Five College News
Hampshire Gallery exhibition highlights works of Five College students
December 10–13, Hampshire College Art Gallery; reception Dec. 12, 6–8 p.m.
Artwork of students from each Five College campus will be on display at the Hampshire College Art Gallery from December 10 through December 13 in a show entitled, “It’s not about space, it’s about space.”
Five Colleges, PVTA, towns reach agreement to increase bus payments
A proposal by the Five College Consortium to increase its annual payment to the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority by a total of $250,000 over the next four years has been accepted by PVTA and area municipalities.
PVTA’s costs are covered with a combination of federal and state subsidies, payments from towns and cities, and passenger fares. Since 1979 Five Colleges has agreed to pay PVTA the town portion of the cost of bus routes that include its campuses. This has been with the understanding that, to encourage bus use, Five College students do not have to pay fares.
Five Colleges names Shonda Pettiford to new operations director position
Five Colleges mourns loss of Amy Wordelman, director of language center
Please visit Amy Wordelman, In Remembrance for more information
National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi to present lecture “How to be an Antiracist”
November 7, UMass Fine Arts Center
Free and open to the public; tickets required
New York Times best-selling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will deliver the inaugural “Stand United, Fight Hate” lecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on November 7, 2018 at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall from 6:00 to 7:30pm.
Five College letter to state leaders urges increase in public transportation budget
The Five College Consortium has sent a letter to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and other state leaders urging an increase in the budget for state’s regional transportation systems (RTAs). Baker’s proposed budget would level-fund the RTA budget for a fourth straight year.
Five College Library Annex Project Receives Design-Build Award
At their recent annual meeting and design-build awards event in Framingham, the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA), New England Region, presented the Five 
College Library Annex project team with a bronze award in the building construction category.
Grant will help Five College Schools Partnership work to diversify area K-12 teaching force
A grant from the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts will help a coalition of organizations led by the Five College Schools Partnership address the lack of diversity among teachers in the area’s public school classrooms.