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With more than 30 major building projects among her credits, Maureen Flanagan’s creativity takes many shapes. She also knows that even a fair share of smarts and a lot of hard work does not guarantee success. Flanagan has established an endowment at UMass Amherst to help aspiring young women who need financial help to attend college..” More…
In just her first years as UMass field hockey coach, Justine Sowry was named Division I Coach of the Year by WomensFieldHockey.com. She led the Minutewomen to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2001. In Atlantic 10 Conference play, UMass went 6-1 to claim a share of the regular season title. More…
Women make it possible. At UMass Amherst, inside and outside the classroom, research and teaching by and about women makes a mark on the lives of UMass Amherst students now and in the future.
Huston named Marshall Scholar. Senior Katie Huston, a journalism major from Royal Oak, Michigan, is one of 40 students in the country to be awarded a prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
Poetry book wins award. The Secret Powers of Naming, a collection by Sara Littlecrow-Russell, director of the Center for Educational Policy Advocacy, has been named one of 10 winners of the annual Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards.
A survey on charitable practices of almost 400 prominent business women revealed that more than 50% contribute $25,000+ annually, and 19% make gifts of $100,000+ annually; and more than 50% of these women make their own philanthropic decisions.
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