Vermont and Regional News
Tuesday May 15, 2012 N.Y. lab tests foods as monastery visitors fall ill BREWSTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Samples of a dozen foods that were served at a Buddhist monastery, including noodles, spring rolls and teas, have been sent to a state lab in hopes of detecting what might have sickened 150 people.

University of Illinois College of Medicine celebrates graduates
ROCKFORD — The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford presented diplomas to the Class of 2012 this morning at the Coronado Performing Arts Center.

Editorial: Putnam Vocational Technical Academy must train future workers
Local manufacturing leaders are upset about a plan to cut back the machine tech program at the new $114-million Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy in Springfield. And we don’t blame them.

Elms College Students Receive International Post-graduate Opportunities
Three Elms College seniors and one graduate student will work abroad next academic year.Chicopee, Massachusetts (PRWEB) April 24, 2012 Elms College has announced that four of its students have received international post-graduation work opportunities. While abroad, three graduates will teach English and one will provide valuable medical services.Sarah Donovan, a senior Spanish and psychology ...

Hadassah At 100: Honoring America's Jewish Women Leaders (PHOTOS)
In 2004, Belle Simon, who lived in New York at the time, needed a kidney transplant. A longtime member of Hadassah’s national board, she was fortunate to have become acquainted with a fellow board member, Katie Edelstein, who lived across the country in Seattle.

Cambridge College Receives "Community Quarterback" Recognition from Eastern Bank for "Ladder to Language" Program
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation presented more than $1.1 million in grants to 98 Massachusetts non-profit organizations during its 8th Annual "Community Quarterback" award ceremony. Cambridge College, which received a $10,000 grant toward its Ladder to Language program, hosted the event on April 30th, 2012 at its main campus at ...

METCO hopeful of funding increase
House lawmakers have passed a state budget bill that would boost funding next year for the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, or METCO, program which allows minority Boston and Springfield students to attend schools in the suburbs.

Full Sail University & the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Partner to Present Special Screening of “Goose ...
Full Sail University is proud to partner with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame by hosting a special screening on campus in the Full Sail Live venue this Friday, April 27th of the documentary “Goose” featuring the story of Hall of Fame legend Reece “Goose” Tatum who was elected as a member of the Class of 2011. The event will also include a Question and Answer opportunity with former ...

Cambridge College's Dr. Pat Johnson Named Keynote Speaker at New England Association of School Nurses Annual Conference
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cambridge College is proud to announce that Dr. Pat Johnson has been named keynote speaker at the 2012 New England School Nurses Association Conference. The conference will be held May 5th and 6th, 2012 at the Radisson Hotel in Plymouth, Massachusetts.