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Jacob Carter Succeeds Joe Connolly as PWE Director

Jacob Carter has been named director of The Partnership for Worker Education (PWE) at UMass Amherst. Carter, who previously served as assistant director and recently earned his doctorate from the College of Education, succeeds Joe Connolly, who co-founded the partnership and served as its director for nearly 36 years. Housed within the Office of Human Resources, PWE develops partnerships with...

PWE Welcomes Francis Lo!

We are so pleased to welcome Francis Lo (they/them) as our new Grants and Contracts Coordinator and Office Manager. Francis began at PWE in November 2022 and has over a decade of experience working in higher education, most recently spending the last three years as the Program Coordinator for the English MFA for Poets and Writers at UMass. An alum of Emerson College and  Mills...

PWE Welcomes Midori Tabery!

The Partnership for Worker Education (PWE) is pleased to welcome new staff member Midori Tabery as the new outreach coordinator and workplace English instructor. Tabery has over two decades of experience teaching ESL in a variety of settings including 20 years as the ESOL Department Head at Eaglebrook School and as a volunteer at the Center for New Americans. A UMass alumna,...

Sonia Lindop in the News

The Partnership for Worker Education's Sonia Lindop was featured in a story by WWLP about an August job fair to hire new workers at UMass Amherst. From the story: “We are a very diverse community, we come from many different backgrounds and we hope you come in and join us,” said Sonia Lindop, UMass Senior Project Manager. Sonia Lindop urged job seekers...

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