Education

At a ceremony in Worcester on May 14, 2014, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern honored four local students that have received appointments to United States Service Academies. A total of four students from the 2nd Congressional District have received service academy appointments to join the Class of 2018. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern announced that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has selected the Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Mass, as a recipient of a National Medal for Museum and Library Service. The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor given to museums and libraries for service to the community. Read more »

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks and I yield myself 8 minutes. M. Speaker, budgets are moral documents. These annual documents are really statements of who we are as political parties and groups.  They represent our values. They tell a story about what we believe in and how we would… Read more »

United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Representative and Senator-Elect Edward Markey, and U.S. Representatives James McGovern and William Keating today announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.97 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Tufts University for research projects in science and engineering. Read more »

I rise to congratulate Taft Early Learning School in Uxbridge, Massachusetts for being named as a Bronze Award Winner in the USDA Healthier School Challenge. Read more »

Monday July 22, 2013U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-02) and U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Ed Markey (MA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded nearly $1 million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) through the Fire Prevention and Safety Program.According to WPI, the research team led by Professor Brian Meacham will use the 998,446 grant to… Read more »

Friday June 28, 2013U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-02) today urged House Speaker John Boehner to not recess the House for the 4th of July District Work Period until the issue of student loan interest rates is resolved.In a letter to the speaker (attached), Rep. McGovern notes that rates for students and their families are schedule to double on July 1.  "Although summer has just… Read more »

Today, at a press conference to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the award of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction to Ernest Hemingway, the U.S. Finca Vigía Foundation (FVF), under an agreement with the Cuban Council of National Heritage, announced that it has supported the digitization of 2,000 new images of materials relating to Hemingway. Read more »

The global development and relief organization Save the Children honored U.S. Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) this week with its Congressional Champion for Real and Lasting Change Award for 2013. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern (MA-02) announced today that Isabelle Page, a student at Northampton High School, has won the 2013 Congressional Art Competition for Massachusetts' Second Congressional District for her piece "The Insecure Self-Portrait." Read more »