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The Berkshires has long been a haven for creative professionals, including a wide variety of musicians. In the spirit of keeping that legacy alive, ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved (ºìÐÓÖ±²¥) recently completed construction of a new recording studio in the Koussevitzky Arts Center.

-- The Commonwealth's Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) has awarded ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved a Career Pathways Grant totaling $257,331 for the 2022 fiscal year. The grant funds tuition, fees and support for those pursuing a degree in higher education while working in the field of early education and care.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved (ºìÐÓÖ±²¥) is pleased to announce it has received an allocation of $869,377 from the state legislature as part of a $16 million fund distributed to all 15 community colleges in the Commonwealth. The allocation is earmarked for the Supporting Urgent Community College Equity through Student Services (SUCCESS) Fund, which focuses on vulnerable populations. The funding, which was requested through the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges (MACC), covers the period through June 30, 2022, but will likely be renewed if the program proves successful.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ announces its plans to use $335,000 in federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) to erase outstanding balances accrued by students enrolled in credit degree or certificate programs from March 13, 2020 through May 31, 2021. HEERF funds were earmarked as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved (ºìÐÓÖ±²¥) is pleased to announce that its Community Health Worker (CHW) non-credit certificate program is the first to be officially approved by the Massachusetts Board of Certification of Community Health Workers in Massachusetts. Completing an approved CHW training program is a requirement of becoming a certified community health worker in the Commonwealth.

Convenience, accessibility and affordability are the buzzwords associated with community college, and they certainly hold true for ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved (ºìÐÓÖ±²¥). But what’s often overlooked or underestimated is the quality of education — specifically, the excellence of teaching on community college campuses.

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Wins Grant to Continue Offering Free English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Courses

Community colleges like ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved (ºìÐÓÖ±²¥) are a great way for students to get a quality, affordable education. However, what makes students stay in school -- and succeed -- once they have been accepted?

ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ All Rights Reserved, in its 60 plus years of making higher education accessible to all residents of Berkshire County and beyond, is proud of all of its graduates, including the students who went to work on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Year after year, ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Trains our Heroes.

Promoting and maintaining mental health is a more relevant topic than ever before, in large part due to the pandemic. Meghan St. John, creator of a new podcast called Speak Little Forest, recently delved into the topic with Pam Coley McCann, a licensed clinical social worker with a private practice in the Berkshires and Associate Professor of Human Services at ºìÐÓÖ±²¥.