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Several Watertown Students Make Dean’s List at MassBay College

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The Massachusetts Bay Community College is pleased to announce its 2017 Fall Semester Dean’s List. Full-time students who have earned a 3.50 or higher grade point average (GPA) are included and acknowledged on the Dean’s List. This semester list includes 252 students. 

The students from Watertown who made MassBay’s Dean’s List for the Fall of 2017 are:
Lara AlMassih, Shaun Cosenza, Elias Fabrikarakis, Michelle Gallego, Kareem Halwani-Plaza, Haider Khan and Rory Mather

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Two Watertown Students Awarded Scholarships by MassBay College

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MassBay Community College is pleased to announce 101 students were awarded more than $92,000 in scholarships at its bi-annual Scholarship Awards ceremony, including two from Watertown. The generous donations received by the MassBay Foundation, makes it possible for these 101 students to continue their studies a little easier. Among the students who received these scholarships are single mothers, veterans, first to go to college students, and many more who these scholarships makes all the difference. MassBay students Paul Gorham and Allyson Kazanjian, both from Watertown, were recently honored at MassBay Community College’s Fall Donor Dinner and Scholarship Awards night. Gorham was honored with a General Scholarship and a Health Sciences Scholarship
Kazanjian was honored with a General Scholarship and Merit Scholar Athlete Scholarship

All donations made to the MassBay Foundation go directly to students in the form of scholarships.

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MassBay Community College Hosting Open House for Prospective Students

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Massachusetts Bay Community College will hold its annual Fall Open House on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 10 a.m., the college announced. President David Podell along with faculty, staff and students will be on hand to greet and welcome prospective students and their families to the Wellesley Hills campus. The Fall Open House is an opportunity for prospective students to meet and talk with current students, faculty, and staff to learn about the 70 degree and certificate programs offered at MassBay and transfer opportunities after MassBay. Prospective students are encouraged to attend to learn more about student clubs and organizations, the admissions and financial aid process, and talk with academic divisions. The Open House will include a self-guided tour of campus, mock classes, information sessions, student and alumni panel discussions, information for veterans, on-the-spot admissions, and more.

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MassBay College Offers Two-Week Winter Intersession Courses

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MassBay Community College announced that registration is open for winter intersession courses. Winter intersession courses are two-week intensive courses offered for credit and non-credit at MassBay. This is a chance for high school students, area college students visiting on winter break and/or enrolled MassBay students to take courses in a short timeframe to help get ahead in their studies, earn college credits quickly, or get a step closer to graduation. “Intercession is a wonderful opportunity for students to take care of general education requirements or pre-requisites for advanced coursework,” said MassBay Director of Admissions Alison McCarty. “Students interested in any of our nursing programs, for example, can take Biology 101 in just 10 days over Winter Intersession in order to be able to take Anatomy & Physiology and Microbiology in the spring.

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MassBay College Hosting Tech Internship Speed Interviewing Event

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Massachusetts Bay Community College’s STEM Division will hold its bi-annual Technology Internship Program (TIP) Speed Interviewing Event on Thursday, December 1, 2016 8:45-11 a.m., MassBay officials announced. Local employers who are looking for workforce-ready IT/Computer Science interns are encouraged to sign up to participate in this speed interviewing event. This 2-hour event, based on the speed dating concept, allows employers to interview MassBay students for quick 7-10 minute interviews, to see if there might be a possible match for an internship. This is a great opportunity for local companies to connect with students for potential internships or employment. Students can help businesses in a variety of ways including; help desk support, querying databases, general reporting, diagnose and repair laptops, install hardware and software, support a network environment, provide cybersecurity strategies, redesign your website, develop site content/graphics/banners, support data driven websites, programming and more.

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Mass Bay Community College Invites Prospective Students to Visit Campus

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Massachusetts Bay Community College announced it will hold its annual Fall Open House on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 at 9:45 a.m. President David Podell along with faculty, staff and students will be on hand to greet and welcome prospective students and their families to the Wellesley Hills campus. The Fall Open House is an opportunity for prospective students to meet and talk with current students, faculty, and staff to learn about the 70 degree and certificate programs offered at MassBay and transfer opportunities after MassBay. Prospective students are encouraged to attend to learn more about student clubs and organizations, the admissions and financial aid process, and talk with academic divisions. The Open House will include a self-guided tour of campus, mock classes, information sessions, student and alumni panel discussions, information for veterans, on-the-spot admissions, and more.

Around Town

Watertown Man Wins Award at MassBay Auto Show for His Classsic Car

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MassBay Community College recently announced 23 local car enthusiasts who were awarded winners at the annual All Vehicle Show held at our Automotive Technology Center in Ashland. Spectators who attended the May event voted for the top 20 vehicles and the People’s Choice Award winners, in addition the MassBay alumni voted for the Alumni Choice Award winner. This year’s All Vehicle Show had 160 vehicles registered, raising $15,000 from registration fees which will be used to fund MassBay automotive technology student scholarships. This year’s winners are (name, hometown and vehicle information);

Alumni Choice Award Jack Couhig (Worcester, MA), 1959 Chevy Apache 31

People’s Choice Award Robert Lundell (Hanson, MA), 1967 Chevy Camaro

Top 20 Awards Greg Hescock (Ashland, MA), 1955 Chevy Belair

Rodney Collymore (Boston, MA), 1963 Chevy Corvette

Dan Tortora (Charlton, MA), 1954 Kaiser Darrin

Tony DeRouin (Groton, MA), 1962 Chevy Corvette

Robert Lundell (Hanson, MA), 1967 Chevy Camaro

Sean Burns (Harvard, MA), 1961 Chevy Corvette

Alan LePage (Holliston, MA), 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle

Phil McClure (Hopedale, MA), 1932 Ford Deuce Coupe

David Larsen (Medfield, MA), 1961 Dodge Dart Phoenix

Richard Barrick (Natick, MA), 1946 Ford Convertible

Arthur Taddeo (Natick, MA), 1934 Ford 5 Window Coupe

Rich Santucci (Newton, MA), 1971 Oldsmobile 442 W-30

Bruce Muldoon (Sherborn, MA), 1966 GTO Convertible

Dave Terricciano (Southborough, MA), 1954 Packard

Laura Sheperd (Sutton, MA), 1968 Cutlass

John Shields (Watertown, MA), 1963 Chevy Impala

John Shepherd (Westborough, MA), 1968 Firebird Convertible

Paul Breault (Westford, MA), 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback

Ron Lindblad (Westwood, MA), 1970 Buick GS455 Convertible

Jack Couhig (Worcester, MA), 1959 Chevy Apache 31

MassBay’s Auto Technology is the premier automotive training center in the New England region offering programs that are sponsored by four major automotive brands; BMW, Toyota/Lexus, General Motors, and JEEP/Chrysler/Dodge/Ram, providing students with in-depth, product-specific automotive technology programs.

Students are trained on the newest cars using state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment. The program has a hands-on paid co-op component, enabling students to learn in a professional setting while earning money and college credit simultaneously.

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Several Watertown Students on Dean’s List at MassBay Community College

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The Massachusetts Bay Community College is pleased to announce its 2016 Spring Semester Dean’s List. Full-time and part-time students who have earned a 3.50 or higher grade point average (GPA) are included and acknowledged on the Dean’s List. This semester list includes 292 students from Massachusetts. The following students from Watertown made the 2016 Spring Semester Dean’s List:

Artem Aleksanyan

Lisdeivy Clavijo

Victoria Desimone

Barry Doucette

Aleksandr Mangoyan

Jennifer Taylor

Bereket Waldelibanos

Vanessa Yee