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The Year Ahead
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July 1, 2011
Dear Campus Community,
As many of you may have heard by now, I plan to serve one more year as Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Working together, in a most difficult economic climate, we have made great strides over the past three years. During this period the campus achieved record highs in applications for admission, SAT scores and GPAs of incoming students, number of baccalaureate degrees awarded, percentage of minority students on campus, retention rates from the first to the second year, Pell grant recipients, student financial aid, licensing income, research awards, and fundraising totals. We also launched the Community College Connection to encourage community college students to complete their bachelor's degrees in Amherst and elevated football program into the Football Bowl Subdivision in the Mid-American Conference.
I look forward to continuing to lead this great institution on its current trajectory of success. We have much more work to do next year and in the future if we are going to attain the ambitious goals we have set for ourselves, but I am confident that at the conclusion of what will be my fourth year as Chancellor, UMass Amherst will be in a stronger position to build on its significant record of accomplishment.
I look forward to working with President Caret, the Board of Trustees, and the all members of the campus as we continue to elevate the stature of UMass Amherst.
Robert C. Holub
Chancellor
