MCLA Athletic Training Major Wins EATA Scholarship

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — MCLA senior Elizabeth Doughty of Westford, Mass., finished up her winter break with a trip to Philadelphia, where she received the Kerkor “Koko” Kassabian Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association (EATA) Scholarship Award earlier this month at the organization’s annual conference.

According to Ryan Krzyzanowicz, an assistant professor of biology and the clinical education coordinator of MCLA’s Athletic Training Education Program, Doughty won the scholarship – which consisted of $3,000 to cover education costs and a plaque – over students that applied from programs in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Delaware, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Krzyzanowicz, who has been Doughty’s advisor and faculty mentor for the past three and a half years, said she represents MCLA’s Athletic Training Program “in spectacular ways,” whether she’s in the classroom, serving in leadership positions on campus, or on clinical education rotations.

“Liz embodies the qualities of a future leader in athletic training, and that is part of the reason why the scholarship selection committee chose her,” Krzyzanowicz said.

“I am extremely honored to have been awarded the scholarship,” Doughty said. “Words cannot accurately capture how much this means to me. It is a huge help paying for my last semester here at MCLA.”
 


Doughty also was honored with two other awards within the past year. Last spring she received both the MCLA Health Science Achievement Award and the MCLA Faculty Association Outstanding Student Award.

Extremely active on campus, Doughty works as a resident adviser in the Flagg Townhouse Complex. A member of the National Residence Hall Honorary, she served as its president last year, and has been part of the L.E.A.D. (Leadership, Education, Action, Development) Academy staff for the past three summers.

In addition to serving as an admissions ambassador, Doughty is a tutor for other athletic training majors, and is the president of the Biology Club. For the past three years, she’s served as president of the Class of 2015.

As an athletic training major, Doughty is required to complete 150 hours of clinical experience each semester. Throughout her educational career, she’s worked with MCLA Athletics, MCLA Dance Medicine, Williams College football, and men’s soccer and basketball teams at Southern Vermont College.

Doughty expects to graduate summa cum laude this May.


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Macksey Updates on Eagle Street Demo and Myriad City Projects

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

The back of Moderne Studio in late January. The mayor said the city had begun planning for its removal if the owner could not address the problems. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Moderne Studio building is coming down brick by brick on Eagle Street on the city's dime. 
 
Concerns over the failing structure's proximity to its neighbor — just a few feet — means the demolition underway is taking far longer than usual. It's also been delayed somewhat because of recent high winds and weather. 
 
The city had been making plans for the demolition a month ago because of the deterioration of the building, Mayor Jennifer Macksey told the City Council on Tuesday. The project was accelerated after the back of the 150-year-old structure collapsed on March 5
 
Initial estimates for demolition had been $190,000 to $210,000 and included asbestos removal. Those concerns have since been set aside after testing and the mayor believes that the demolition will be lower because it is not a hazardous site.
 
"We also had a lot of contractors who came to look at it for us to not want to touch it because of the proximity to the next building," she said. "Unfortunately time ran out on that property and we did have the building failure. 
 
"And it's an unfortunate situation. I think most of us who have lived here our whole lives and had our pictures taken there and remember being in the window so, you know, we were really hoping the building could be safe."
 
Macksey said the city had tried working with the owner, who could not find a contractor to demolish the building, "so we found one for him."
 
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