BCC Hosts Nursing Info Sessions

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Community College (BCC) will offer four virtual information sessions this month for students interested or enrolled in the Fall 2022 Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program, four sessions for the Practical Nursing (PN) Certificate program,  as well as four sessions for the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to ADN program. 
 
The one-hour sessions are held via Zoom.
 
PN info sessions will be held:
  • Monday, February 14 at 12 pm
  • Thursday, February 17 at 5 pm
  • Tuesday, February 22 at 11 am
  • Wednesday, February 23 at 5 pm
ADN info sessions will be held:
  • Monday, February 14 at 1 pm
  • Thursday, February 17 at 6 pm
  • Tuesday, February 22 at 1 pm
  • Wednesday, February 23 at 6 pm
 
LPN to ADN info sessions will be held:
  • Monday, February 14 at 2 pm
  • Thursday, February 17 at 7 pm
  • Tuesday, February 22 at 2 pm
  •  Wednesday, February 23 at 7 pm
 
To register for an info session and view a list of Zoom links, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/nursing-info.  
 
Completing an information session is mandatory for all nursing students. The sessions provide an opportunity for prospective nursing students to learn more about BCC's programs, the admissions process, prerequisites, immunization information and more. 
 
The BCC nursing program, which is approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, is a sequence of lectures, skills training, laboratory and clinical courses. Graduates are eligible to take the licensing examination to become either Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) or registered nurses (RNs). 
 
The deadline for application to the fall 2022 ADN program is Friday, April 1, 2022.  

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Post 68 Juniors Survive, Advance at State Tournament

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. – Derek Roy hit an RBI single with two out in the top of the eighth to give the Pittsfield Post 68 Juniors a one-run lead, and they held on for a 5-4 win over Sandwich to stay alive at the American Legion State Championship Tournament.
 
Connor Kirchner hit a one-out triple to start the game-winning rally.
 
Two batters later, Roy hit a 3-1 pitch to left center to drive in Kirchner and give Post 68 a 5-4 lead.
 
Colby Robb stranded a runner at first in the bottom of the eighth to secure the win and send Pittsfield into Monday’s 1 p.m. game in the losers’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament at Middleborough High School.
 
Post 68 jumped out to a 4-0 lead with four runs in the top of the first.
 
Matt Egan hit a two-run triple to drive in the game’s first two runs. Connor Devine hit a sacrifice fly, and Ethan O’Donnell reached on an error and eventually scored on a wild pitch to make it a four-run game.
 
Sandwich Post 188 clawed back with a run in the first, a run in the fourth and two in the sixth to tie it.
 
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