Anna Maria College News

Nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts college students are debtors - with an average debt load of over $23,000 - on the day they receive their graduation diplomas, according to a new study on higher-education borrowing trends.

Al Bianchi, left, of Bay State Gym in Worcester, and Bill Ethier encourage competitor Bill Sanders as he competes in the Crucifix Hold event today, part of the Paxton Strong Man competition held at Anna Maria College.

Myron Romanul, conducting last year's Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra's annual 'Holiday 'Pops' Concert' at Mechanics Hall.

Singers Richard Monroe and Jane Shivick will also be featured with the Orchestra.

The crackling, recorded voice of the fire dispatcher dispassionately "striking" Fire Alarm Box 1438 cut chillingly through the cold, starless night air.

Denise Brotherton of Auburn, whose husband, Firefighter Paul A. Brotherton, perished in the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co.

Rosalie P. Lawless is a player in all kinds of Worcester-area institutions. She's the chairperson of the Regional Employment Board of Southern Worcester County, an executive committee member at the Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board, as well as a member of two Quinsigamond Community College advisory boards.

It took no small amount of courage in 1992 - or even today, actually - for a professor at a Catholic college to criticize her president's rigid stand against homosexuality.

Woo-who If you're a budding Tarantino or Spielberg and a student from a Worcester Consortium school, grab your video camera, cell phone, digital camera and computer.

When the Sisters of Saint Anne founded Anna Maria College in 1946, they took great care and concern for the environment and the 196 acres the college sits on in Paxton.

Marion Rhodes, UMass Professor Emeritus of Sunderland, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.

Anna Maria College will present 'The Art of Contemplation, Art by the Monks of St.

A reception for 'The Art of Contemplation,' an exhibit of art by the monks of St.

Anna Maria College in Paxton plans to save some green this winter by switching over to a wood pellet central heating system for its campus, the Telegram & Gazette reports.

Seat being sought: Gardner mayor Address: 985 West Broadway, Gardner Age: 37 Occupation: Mayor of Gardner Education: Associate's degree, Mount Wachusett Community College; bachelor's degree in political science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; master's degree in business administration, Anna Maria College Political experience: One term as ...

Seat being sought: Fitchburg city councilor at large Address: 570 Milk St., Fitchburg Age: 69 Occupation: Retired teacher; now music minister in St.

Commuter care As a member of Nichols College class of 1966 as a commuter and as someone who also earned his MBA at Nichols in 1973 while commuting to school, Gerald Fels wants to make sure others have the same opportunity.

Just as the world is more complex and diverse, so necessarily is the way in which quality higher education is delivered and experienced.

When exiting a cemetery, always leave the same way you came in. 'You don't want to let the spirits know there are different ways to go in and out of a cemetery,' said Virginia Heslinga Saturday night as she led about 60 people through the oldest cemetery in town, at Reservoir and Main streets.

It was all with a big wink and a nod. -- WILLIAM J. MCCARTHY, PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AT QUINSIGAMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE WORCESTER - With a bare-knuckled political brawl over millions of dollars in Quinn Bill education bonuses breaking out between police unions and City Hall, questions about the academic value of the ...