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Worcester Area Colleges Commencement Season 2010
This weekend Worcester area colleges continue to confer degrees to their graduates. If you look at the 13 major Worcester area colleges 5 will be holding commencement ceremonies this weekend May 15th and May 16th. The commencement season kicked off this past weekend with Senator Scott Brown speaking at Nichols College. It was one of […]
President Obama Recognizes Worcester Area Colleges
President Obama announced the winners of the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll recently. I am proud to say four Worcester Colleges made it to the list. The initiative was started in 2006 to recognize colleges and universities that contribute to their communities in significant ways. An important part of it is volunteerism. […]
WPI’s New Gym A Welcome Addition to Worcester
The Worcester Business Journal reported today that WPI is issuing bonds through MassDevelopment to build modern sports and recreation facilities. Currently budgeted at $56million it will be competitive with many of the modern sports and recreation facilities that have been built recently by the likes of Boston University and MIT. WPI has put together a […]
Awareness of Breast Cancer Key to Survival
Though October is coming to a close we should not stop spreading the word about breast cancer. Statistics have shown that the increasing awareness has helped to decrease mortality rates at least for White females. Sadly mortality rates have risen for African-American women. Awareness leads to realizing that you need to know more about breast […]
Worcester “Represents” at Head of Charles
If you aren’t from Worcester you may not see it as a good place for the sport of rowing but you would be wrong. Lake Quinsigamond has been the home of competitive rowing since 1857. This past weekend I spent some time covering the Head of the Charles Regatta on the Charles River. This prestigious […]
Crusaders’ Randolph Makes it 3-0
The Holy Cross Crusaders were not phased by Harvard’s initial 79 yard drive to score the first touchdown of the game. Dominic Randolph calmly brought his team down the field directing traffic like a wily old veteran to match Harvard’s TD. Both teams had something to prove on Saturday. Harvard, last year’s Ivy League Champion […]
Holy Cross Offense Finally Explodes in the 4th Quarter
If you were at the Holy Cross versus Georgetown game this Saturday and left before the fourth quarter you might have been wondering if the offense was going to break through in the red zone. Sader Nation breathed a sigh of relief when they finally did and seemed to shake off what might have been […]
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