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2000
Campus Chronicle
Daniel Fitzgibbons, Editor
205 Munson Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003
Legislature Passes Interim State Budget
With the new fiscal year due to start this weekend, lawmakers on Monday
approved a $700 million interim budget to carry the state through July
15.
Repairs
and Construction
Underway on Campus
Each summer brings extensive construction work to campus, and this one
is no exception. Facilities Planning will complete about $5 million in
repairs, renovation and construction and will start some new projects
between the end of academic year 1999-2000 and the early part of 2000-2001.
Nolan
Tapped as ACE Fellow
Linda Nolan, interim dean of Commonwealth College and professor in the
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, has been named a 2000-01
American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow. She is one of 34 fellows selected
this year.
Ambassadors
Rebut Herald Columnist's Charge of Library 'Pork'
When Boston Herald columnist Rachelle Cohen recently took aim at a $1
million earmark for the Du Bois Library in the state Senate's proposed
Fiscal 2001 budget, several ambassadors and faculty fired back with letters
to the editor.
MSBDC
Hosts Open House
at Regional Office
Close to 200 people gathered on the Springfield Technical Community College
campus June 16 to look over the new offices of the western regional Massachusetts
Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) Network. They also came to make
connections with others in business and to hear successful entrepreneurs
talk about how the regional office and other resources have helped them.
Winning
Chefs Move Beyond Traditional College Fare
It's not what dorm food used to be. After
a week of classes and cooking opportunities at Collegiate Cuisine 2000,
nearly 70 food service workers from educational institutions around North
America came together on 17 teams to compete for medals on June 23.
Observing University smoking policy
ONLINE EDITION
Vol. 15, Issue 37
June 28, 2000
