Exceptional Partnerships, Exceptional Workforce
Partnering on Learning Environment: MetroWest Health Foundation
“Health and human services agencies tell us every day that the number one issue they are dealing with is workforce.” - Martin Cohen, President and Chief Executive Officer, MetroWest Health Foundation and Former Trustee of MassBay Community College
MassBay Community College’s 63-year history is replete with a host of strategic and beneficial partnerships. Since its inaugural year of 1961, the College has joined hands with hundreds of partners, including public funding agencies, corporations, charitable foundations, public schools, childcare centers, clinics, hospitals, and social services agencies to provide best practices in training and education, access to countless educational and extracurricular programs, pathways to well-paying careers, state-of-the-art facilities, and essential student support services. In doing so, MassBay and friends have enabled thousands of students to complete academic programs, earn college degrees, and achieve economic prosperity for themselves and their families in MetroWest. The following stories shine a light on three current partnerships, all of which will help to lift, nurture, and sustain the programs to be housed at the College’s new Center for Health Sciences, Early Childhood, and Human Services in Framingham.
The MetroWest Health Foundation recently made a $500,000 gift to the College’s $5.7 million capital campaign in support of the creation of the region’s only accredited simulation center at MassBay’s new Center. For many years, the Foundation has partnered with MassBay to improve the physical and mental health of area residents and help grow the regional workforce. President and Chief Executive Officer, MetroWest Health Foundation and Former Trustee of MassBay Community College, Martin Cohen, places MassBay Community College at the center of the solution to current labor shortages, as it continuously creates, expands,
and replenishes a workforce pipeline of highly-skilled health care professionals throughout MetroWest. When it’s not in use by MassBay students, “…we are going enable community health care facilities to lease our simulation center, so they can train and upscale their own people,” says Lynne Davis, Dean of Health Sciences. “Thanks to the MetroWest Health Foundation’s exceptionally generous gift, MassBay nursing and allied health students and professionals will learn, train, and develop essential skills in the most conducive environment and with the best technology available for decades to come.”
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