Williams College Honors Long-Time Employees

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Williams College celebrated its annual Appreciation Day in May to honor staff members who have reached special milestones in service. The celebration included a commemorative luncheon at the Williams Inn for employees completing their 5th, 10th, 15th, or 20th year of service and a dinner at the Mill on the Floss for employees who have been with the college for 25 years and for those who are retiring. This year's retirees, followed by their respective departments and hometowns, were: Stephen R. Alcombright (facilities, North Adams, Mass.), Kenneth A. Blanchard (Williams College Museum of Art, Clarksburg, Mass.), Kathleen M. Case (office of career counseling, Williamstown, Mass.), Fatma Kassamali (office of career counseling, Claremont, Calif.), Silvio J. Lamarre (Williams College Museum of Art, North Adams, Mass.), Peter LePage (facilities, Williamstown, Mass.), Nancy J. McIntire (assistant to the President's office, Williamstown, Mass.), Elizabeth L. Milanesi (Williams College libraries, North Adams, Mass.), Virginia B. Skorupski (dining services, Matlacha, Fla.), and Sheridan W. Wobus (Center for Development Economics, Williamstown, Mass.). Employees celebrating their 25th year of service included: Susan H. Bernardy (financial aid, Williamstown, Mass.), Leo P. Bissaillon (dining services, Adams, Mass.), Linda J. McGraw (Williams College libraries, Williamstown, Mass.), Mark J. Phillips (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Robert Bruce Wheat (office of information technology, Pownal, Vt.), and Marjorie M. Wylde (conference office, Williamstown, Mass.). Employees celebrating 20 years of service included: Beverly A. Borowski (president's house, Adams, Mass.), Nancy A. Bryant (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Laurie A. Bump (dining services, Clarksburg, Mass.), Gary A. Burro (facilities, Clarksburg, Mass.), Heather H. Clemow (office of public affairs, Williamstown, Mass.), Diana M. Elvin (development office, Williamstown, Mass.), Janice M. Evans (office of human resources, Clarksburg, Mass.), John J. Gravel, Jr. (facilities, Williamstown, Mass.), John D. Haig, Jr. (facilities, New Ashford, Mass.), David Jowett (facilities, Pownal, Vt.), Robert A. Kelly (dining services, Williamstown, Mass.), Deborah A. LaPine (alumni relations, Clarksburg, Mass.), Julie J. Menard (advancement information systems, North Adams, Mass.), John F. Morrissey (facilities, Clarksburg, Mass.), Alison R. O'Grady (Williams College libraries, Williamstown, Mass.), Roxanne W. Rechen (department of health services, Cherry Plain, N.Y.), Donna M. Santiago (Williams College libraries, Williamstown, Mass.), Doris J. Stevenson (music department, New York, N.Y.), Stacy L. Sylvester (science center, Williamstown, Mass.), Charles R. Toomajian, Jr. (registrar's office, North Adams, Mass.), and Paula A. Wells (theatre department, Clarksburg, Mass.). Employees who were honored for 15 years of service included: William H. Allen (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Mark I. Berman (office of information technology, Williamstown, Mass.), Catherine A. Boody (facilities, Savoy, Mass.), Scott G. Duncan (facilities, North Adams, Mass.), Scott D. Huls (facilities, North Adams, Mass.), Mary Robin Kibler (Williams College libraries, Williamstown, Mass.), Susan J. Lefaver (Williams College libraries, North Adams, Mass.), Christine F. Maher (Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Mass.), Roberta H. Marcyoniak (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Christine M. Mason (facilities, North Adams, Mass.), Ada I. Moreno (dining services, Williamstown, Mass.), Roger L. Pedercini (campus safety and security, Williamstown, Mass.), Timothy Roberts (facilities, Pittsfield, Mass.), Debra S. Rogers-Gillig (biology department, Williamstown, Mass.), Douglas A. Rydell (office for information technology, Lee, Mass.), Holly E. Silva (athletics department, Clarksburg, Mass.), Marilyn J. Superneau (Williams College Museum of Art, North Adams, Mass.), and Rachel U. Tassone (Williams College Museum of Art, North Adams, Mass.). Employees celebrating their 10th year with Williams included: John R. Anderson (Williams College Museum of Art, Adams, Mass.), Mary K. Bailey (computer science department, Williamstown, Mass.), Randall K. Benoit (facilities, North Adams, Mass.), Deborah M. Bourdon (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), David J. Carpenter (facilities, Adams, Mass.), Kim. M. Clark (department of health services, North Adams, Mass.), Dawn M. Dellea (office of career counseling, Pittsfield, Mass.), Gisela A. Demant (chemistry department, Lenox, Mass.), Madeleine R. DeMarsico (office for information technology, North Adams, Mass.), Ronald L. Gallagher (office of career counseling, Williamstown, Mass.), Kimberly A. Hogue (development office, North Adams, Mass.), Kim R. LaFlamme (controller's office, North Adams, Mass.), Raymond J. Larabee, Sr. (facilities, Clarksburg, Mass.), Benjamin D. LaRoche (office for information technology, Cheshire, Mass.), Peter Mazzacco, Jr. (campus safety and security, Adams, Mass.), Janice J. McKay (dining services, Adams, Mass.), Edward S. Nowlan (office for information technology, Williamstown, Mass.), Rebecca Ohm (Williams College libraries, Williamstown, Mass.), Ernani G. Rosse (facilities, Williamstown, Mass.), Najah H. Safa (dining services, Adams, Mass.), Jennifer C. Swoap (science center, Williamstown, Mass.), and Martha R. Tetrault (office of human resources, Williamstown, Mass.). Employees celebrating five years of service included: Roberta M. Alfonso (dining services, Adams, Mass.), Susan J. Anderson (development office, New Ashford, Mass.), Suzanne Augugliaro (Williams College Museum of Art, Florida, Mass.), Richard A. Bergeron (dining services, Florida, Mass.), Linda J. Bolte (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Eric J. Booth (facilities, Clarksburg, Mass.), Cheryl M. Brigley (development office, Pittsfield, Mass.), Michael A. Burdick (alumni/development communications, Petersburg, N.Y.), James D. Butler, Jr. (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Peter Cronin (facilities, North Adams, Mass.), Beverly J. Delisle (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Marc. A. Field (facilities, North Adams, Mass.), Brooks L. Foehl (alumni relations, Williamstown, Mass.), John B. Germanowski (office for information technology, Williamstown, Mass.), Sharyn M. Godbout (facilities, Clarksburg, Mass.), Todd M. Gould (office for information technology, Lanesborough, Mass.), Kristina L. Guetti (campus safety and security, North Adams, Mass.), Mika Hirai (office for information technology, North Pownal, Vt.), Stephen E. Jones (facilities, North Adams, Mass.), Diane M. Koperniak (president's office, Adams, Mass.), Mark E. LaBonte (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), David A. Lamarre (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Edgar T. Lewis (facilities, Williamstown, Mass.), Wendy L. Matte (advancement information systems, North Adams, Mass.), Lynn M. Melchiori (office for information technology, North Adams, Mass.), Milos Mladenovic (office for information technology, North Adams, Mass.), Christopher W. Moresi (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Trevor M. Murphy (office for information technology, Williamstown, Mass.), Maria K. Recco (biology department, Hoosick, N.Y.), Maria Robbins-Zust (theatre department, Richmond, Mass.), Linda A. Saharczewski (faculty secretarial office, Adams, Mass.), Anthony E. Salazar (art department, Bennington, Vt.), Karen S. Saunders (dining services, North Adams, Mass.), Pamela C. Shea (admissions office, Williamstown, Mass.), Wendy J. Sherman (Williams College libraries, Williamstown, Mass.), Jennifer J. Small (development office, Shushan, N.Y.), Tammy A. Smith (investment office, Stamford, Vt.), Charles H. Stevenson (health professions program, Williamstown, Mass.), David A. Tatro (dining services, Williamstown, Mass.), and Marsha J. Williams (dining services, North Adams, Mass.).
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North Adams Regional Reopens With Ribbon-Cutting Celebration

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz welcomes the gathering to the celebration of the hospital's reopening 10 years to the day it closed. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The joyful celebration on Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital was a far cry from the scene 10 years ago when protests and tears marked the facility's closing
 
Hospital officials, local leaders, medical staff, residents and elected officials gathered under a tent on the campus to mark the efforts over the past decade to restore NARH and cut the ribbon officially reopening the 136-year-old medical center. 
 
"This hospital under previous ownership closed its doors. It was a day that was full of tears, anger and fear in the Northern Berkshire community about where and how residents would be able to receive what should be a fundamental right for everyone — access to health care," said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems. 
 
"Today the historic opportunity to enhance the health and wellness of Northern Berkshire community is here. And we've been waiting for this moment for 10 years. It is the key to keeping in line with our strategic plan which is to increase access and support coordinated county wide system of care." 
 
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, under the BHS umbrella, purchased the campus and affiliated systems when Northern Berkshire Healthcare declared bankruptcy and closed on March 28, 2014. NBH had been beset by falling admissions, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and investments that had gone sour leaving it more than $30 million in debt. 
 
BMC was able to reopen the ER as an emergency satellite facility and slowly restored and enhanced medical services including outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, pharmacy and physician services. 
 
But it would take a slight tweak in the U.S. Health and Human Services' regulations — thank to U.S. Rep. Richie Neal — to bring back inpatient beds and resurrect North Adams Regional Hospital 
 
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