Baystate Health adopts code of conduct

SPRINGFIELD — In accordance with guidance from the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, Baystate Health has adopted a Patient and Visitor Code of Conduct.

This document sets an expectation of respectful behavior for patients and their visitors to help maintain a healing environment for all. To view the code of conduct, visit baystatehealth.org/conduct.

Five Franklin County students make UNE dean’s list

Five Franklin County students have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of New England in Maine.

They are: Jenna Jacobsen of Erving, Isabella Franz of Greenfield, Elizabeth Musselman and Jason Quinn of Northfield, and Lauren Davenport of Shelburne Falls.

Dean’s list students have attained a grade point average of 3.3 or better out of a possible 4.0 at the end of the semester.

Civil Air Patrol
promotes
Sunderland teen
to cadet master sergeant

AMHERST — Sunderland resident Elwin Binu, 16, a cadet member of Civil Air Patrol’s Brig. Gen. Arthur J. Pierce Cadet Squadron, was promoted to cadet master sergeant earlier this month.

“Cadet master sergeant is a promotion that marks Cadet Binu as a senior non-commissioned officer,” Maj. Steve Lauzon, the squadron’s commanding officer, said in a statement. “With this grade, he is the top cadet NCO and is responsible for the training and development of the squadron’s other cadets.”

On hand to pin on his insignia were his parents, Binu Mathew and Sini Augustine.

Civil Air Patrol is the civilian, volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force. One of its main missions is to encourage and foster civil aviation in community aerospace education programs. The Brig. Gen. Arthur J. Pierce Cadet Squadron meets every Monday from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Dickinson Hall at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Local cadets recognized for CyberPatriot participation

AMHERST — The Brig. Gen. Arthur J. Pierce Cadet Squadron recently recognized four cadets — including two from Franklin County — who participated in CyberPatriot, a national youth cyber defense competition.

The team’s coach, 1st Lt. Amanda Menier, awarded certificates to Cadet 1st Lt. Nate Johnston of Greenfield, Cadet Master Sgt. Elwin Binu of Sunderland, Cadet Technical Sgt. Firas Hashmi of Amherst, and Cadet Senior Airman Alexander Miller of Rindge, New Hampshire. Menier also presented a certificate to the squadron’s commander, Maj. Steve Lauzon, as the Brig. Gen. Arthur J. Pierce Cadet Squadron placed third in the state’s All-Service Gold Tier.

Though the teammates were competing for the first time this year, they accumulated enough points to compete for state awards in the second-highest tier.

“Our cadets are already making plans to win the Gold Tier next year,” Menier said in a statement. “If we have enough interest, we could enroll two teams.”

CyberPatriot teams work to detect and correct security vulnerabilities on Windows and Linux computer systems. The CyberPatriot competition was created by the Air & Space Forces Association to inspire K-12 students to pursue careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

7 local nonprofits chosen as TerraCorps service sites

Seven western Massachusetts nonprofits have been selected as TerraCorps service sites for the 2023-2024 service year, which runs from Aug. 28, 2023, through July 26, 2024. They are: Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Grow Food Northampton, Hilltown Land Trust, Kestrel Land Trust, Mass Audubon’s Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary and Nuestras Raices.

Service members with TerraCorps, an environmental nonprofit that runs an AmeriCorps national service program, are paired with a site supervisor who provides guidance and mentorship while they learn to manage community programs and projects over a 1,700-hour service term. CISA, Hilltown Land Trust and Grow Food Northampton will host community engagement coordinators, while Kestrel Land Trust, Hilltown Land Trust and Mass Audubon will host members in the land stewardship coordinator role. The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and Nuestras Raices will host sustainable agriculture coordinator roles, and Kestrel Land Trust will host a youth education coordinator.

These TerraCorps positions help increase the capacity of local land conservation and food security organizations. TerraCorps members receive a $26,667 stipend (pre-tax), health care coverage, and may qualify for child care assistance, federal student loan forbearance, and a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award for satisfactory completion.

TerraCorps is accepting service member applications. To learn more, visit terracorps.org/available-member-positions. For additional information about the opportunity to serve with the local organizations, contact:

■CISA: Kelly Coleman at kelly@buylocalfood.org.

■Food Bank of Western Massachusetts: Amanda Reynolds at amandar@foodbankwma.org.

■Grow Food Northampton: Niki Lankowski at niki@growfoodnorthampton.org.

■Hilltown Land Trust: Katie Carr at katie@hilltownlandtrust.org.

■Kestrel Land Trust: Kari Blood at kari@kestreltrust.org.

■Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary: Christian Marks at cmarks@massaudubon.org.

■Nuestras Raices: Hilda Roque at hroque@nuestras-raices.org.

Local students make HCC dean’s list for spring

The following Franklin County students were named to the dean’s list at Holyoke Community College for the spring semester: Robert Lizotte of Ashfield; James Ryan Leclerc of Erving; Kate Joanne Boyd, Breaunna Cathleen Garey and Amy M. Youmell, all of Greenfield; Leeanne Barnhart of Hawley; Laura Leigh Oliver and Cole Quinlan Perkins, both of Leverett; Owen Albert Toal and Mason Brockman Wicks-Lim, both of Montague; Andrea Lynn Roman of Northfield; Chelsey Page of Shelburne Falls; Anthony James Feliciano, Scott William Hoiberg, Brett Louis Robinson and Makayla Naomi Santos, all of South Deerfield; Cali Lee Price, Johnathan Santiago and Elia Sarah Truskinoff, all of Sunderland; and Grace Lillian Grover of Turners Falls.

A student is placed on the dean’s list if their grade point average is 3.2 or higher.

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