College of Our Lady of the Elms ~ June 2022 |
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Springfield UNICO Honors Hampden County Sheriff
Nick Cocchi '13 MBA
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Business West's 40 Under 40:
Jess Colson '15
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Boston Globe's 2022 Salute to Nurses
Anne Marie Bermingham '84, RN, MSN, was recognized recently by Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital. She has worked at the hospital for over 36 years as a floor nurse, an ICU nurse, a nursing supervisor, a gastroenterology nurse, and a post-anesthesia care unit nurse. Anne Marie has a magical way of making her patients feel special and is a strong champion and advocate for her patients. Congratulations, Anne Marie!
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Margaret Sherrit '93 Receives Promotion
James C. Hagan, president and CEO of Westfield Bank, announced the promotion of Margaret J. Sherrit, of South Hadley, to assistant vice president and secondary market sales specialist. She is responsible for reviewing all closed loans eligible for sale to the secondary market and securing loan sale commitments to Freddie Mac. Margaret holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Elms College. She joined Westfield Bank in 2006 as a loan servicer and has held various other positions prior to her current role.
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Jennifer Stebbins '84 Named Vice President of Health Care Application Systems at Baystate Health Center |
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Jennifer Stebbins '84, BSN and current a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student at Elms College, has been named the VP of Healthcare Application Systems at Baystate Health Center. Jennifer's team includes clinical informaticians, enterprise application specialists, educators, engineers, analysts and technicians. This multi-talented team is essential in their support of their data and digital journey. In her new role, she will be responsible for clinical and enterprise application management and will partner with the clinical leaders to ensure functionality continues to be enhanced and adopted.
Jennifer began her career at Baystate as a pediatric nurse in 1984 and has taken on progressively challenging roles. She was instrumental in assisting with advancing several systems and initiatives at Baystate including multiple CIS conversions, operations management, clinical informatics, operational workflows, and conversion to ICD to name a few.
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Library Named in Memory of Lois Ann Connors '75 |
Lois Ann Connors '75, who passed after a long and valiant battle with multiple myeloma on July 26, 2021, had a Library and Media Center named in memory of her. Hills Garrison School in Hudson, NH is the new home to the Lois A Connors Library. A rocking chair has been placed in the Library by the Hills Garrison School PTO in her honor. A plaque on the chair reads: “Lois A. Connors – In memory of a great educator whose twenty-year dedication to our School will be forever honored.” Lois’ family graciously donated her substantial collection of children’s books to the school and attendees were invited to choose a book to keep. In each book, there is a label that reads: “Lois was extraordinary. She was an open book spreading her knowledge and sharing her love of literacy with those around her. This book is a gift from her personal collection. May it bring you as much joy as it brought Lois.” The photo below shows Lois' 1975 classmates who attended the dedication: Carla Everson Rossi, Betty DeAngelis Dalton, Jerry O'Connor-Fix, Kathy Ennis Cassin, Susan Mester Dickson, and Amy Wilson.
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Senior Week occurred from May 9- 14. It included the Senior Toast, Graduate and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony, Baccalaureate Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Baccalaureate Mass and Blessing of the Hoods, and Commencement. Check out our Facebook Page for more photos. Congrats to the Class of 2022!
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In honor of June being Pride Month, we wanted to highlight Pride Week that occurred from April 19 -22. True Colors and The Office of Diversity and Inclusion sponsored this event. Students were invited to make pride bracelets, chalk on the quad, play LBGTQ+ Bingo, and reflect, learn, and celebrate with Campus Ministry. |
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Donations Needed for the Elms Mercantile |
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The Elms Mercantile offers everyday essentials to help students in need. They are currently looking for household products, personal products (such as body wash, feminine products, laundry pods), food staples (non perishables with a long expiration date), school supplies (such as post its, highlighters, dividers, notebooks, etc), and gift cards to places like Target, Walmart, Stop & Shop, CVS, and Walgreens. Monetary donations and gift cards are also needed to support the clothes closet. Checks can be made out to Elms Mercantile, 291 Springfield St, Chicopee, MA 01013. Contact Student Affairs for any questions at studentaffairs@elms.edu. |
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Lifelong Learning Webinars for Alumni |
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Free Time: Move Beyond Boredom, Bottlenecks, and Burnout to Do More of Your Best Work
June 23, 2022, at 12:00 PM EDT
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Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead and Restore Your Well-Being
June 28, 2022, at 12:00 PM EDT
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Join the Elms College Book Club for a Fresh Summer Read! |
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The Elms College Book Club would love for you to join us and embark on a new summer reading journey from May 27th through July 29th. We will read Things We Lost to the Water: A Novel by Eric Nguyen and discuss it in our online forum.
How Does the Book Club Work? The Elms College Book Club is online and asynchronous, which means that we connect through a private online discussion forum where members respond to different topics and questions about the books we read. We spend about two months reading each book to accommodate a wide variety of reader schedules and preferences, and we finish five books each calendar year. It is easy and free!
We look forward to reading along with you this summer!
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Thinking About Going Back to School? |
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Elms College Graduate Admissions holds monthly virtual Information Sessions on weekday evenings. Information sessions allow prospective students to meet with program directors, alumni, and graduate admission counselors. Programs are offered in a variety of models including: hybrid, online, or on-campus. Sessions are free and open to the public but pre-registration is required.
For a listing of upcoming events:
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Join us to learn more about the 30 graduate, post graduate and certificate programs. Alumni discounts may be available!
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Lynn Korza, Executive Director of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving
Email: korzal@elms.edu
Phone: (413) 265- 2454
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