sunday, August 31, 2025 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) announced that three new faculty members will be joining the Trailblazer community for the College's fall semester: Dr. Amr (Elkabbany) Ibrahim, Dr. Muge Karabag, and Professor Amanda Davis. Read more about the new faculty members: Amr (Elkabbany) Ibrahim, Ph.D., Pharm.D. joins MCLA's Chemistry Department as a visiting assistant professor. A medicinal chemist, his research focuses on the design and synthesis of small-molecule antivirals and the use of structure-based drug design to interrogate host–virus interactions, including V-ATPase modulation and TIM-1–mediated entry. His expertise >> Read More |
North Berkshire School Districts Participating in Regionalization StudyBy Tammy Daniels , iBerkshires Staff
05:26AM / Friday, August 29, 2025 | |
 CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Three North Berkshire school districts are embarking on a state-funded study of secondary education options. The collaboration's been percolating between Hoosac Valley Regional School District, Northern Berkshire School Union and North Adams Public Schools for more than a year. An application deadline was missed by North Adams last year but state Rep. John Barrett III was able to obtain $100,000 for the project in this fiscal budget. The Hoosac Valley School Committee approved the next step of creating an exploratory committee on Monday and the North Adams School Committee on Tuesday. Northern Berkshire Superintendent John >> Read More |
MSBA OKs McCann, Monument School ProjectsStaff Reports,
04:06PM / Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Two high schools in Berkshire County were approved funding for projects by the Massachusetts School Building Authority board on Wednesday. McCann Technical School has been approved for a $17 million project to update the 63-year-old school's roof, windows and doors, and Monument Mountain Regional High School for a new $152 million school. Last year, McCann Tech was invited to participate in the MSBA's accelerated repair program to address its 30-year-old roof and original single-pane windows. The MSBA board voted for a maximum facilities grant of $9,369,988 for the project. The total cost is set at >> Read More |
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