Elms College Announces New Partnership with the State University of Haiti

CHICOPEE — Elms College intends to ratify a new partnership agreement with the State University of Haiti to create a continuing education program. A signing ceremony is planned for Tuesday, Feb. 17 at Elms College.

This agreement will build upon Elms College’s other university partnerships in Haiti. In 2019, a partnership was established between the Elms College School of Nursing and the Episcopal University of Haiti School of Nursing. That partnership, now the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Haiti Nursing Continuing Education Program, brings together nurse faculty from across Haiti and uses a train-the-trainer approach, with nursing faculty from the Elms College School of Nursing training nursing faculty from across Haiti in leading-edge nursing skills that they bring to their own students. The overall goal is to improve the health of the Haitian people.

“Elms College is pleased to partner with the State University of Haiti to develop a continuing education program for teachers in Haiti,” Elms College President Harry Dumay said. “Elms College has deep experience in preparing educators through our Division of Education and our Center for Equity in Urban Education. The State University of Haiti also has great teacher training expertise through their Ecole Normale Superieure.”

At the signing event, Elms College will welcome leaders from the State University of Haiti, including Rector Dieuseul Predelus, Professor Ricot Pierre-Louis, and Professor Marie Chantal Dumay.

This partnership aligns with Elms College’s mission, rooted in the values of the Sisters of St. Joseph, to pursue the common good and improve the lives of all people.