Imagination and hope, the twin sparks that ignite dreams, are on the program at upcoming celebrations hosted by two area colleges to honor the memory of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Worcester State University will host the 24rd annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. Jan. 13 on the WSU campus in the May Street Building Auditorium, 280 May St.
This community event will feature poetry contest awardees and singing and other performances by area youth.
Students from the following schools will receive awards: Burncoat Senior High, Holy Name Junior Senior High, New Citizens Center, North High, South High Community School, Worcester Technical High, St. Joseph School-Webster, Sullivan Middle, Burncoat Middle, Forest Grove Middle, Worcester East Middle and All Saints Academy.
Speakers and award presenters include WSU Provost Lois Wims, Worcester Mayor Joseph M. Petty and Dorothy Hargrove, former Worcester Public Schools teacher and school committee member.
While the event is free, attendees must RSVP as soon as possible by calling (508) 929-8049 as seating is limited.
At Quinsigamond Community College, the 33nd annual community breakfast honoring Rev. King will be held at 8 a.m. Jan. 15 in the QCC Athletic Center, 670 West Boylston St., Worcester.
QCC President Luis G. Pedraja will give the keynote address.
Tickets are $25 and must be purchased by Jan. 8. No tickets will be available the day of the breakfast. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (508) 854-4368 or email sboria@qcc.mass.edu. Online registration is available at www.qcc.edu/mlkbreakfast.
New articulation agreement between Becker, QCC
Becker College entered into an articulation agreement with Quinsigamond Community College that will enable a smooth transfer of QCC graduates to Becker.
QCC’s business administration associate in science degree program will be accepted toward all concentrations of the bachelor of science in business at Becker. Similarly, the interactive media design-game design associate in science degree at QCC can be applied toward Becker’s bachelor of arts in interactive media design in the following concentrations: Game Development and Programming, Game Design, Game Production and Management, and Game Art.
Participants of this program must successfully meet Becker’s undergraduate studies criteria and matriculation requirements.
Clark appoints new trustees
Clark University has announced the appointment of three Clark alumni to its board of trustees.
They are Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, senior economist and associate director for Social Science and Policy at the University of Michigan Energy Institute; Nancie Julian, a marketing strategy and design management professional with a history of working with nonprofit and entrepreneurial organizations and Ronald Shaich, founder, chairman and CEO of Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain. Mr. Shaich rejoins the board, having served as trustee and chair from 1988 to 2001.
New trustee sworn in at MWCC
Tracy L. Hutchinson, CEO of GAAMHA Inc. recently joined the Mount Wachusett Community College board of trustees after being appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker.
Nichols College has begun renovations on Lombard Dining Hall
Nichols College recently launched a multiphase project to renovate the 43-year-old Lombard Dining Hall at 119 Center Road in Dudley. Construction began Dec. 15 and is expected to be completed by 2021. The $9 million project was approved in October by the Nichols College board of trustees.
Plans for the dining hall project include a reconfigured dining area; a Neapolitan-style brick oven for gourmet pizza, a larger deli sandwich station and an expanded, dual-sided self-serve soup-and-salad bar; a new cathedral ceiling and roof; new, energy-efficient windows; new flooring, furniture, and décor; relocated and easily accessible entrance and exit doors and bathrooms; and new, independent serving stations to include “on-demand” hoods and variable-speed vents to manage energy consumption.