Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will hold a reception to honor recipients of the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship on Monday, Dec. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in Murdock Hall room 218 on the MCLA campus.
The event is free and open to the public. Appetizers will be served and financial aid and admissions information will be available.
Superintendent of Charles H. McCann High School James Brosnan will be the keynote speaker for the evening. Also speaking will be MCLA President Mary Grant and MCLA student Larissa Huda ’09. Huda, a Pittsfield High School graduate, received the first award of the Adams Scholarship, is a biology major and a senior ambassador in the College’s admissions office. Award recipients automatically qualified for the scholarship by scoring in the advanced category of either mathematics or English language arts for the 10th grade MCAS test, scoring in the proficient or advanced category on a second subject, and having a combined MCAS score ranking in the top 25 percent in their school district.
For the class of 2008, 16,976 Massachusetts students received the Adams Scholarship, 328 of whom are from Berkshire County. The Adams Scholarship provides tuition waivers for undergraduate studies at MCLA and the other six state colleges, the 15 community colleges or the University of Massachusetts. Students who receive the Adams Scholarship must complete their college studies in four years or less and maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
As the state’s largest merit-based tuition waiver program, the Adams Scholarship supplements the $93 million in state financial aid administered each year to state residents. It was signed into law in 2004 as part of former Gov. Mitt Romney’s “Legacy of Learning†initiative.
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Companion Corner Grey Boy at No Paws Left Behind
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — There's a cat No Paws Left Behind still waiting for his forever home.
iBerkshire's Companion Corner is a weekly series spotlighting an animal in our local shelters that is ready to find a home. He was previously highlighted but he now has new information.
Grey Boy is 10 years old and is a gray and white domestic shorthair and was previously highlighted on Companion Corner.
The shelter's Executive Director Noelle Howland introduced us to him and his long journey to be ready for adoption.
"He's been here a couple months. He was a transfer from a rescue in Bennington. They were out of space, so we had taken him in with a few other cats. So he's been here a couple months. He came in with what we believed was a respiratory infection," she said. "So it took us a little bit to get him ready, and then he also needed a dental. So he has nice, clean teeth. He had some teeth removed, and then he has to go back in and have one more dental. So he'll be all ready to go."
It was previously thought that he has feline herpes but he was recently diagnosed with a palette fracture because of how bad his dental disease was, which is what is causing his sneezing. He can now go home with cats, a cat-savvy dog and children.
"He has had two dentals since being with us. Due to the palate fracture he will be sneezy for the rest of his life, not contagious sneezing, but that doesn’t stop him from living a perfectly happy life. He should be on wet food with chunks due to this and since he has had many teeth removed," Howland said.
Grey Boy loves to play with toys and enjoy treats. He would also love to have a window to lounge or bird-watch in.
"He is not afraid of anything. He's very curious, so I'm sure he'd love if you have windows for him to look out of. He still plays, even though he's 10 it does not stop him. So any home would be a good fit for him."
Now that he is ready to be adopted, he is excited. When you walk into the room with him he will rub up against your leg introducing himself and asking to be pet.
"Usually, I would say, when you're walking, he'll bonk into you so he might catch you off guard a little bit. He constantly is rubbing against you," Howland said. "He really, I would say he's lazy when you want him to be, and he's active when you want him to be. He'll play with toys. He's usually lounging away. And then when he comes out he'll play. He loves it. So, very friendly, easy going cat."
He is now perfectly healthy with his dentals all done and veterinary care up to date and is ready to find his forever family.
"I would say the friendliest, easiest cat you could have. He's just, he's just gonna be a little sneezy sometimes, but that doesn't stop him from doing anything," she said.
Grey Boy's adoption fee is sponsored by Rooted in Balance Counseling LLC.
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