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Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester and Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner moved all classes online and ceased all face-to-face instruction for the rest of the semester.
Anna Maria College in Paxton has joined an increasingly long list of area schools closing down in response to the coronavirus, announcing Tuesday all instruction will be moved online and all events will be canceled for the rest of the school year.
Many Central Massachusetts executives see golf as not only a way to make or keep connections in the business world, but also as a passion.
Gov. Charlie Baker on Sunday announced all restaurants in Massachusetts to serve delivery and take-out only, all Massachusetts public schools must soon close for three weeks, most events with 25 or more people are now banned.
Worcester's Assumption College and Clark University are the latest colleges to delay classes or move them online as a safety precaution in reaction to the global spread of the coronavirus.
UMass Medical School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, College of the Holy Cross and Fitchburg State University have suspended in-person courses in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus outbreak is forcing more companies to re-examine their operations, including those in Central Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and The Princeton Review have recognized Assumption College and Clark University, respectively.
Would-be participants must live or work in Greater Worcester and commit to advancing the region through collaboration and civic engagement.
In February, Jennifer Roy, founder of Worcester marketing firm Jen Roy PR, was in the first class to complete the Clark University graduate certificate program for cannabis regulatory affairs.
Worcester’s Becker College has been ranked the No. 2 undergraduate school in the world for game design by Princeton Review, moving up from last year’s No. 3 position.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute has canceled summer programs in China and Taiwan out of concern of risks associated with coronavirus and is requiring students in Bangkok to head home.
Assumption College is temporarily shutting its Rome campus as the coronavirus outbreak has forced cautionary action in Italy.
Anna Maria College has signed a five-year partnership with an art school in Paris, France to allow students of the Paxton school to study in Europe.
A group made up largely of alumni has come together to ensure the school will stay open, even as it will no longer receive financial support from its longtime formal tie with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester.
MassEcon, the Family Health Center of Worcester, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Reliant Medical Group, the Mass. Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and Central One Federal Credit Union all saw personnel moves.