Springfield, Massachusetts-based Big Y Foods has partnered with The Fisher College Graduate Professional Studies department.
Through its corporate advantage program, Fisher College will offer online courses for Big Y Foods employees to provide them with new skills and knowledge. Fisher College will offer discounted tuition rates for Big Y Foods employees and their immediate family members and will work to identify courses and develop programs that fit within the needs of Big Y Foods.
“We are excited to partner with Fisher College and offer our employees a tremendous opportunity to further their education. We strive to offer various benefits to our employees and look forward to sharing this newest collaboration,” said Aimee Diliberto, manager of employee experiences.
Fisher College has other corporate educational partnerships that allow a reduction in tuition in the GPS Online Division for its employees and their immediate family members. They include the following:
- Spectrum Health Systems Inc. is a private nonprofit that improves the lives of those impacted by substance use and/or mental health disorders. It operates more than 100 programs in community and institutional settings throughout Massachusetts, Georgia and Virginia.
- Victory Programs Inc. of Boston is a nonprofit that has been helping people in crisis for almost for almost 50 years. Thousands of people turn to Victory Programs yearly for shelter, sustenance, recovery, care and professional support.
- Eliot Community Human Services operates in 95 locations in Massachusetts. Its 2,000 employees help more than 50,000 people each year and provide evidence-based programming and services.
- Visiting Nurse Associations of New England is a membership association and the largest network of home health care providers in the northeast.
- NWN Carousel is the leading Cloud Communications Service Provider delivering integrated Hybrid Work experiences for the top 5,000 education, commercial, enterprise and public sector organizations across North America.
- Cataldo Ambulance, headquartered in Somerville, is the largest 911 responder in Massachusetts. Cataldo provides a Mobile Integrated Health program and a service area spanning across 27 communities.
- High Point and Affiliated Organizations is a health and human service agency whose mission is to treat and prevent substance use disorders and mental illness. With programs located throughout Southeastern Massachusetts, it offers a full continuum of care for substance use and mental health treatment, including inpatient, outpatient, residential and community-based services. Programs and services also assist survivors of abuse, violence and families experiencing homelessness.
- Walden Behavioral Care is an affiliate program of Monte Nido & Affiliates that offers specialized eating disorder support at all levels of care. Walden’s Center for Recovery opened in October 2020 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and is the nation’s largest eating disorder hospital.
- Riverside Community Care is a community-based nonprofit serving more than 40,000 people a year in Massachusetts, offering a range of innovative and compassionate behavioral healthcare and human services.
“Big Y is one of the biggest and most respected companies in the Commonwealth, and we welcome their employees and their families to Fisher College and look forward to helping them expand upon their educational and professional goals,” said Steve Rich, president of Fisher College.
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