UMass Dartmouth held four Commencement ceremonies to honor the Class of 2019. Two Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies were held on May 10 on Cressy Field for approximately 1,450 students. On May 13…, Chancellor Robert E. Johnson, said. “I now charge you, the Class of 2019, to take your collective genius and go forth with a strong sense of humanity and an unyielding faith to transform the world as a global citizen.” “I am the…, President Marty Meehan, . At the morning undergraduate ceremony for the College of Nursing, Charlton College of Business, and the College of Visual & Performing Arts, commencement speaker , Ellen M. Zane, , Chief Executive Officer & President Emeritus of Tufts Medical Center, received an honorary doctorate degree and addressed students. Speaking on her groundbreaking career, Zane told graduates “…, Silavong Phimmasone, (Management Leadership) of Springfield, MA. A student member of the UMass Board of Trustees, Phimmasone told his fellow graduates, “It is a time to embrace the idea that every experience will make…, Congressman William R. Keating, , who received the Chancellor’s Medal and delivered the commencement address. Congressman Keating told students “the first thing to remember in this changing world when people say to you that you’re…, Nneoma Ugwu, (Civil Engineering) who came to UMass Dartmouth from Nigeria. Ugwu spoke of overcoming societal hurdles to becoming a black female engineer. “In Igbo, my mother tongue, there is a saying which is ‘…, Justice Elspeth B. Cypher, of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court was the 2019 Commencement speaker for UMass Law. “Be as courageous as you can. There will always be difficult times, some harder than others. Be…, Casey Shannon, , of Taunton, Massachusetts, asked her peers to think back on their experience: “As we look forward to our bright futures as district attorneys, immigration lawyers, corporate lawyers, and more, it…, Travis McCready, , President and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, encouraged students to remember a time when someone made an exception for them. “Acknowledge and reciprocate those moments of exception…, Kebeh Sando, (Clinical Psychology), who immigrated to the United States from West Africa during the Liberian Civil War and earned her master’s in psychology. Sando shared with her peers the power of second…, More about the UMass Dartmouth Class of 2019:, Graduates come from more than 33 countries, 34 states, and 257 Massachusetts communities. The average age of graduating undergraduate students is 24.5 and graduate and law students 30.3. Male…
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UMass Law held its 2019 Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. in the Main Auditorium on campus where 48 law degrees were conferred. “Remember that lady justice is usually represented wearing a blindfold…, Chancellor Robert E. Johnson, ., Justice Elspeth B. Cypher, of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court was the 2019 Commencement speaker for UMass Law. “Be as courageous as you can. There will always be difficult times, some harder than others. Be…, Casey Shannon, , of Taunton, Massachusetts, asked her peers to think back on their experience, “As we look forward to our bright futures as district attorneys, immigration lawyers, corporate lawyers, and more, it…
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The Office of Business Development & Innovation at UMass Medical School announced the first grant awards from a new fund established to support innovative scientific advances at the medical…
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LOWELL, Mass. - The largest and most diverse class - 4,534 strong - graduated from UMass Lowell at Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 17 and May 18. While it is the 12th year in a row that the…
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The University of Massachusetts Boston and its extended community mourn the loss of former Chancellor Sherry H. Penney, who passed away in Florida last week. Dr. Penney was known for her exceptional…
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Thirteen years ago, Elisa Ogawa couldn't speak, read, or write English. But she arrived in Dorchester with a passion. Ogawa, then 15, had traveled from Japan to live with her aunt, with the dream of…
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A team of researchers from UMass Lowell, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and China Agricultural University in Beijing has developed a new, sustainable way of converting wet biological…, From Biocrude Oil to Diesel Blendstock, According to Chen, biocrude oil, which is converted directly from wet biowaste using the HTL process, produces a comparable amount of heat to petroleum crude oil (about 75 to 90 percent). However, to…
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University of Massachusetts alumnus Paul Manning '77 and his wife Diane Manning, have committed $1 million through their family foundation to establish the Manning Innovation Program . The program…
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University of Massachusetts hockey head coach Greg Carvel has been tabbed the 2019 Spencer Penrose Award winner, given annually to the CCM/AHCA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Coach of the Year, the…
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UMass Dartmouth Masters of Fine Arts candidate in painting Robert Najlis (Ridgewood, NJ) has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship. Najlis, who is graduating in May 2019, is among 2,000 people from…
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