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Worcester Polytechnic Institute will take over the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute after Becker College, MassDiGI s host, closes following the end of the spring semester. WPI previously offered to host the video game center when Becker announced in late March it would close its doors because of financial difficulties. That was made official in an announcement at the center on Monday. Timothy Loew, the MassDiGI founder and executive director, called the institute and WPI a perfect match. Like Becker, WPI, located only a few blocks away, has an internationally renown video game design program, which started in 2004 as one of the first such undergraduate degree programs in game design. ....
With 36 Becker College buildings, Worcester neighborhood faces uncertain future WORCESTER As Becker College s impending closure looms over the Elm Park neighborhood and Worcester, nearby property owners and city officials hope that the college s property is taken over by responsible owners. Each campus is an economic engine in and of itself, Timothy P. Murray, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, said, The loss of Becker both in the Highland Street, Elm Park neighborhood and Leicester is a blow to both the neighborhood and regional economy. The disposition of assets is going to be important to try to make sure we are collectively trying to infill the neighborhood in a way that supports the neighborhood businesses. ....
While none of the area schools provided a bailout to Becker, they did step up to find homes for key programs, with the biggest move from Clark University in Worcester. ....
WORCESTER Clark University plans to continue using parts of Becker College’s Worcester campus as it takes over the closing institution s video game programs next year. Clark President David Fithian said Clark intends to lease both Becker’s Colleen C. Barrett Center at 80 Williams St. and Weller Academic Center at 61 Sever St. The university may also lease a residence hall in the area, depending on how many students enroll in the program next year. The arrangement will allow students who are currently pursuing a gaming degree at Becker to be able to continue their studies at the campus. Clark, meanwhile, plans to configure its existing Main Street campus to eventually subsume the program, which it is calling the Becker School of Design & Technology. ....