Posts tagged as “faculty”

(Archive March 2020) Profile: Professor Susan Blain

By editorialteam on April 18, 2025

Retiring Professor Gives Insight into Her Long Career at the Mount

By Kristopher Madden | Observer Contributor

From tutoring, advising, and teaching, recently retired Professor Susan Blain is a familiar face to many students.

“I’m headed to San Diego, where I have a family of five, including three of my grandkids,” said Blain. “I’ll be starting part time in K-12 in a private school… As well as volunteering with human rights organizations, of course.”

Blain’s time at the Mount began as a student in 1983, attending classes as a Business Technology major. She continued to Worcester State College where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. read more

(Archive February 2020) Profile: Nancy Regan

By editorialteam on April 18, 2025

Health Services Staff Member Supports Physical and Mental Wellness

By Maya Douglas | Observer Contributor

Nancy Regan
Photo by Thomas Hill Jr.

Nancy Regan, health assistant in the MWCC Nurse’s office, enjoys interactions with students and focusing on mental health. She said for her, health is beyond a passion. She emphasized that health is not only concerning the physical body; mental health and nutrition affect people just as much as illness or injury.

Starting last fall, every Wednesday students meet at the roundabout outside the cafe to go on a half hour walk for “Walking Wednesdays.” Both faculty and students are welcome. Regan said the meeting time is at 12:30 p.m. so that students may take a break from studying to get some fresh air. read more

(Archive May 2019) Far or Near, Volunteer

By editorialteam on April 15, 2025

By Rachel Fortier | Observer Contributor

Tami Morin
Photo by Carlos M. Mendoza

Administrative Assistant Tami Morin explained why giving back to the community by volunteering is important.

“It’s important for students to be civically engaged in the community because…it helps improve their skills,” said Morin.

Morin has worked at MWCC for over thirteen years, where she also received her Business degree. She is also a Phi Theta Kappa alumni. Morin works in the Center for Civic Learning and Community Engagement which helps to provide service learning and both career and volunteer opportunities. It is also the main location of SOS (Students Serving Other Students). read more

(Archive April 2019) Bookshelf Self

By editorialteam on April 15, 2025

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Professor’s Bookshelf

By Hunter Ziegerhofer | Observer Contributor

Coffee mugs, books, and even granola bars are just a few of the items sitting on English professor Lorie Donahue’s office bookshelf.

Displayed on one shelf is a coffee mug from Hershey Park with a picture of Donahue’s niece, Bonnie. Further down are video tapes related to course material that Donahue explained are from retired teachers.

Pictures of dirt bikes and a motorcycle are also featured on the shelf. Although Donahue herself does not ride, she enjoys going on long day trips with her husband. A selection of toys also adorn her bookshelf. One of the toys is the robot from the television show Lost in Space, along with a Frankenstein toy and poster. Donahue explained that the toys represented a science theme for her students one year. read more

(Archive April 2019) Daunting Heights and Taxing Hikes

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

Hiking Club Promotes Physical and Mental Wellness

By Daniela Perez | Observer Contributor

Nancy Regan, founder and advisor of the Hiking Club
Photo by Tom Hill Jr.

The hiking club boasts a variety of outdoor activities including indoor rock climbing, kayaking, and cross-country skiing.

“Being outdoors is an excellent way of getting energy from the sun,” said Nancy Regan, the founder and adviser of the club. “Going hiking allows the mind to take a break from all real-world problems and be able to focus better.”

Members of the four year-old club do more than just blaze mountain trails; they also tackle indoor rock climbing, snow tubing, and kayaking. On June 7, the club will camp at Lafayette Place Campground in Franconia, NH. During a kayaking trip, students reached a beaver dam where they had to get out of their kayaks and move them over the dam in order to get across. “Six students attended this trip and three of them had a nice soak in the shallow river water,” said Regan. read more

(Archive April 2019) Professor John Little: Audio Slave

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

Audio Professor Reshapes the MRT Program

By Daniela Perez | Observer Contributor

Professor John Little
Photo by Betsabee Torres

John Little, 53, owns his own recording studio and is responsible for expanding the MRT program as well as providing more in-depth courses and professional equipment for students.

Before Little began teaching at MWCC, the Media Arts and Technology program offered only a general degree without a specific field concentration. In 2005, he was asked to work part-time as a teacher.

Little expanded the MRT program in 2009 so that there would be six different concentrations. He also rewrote the former audio classes as well as added three new audio concentrated classes. read more

(Archive February 2019) All-Gender Restrooms All Gone?

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

By Sophia Schlegelmilch | Assistant Editor

The All Gender Restroom signs as they used to appear around campus (left) and one of the Faculty Restroom signs that have replaced them (right).
Photos by Thomas Hill Jr.

Students and administrators are searching for alternatives due to a conflict with plumbing codes which required the all-gender bathrooms on the Gardner campus to be reassigned as single-gender faculty bathrooms.

According to Dean of Students Jason Zelesky, the school was informed that the bathrooms were not compliant with State Plumbing Code about two weeks ago, after an inspection related to other construction efforts. The school was ordered to make the changes immediately, said Zelesky, in order to avoid penalties, which could potentially include loss of the school’s occupancy permit or closure of the building. read more

(Archive November 2017) Profile: Maureen Provost and the MWCC Garrison Childcare Center

By editorialteam on January 28, 2025

By Michele Walsky | Observer Contributor

A streak of orange and black flutters outside the Garrison Education conference room, attracting Professor Maureen Provost’s attention for a moment and she’s pleased. Planting a bush to entice butterflies is exactly the kind of open-ended lesson plan the Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education is teaching at the Mount Wachusett campus.

Happy shrieks ricochet off the playground, but the Garrison Childcare Center is far more than a daycare. It is headquarters for the Early Childhood Education and Elementary degree program, a classroom with hands-on experience with Provost at the helm. More importantly, it is a place where preschoolers bloom. “Children are egocentric so we let children steer the curriculum,” Provost said, whose unofficial title is “Glitter Slinger.” read more

(Archive April 2017) Adjunct Professor Gets Master’s Degree Working and Parenting Full-Time

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Jennifer Ballou | Observer Contributor

Laura Rosmond

Going for a Master’s degree while teaching high school, and with three young children at home, is not something that many people would consider doing. But for Laura Rosmond, she did what she had to.

When Rosmond was young, she had big dreams of being able to go into the medical field and find the cure for AIDS. Medical technologist, nurse, aide, whatever it took, she was going to solve the world’s biggest problem.

But life happens, and Rosmond had her first child before attending college. She made the sensible decision to put the plan to cure AIDS on hold and make sure that her family was taken care of first. She decided to still go into biology but realized that if she couldn’t solve everything, maybe she could help teach others so that they might. read more

(Archive March 2017) Professor Elmer Eubanks’ Background

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Scott Mellecker | Observer Contributor

Professor Eubanks could possibly be the most interesting man in the world.

He is a professor here at the Mount and teaches business courses. He had a long road before he came to MWCC. “I for sure had my own peaks and valleys,” said Eubanks.

Eubanks was born in Costa Rica, where he often goes on vacations to visit his family. At a young age, he bounced around from Costa Rica to Columbia. After spending a few years in Columbia, he moved to Guatemala in 4^th grade. “When I thought my family was all finished moving we then ended up in Nicaragua when I began high school,” states Eubanks. read more