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Junior Achievement Recognizes Founder Murray CraneBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
03:57AM / Wednesday, August 21, 2019 | |
Douglas Crane says JA is one of his great-great-grandfather's 'most enduring and most impactful actions.' DALTON, Mass. — A century ago, Sen. Winthrop Murray Crane joined with two other prominent business leaders to create an organization that would help prepare young people for careers in an industrialized society. Junior Achievement, now an international organization, has touched the lives of more than 100 million young people since it founding. On Friday, Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts recognized Crane's role in its success by presenting a Founders Award to one of his descendants, Douglas Crane, at the Crane Museum of 0 Comments
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Berkshire Business Interns Recognized for Summer EffortsBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
06:43AM / Sunday, August 11, 2019 | |
Lever's Jeffrey Thomas gives a T-shirt to intern Jade Schnauber because she's kind of a big deal. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — They say that doing is the best way to learn. So for 10 weeks, 44 college students have had a chance experience how their education can be applied to real-world settings. The Berkshire Business Interns, winnowed from more than 500 applications this past spring, worked in 20 different organizations, businesses and municipalities throughout the county this summer. About two-thirds hail from the Berkshires. For Steven Luciano of Boston, who is studying international business at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, it was a chance 0 Comments
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Scientific Evidence Unclear on Risk of Artificial Turf FieldsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
03:58AM / Thursday, August 01, 2019 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — From excessive heat to scrapes to cancer, the latest generation of artificial turf has been accused of being a safety risk that is unacceptable for use on athletic fields like the one being contemplated at Mount Greylock Regional School. Even proponents of the turf will concede the first two points, admitting that "turf burn" abrasions are a real and that synthetic surfaces do get hotter than natural grass. But reports of higher cancer incidences among athletes with long-term exposure to synthetic surfaces are highly anecdotal and do not stand up to scientific scrutiny, proponents say. And the health benefits of a 0 Comments
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College Notes: June & July 2019| 03:51PM / Monday, July 22, 2019 | |
 Maya Finston-Fox of Monterey was among 30students who gave up a week of summer break to make a difference through BW's Alternative Break service program. The Berea, Ohio, college's program facilitated four experiences with student volunteers traveling to Clarkston, Ga.; Kissimmee, Fla.; Portland, Ore.; and Raleigh, N.C. Finston-Fox, a political science major and graduate of Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, volunteered to take part in the experience in Portland. The team of nine students partnered with the YWCA of Greater Portland to learn about domestic violence against women and how college students can be better advocates for their community and peers. The YWCA of 0 Comments
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BCC Announces Spring Semester Dean's List| 11:30AM / Monday, July 08, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College has announced its spring 2019 Dean's List.
To be eligible for the list, full-time students must have declared a major; completed a minimum of 12 non-repeated, traditionally graded credit hours during the spring semester; and achieved a 3.250 to 3.749 grade point average for Honors, or a 3.750 to 4.000 grade point average for High Honors. Part-time students are eligible for the list if they meet the same requirements, except that their credit hours may have been completed during the fall and spring semesters of one academic year. Massachusetts Victoria Lehtonen
Jasmine Hyatt, Megan Meczywor, Samantha Rodriguez, Andrea Roya, Keira
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UNICO Awards Scholarships to Berkshire County Students| 11:42AM / Friday, July 05, 2019 | |
 The Pittsfield Chapter of UNICO National and its Scholarship Committee awarded $14,000 in scholarships to local high school graduates who are continuing their post secondary education. The students are: * Sarah Aitken of Pittsfield High School received the Francis Sanginetti Scholarship. Sarah will be attending the University of Massachusetts, where she will study nursing. She is the daughter of Daniel and Tammy Aitken of Pittsfield. * Timothy Clayton of Wahconah Regional High School received the Brian Piccolo Scholarship. He will be attending Endicott College. He is the son of Steven and Kimberly Clayton of Dalton. * Joseph Cracolici of Pittsfield High School received a
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BArT Announces Fourth Quarter Honor Roll| 11:27AM / Monday, June 24, 2019 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School has announced the students who made honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2018-19 school year.
Students who earned 80 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "Honors." Students who earned 90 percent or above in all of their classes received the distinction of "High Honors."
Academic courses at BArT are aligned with the Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks for the appropriate grade level and include all standards deemed necessary for a complete, college-preparatory, middle and high school education. Grade Six Persephone Clark, Tucker Danylin, Sascha Ehrlich,
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Berkshires' Summer Jazz Camp Enrollment Open By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:15PM / Sunday, June 16, 2019 | |
 CHESHIRE, Mass. — The Berkshires' Summer Jazz Camp returns this August and sign-ups are open now. In mid-August, high school and middle school students throughout the county will get a chance to sit in with a group of master jazz musicians at Hoosac Valley High School. "The students will be able to hear and play with some of the top musicians in the world today," professional trumpeter and North Adams native Richard Boulger said. "It is a real pleasure to see how the students are inspired by hearing our faculty. Not to mention, hearing how much the students progress in just a matter of days." This is the second Jazz Camp 0 Comments
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MCLA Launches Institute of Arts and HumanitiesBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
07:00PM / Wednesday, June 12, 2019 | |
Professor Lisa Donovan, director other institute, center, speaks with attendees before symposium begins. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is partnering with the area's myriad cultural entities to further its mission as an inclusive educational institution. The college launched its new Institute for Arts and Humanities on Wednesday morning with a three-day conference on diversity, equity and inclusion that included an address that night by activist and commentator Nikki Giovanni and a lunchtime talk by Mathew Knowles, father of Beyonce, on Thursday. The institute was made possible by a three-year $360,000 grant from The 0 Comments
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Miss Hall's School Graduates 47 Students| 02:18PM / Monday, June 10, 2019 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Forty-seven students, including 14 from Berkshire County and nearby communities, graduated on Sunday, June 2, during Miss Hall's School's 121st commencement. Ceremonies took place under a large tent on the front lawn of the school's Holmes Road campus. Kristina Delgado, a social impact strategist and the founder of Hearts on Fleek, a social change consultancy, as well as a member of the class of 2009, delivered the address. Among the graduates were the following local students: Charlotte Adelson, of Lee; Elizabeth Cachat, Dalton; Samantha Elliott, Pittsfield; Trudy Fadding, Glendale; Haylee Gleason, Pittsfield; Emily Grady, Pittsfield; 0 Comments
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