JENNIFER DiFRANCO has been named director of development at Worcester Academy, effective Aug. 1. DiFranco, a current Worcester Academy parent and Sutton resident, joins the school from College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, where she has been a leading higher educational advancement professional for the past 18 years. Before that, she worked at Boston College and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. DiFranco is a graduate of Holy Cross.
As restaurants face worker shortages, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has received $160,000 from the state’s Re-Entry Workforce Development Demonstration Program to train former inmates of the Worcester County Jail & House of Corrections in culinary skills.
Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester was awarded a $499,815 Skills Capital Grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to update three nursing labs.
On Wednesday, June 29, AbbVie built Forest Grove Middle School’s STEM lab, but their efforts stretch farther than just this single, advantageous event.
On Monday, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester received a $750,000 workforce training grant from the state, part of $15 million awarded to the 15 community colleges in Massachusetts.