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Crouse Health opens workforce development and training center
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Health on Friday announced it has established a workforce development and training center, which is located in 7 West Tower on the Crouse Health campus. The center is designed to provide educational and career-advancement resources and opportunities for Crouse Health’s 3,200 employees, the health system said in a release. In partnership […]

Utica University, SUNY Oneonta sign articulation agreement for future nursing students
UTICA — Utica University and SUNY Oneonta recently announced a new articulation agreement that gives SUNY Oneonta graduates a “seamless transition” into Utica University’s bachelor of science accelerated nursing program. The pact, called the “SUNY Oneonta-Utica University Early Assurance Program Accelerated Bachelors of Science Nursing Agreement,” will create a pathway to further student educational attainment

MVHS reflects on first few months in new Wynn Hospital
UTICA — Now that its been three months since the opening of Wynn Hospital, in downtown Utica, Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) leaders are focusing on the positives while acknowledging the negatives. While the Oct. 29 move into the facility went off without a hitch, there have been a few bumps in the road since

Student-run bank deepens Tioga State Bank’s community connections
SPENCER — Tioga State Bank’s (TSB) new student-run branch at Spencer-Van Etten High School in northwestern Tioga County does more than provide a convenient place for students, faculty, and staff to bank. It deepens the bank’s connection with the community it has served for 160 years and provides an opportunity for TSB to offer even

Visions FCU’s financial-readiness center opens at Syracuse University
Aims to help veteran, military-connected community SYRACUSE — Visions Federal Credit Union (FCU) says its financial-readiness center at Syracuse University’s National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC) seeks to provide “support and guidance” for the university’s veteran and military-connected community. The resource for student veterans and military families is made possible by the collaboration between
People news: SUNY Poly names new director of university marketing and communications
MARCY, N.Y. — Sara Furlong has joined SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) as its new director of university marketing and communications. She brings more than 15 years of experience in higher education, ad agency, consulting, and industry settings to the role, the university announced. Prior to joining SUNY Poly, Furlong spent more than six years

UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it will no longer require masking at its facilities, effective immediately. MVHS’s infection-prevention team has tracked community transmission levels of COVID-19 in Oneida County and surrounding areas, as well as among patients and staff. At this time, transmission levels have dropped enough where masking is

Schumer calls on regulators, drug makers to deal with shortage of RSV doses for local doctors
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.) wants the federal government and drug makers to “get all hands-on deck” to ensure doctors across New York and the U.S. have immunization doses for respiratory syncytial virus infection, or RSV. In a letter to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) and the
ConnextCare to offer dental services to the Oswego City School District
OSWEGO, N.Y. — ConnextCare has announced plans to offer dental services for the Oswego City School District, a move the organization sees as the first step in launching its school-based, health-center program set for this fall. ConnextCare is locating the new school-based health center at the Frederick Leighton Elementary School. It will first be open

A.O. Fox Hospital and nurses union reach agreement
ONEONTA, N.Y. — A.O. Fox Hospital leadership has reached an agreement with the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) union for a collective-bargaining agreement for registered nurses at the hospital. The deal comes after several months of negotiations, A.O. Fox Hospital announced in a press release. The hospital is part of Bassett Healthcare Network. “We
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