Daily Hampshire Gazette – Local news in brief: Girl Scouts receive $15,000 for ‘It’s a Girls World’; Holyoke launches Historic Sign Plaque Program; Men’s and women’s fall softball leagues in Northampton
The Holyoke Historical Commission, in collaboration with the Holyoke High Dean Campus Carpentry Shop, has created a Historic Plaque Sign Program to preserve and honor the city’s rich history.
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The Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts (GSCWM) announces an additional investment from the Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation in the form of a $15,000 grant to support “It’s A Girls World,” one of the community-based programs they offer.
The afternoon program focuses on STEM subjects, financial literacy, and health and wellness topics for girls in grades K-6 in Hampden County.
The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a collection of exciting, challenging and fun activities for girls to develop strong self-confidence, demonstrate positive values, seek out challenges, learn from setbacks, build and maintain healthy relationships, and learn to identify and solve problems in their community.
The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation supports various nonprofit organizations that work to improve the quality of life for the people of Hampden County.
The Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts, with over 3,000 adult volunteers, serve nearly 6,000 girls in preschool through 12th grade in 186 towns in Central and Western Massachusetts.
NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Parks and Recreation Department is now accepting teams for its men’s and co-ed fall softball leagues. The deadline for all fees, team rosters and a signed player conduct form is Wednesday, Aug. 28 at 4 p.m.
Each team will play a 10-12 game regular season followed by double-elimination playoffs. League play begins after Labor Day and continues through early November. For more information or to obtain an information packet, contact Northampton Parks & Recreation at 413-587-1040, the office at 100A Bridge Road, or visit northamptonma.gov/recreation.
HOLYOKE – The Holyoke Historical Commission, in partnership with the Holyoke High Dean Campus Carpentry Shop, has launched a Historic Plaque Sign Program aimed at preserving and honoring the city’s rich history.
The program places plaques on residential properties with significant historical value so that residents and visitors can learn more about the historic homes that have shaped neighborhoods.
Individuals interested in participating in the program can find applications at holyoke.org/historic-plaque-program/.
If you have any questions, please contact the Historical Commission at [email protected].
SPRINGFIELD — Western New England University (WNE) will receive a $500,000 grant to establish an interdisciplinary master’s degree program in pharmaceutical engineering. The grant was announced by the Healey-Driscoll administration as part of a total of $13.1 million awarded by the Massachusetts Life Science Center (MLSC).
The new program will leverage the university’s strengths in pharmaceutical sciences at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and in mechanical and biomedical engineering at the Faculty of Engineering.
The degree provides comprehensive training in the biopharmaceutical industry with a unique focus on the groundbreaking field of Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal Products (ATMPs). ATMPs are medicines for human use based on gene, cell or tissue engineering.
The new degree builds on both schools’ reputation for advancing scientific knowledge and gives students the opportunity to learn from faculty and other researchers who are widely recognized for their contributions to the fields of pharmacy and engineering. Students with a bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, mathematics, or pharmaceutical science who wish to enter the fields of biotechnology, biomanufacturing, bioprocessing, biopharmaceuticals, and cell and gene therapy are eligible to apply. Enrollment is scheduled to begin in the late fall semester of 2024.
