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To honor the legacy of Carlton Pickron, Ed.D., President Ramon Torrecilha, Ph.D, announced at the November 2018 anniversary gala a newly established Carlton Pickron Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Diverse Faculty.

As I type this, a winter wonderland has descended over western Massachusetts. Yet, I trust as you read this, there is hope that Mother Nature has delivered us the promise of spring. As the seasons change in our beautiful part of the world, so does the activity on campus.

Despite the headlines and scholarships that focus on and fund STEM-related curriculum and programs that serve as a pipeline to populate the most in-demand workforce needs, I caution us not to lose sight of the importance and impact of liberal arts and general education.

Carlton Pickron, Ed.D., had been a counselor for Urban Education for five years when he accepted Azanda Seymour ’92 into the program.

From the age of 11, Carmen Garner ’01 was on his own. Born in Springfield, he lost his mother to illness when he was young, and his father abandoned the family.

Rick Hayden ’87 arrived for an appointment with the Association for the Support of Human Services in the late 1970s.

Cheryl Bassett ’88 played softball and basketball while earning her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.

By: Janice Beetle ’85 There was something suspicious about the car with tinted windows idling…

A few years ago, Biology Professor Tim Parshall, Ph.D., approached Environmental Science Professor Kelly Anne McKeown, Ph.D., to ask if she could isolate the bacteria in ticks that leads to Lyme disease.

Meg O’Hare ’77, M.Ed. ’97 received a breast cancer diagnosis in September 2014, only one month after retiring from her 34-year teaching career.