(NewsUSA) - Starting and maintaining a successful small business is a challenge in any setting. For rural entrepreneurs, that struggle is even greater when it comes to accessing capital, high-speed
/PRNewswire/ Rural entrepreneurs are struggling to access capital, high-speed internet and quality workers, according to new survey data from SCORE, mentors.
Although the COVID-19 vaccine is not yet widely available, WPI worked with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MassDPH) to obtain 200 doses of vaccine to protect its health staff who provide COVID-facing care, and campus first responders as well as the same types of workers at colleges and universities in the Worcester area.
At the same time, WPI staff worked with staff from three other universities, including Lasell University, and the American College Health Association to set up four vaccination sites across the state. The goal was to help inoculate health service staff and frontline workers from other colleges and universities across Massachusetts in order to help them protect their own communities from the infectious disease. As a result, approximately 1,000 frontline workers at 45 Massachusetts colleges and universities are being vaccinated.