Letter from Vice Chancellor of Development and Alumni Relations

Welcome Alumni and Friends,

Throughout this site you’ll get insights into how the university, with your support, is rising to its fullest potential, reaching toward the many possibilities of the present and future. Our ability to shape this campus, build programs that challenge, and encourage the creation of new knowledge relies on funding beyond what the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides.

Your gifts and the support of our most dedicated alumni and friends enable us to offer unique ways to educate our students, attract and retain excellent faculty and build facilities worthy of a competitive national research institution – all in service to the common good and our societal well-being.

Look around and you’ll see highlights of a few of the countless ways our campus community reaches beyond even their loftiest aspirations – inspired by your support.  And, you’ll encounter many opportunities for giving that will have a significant impact on their success. 

With gratitude and appreciation for all that you have already made possible at UMass Amherst, and all that is yet to come,

Sincerely yours,

Michael A. Leto
Vice Chancellor of Development and Alumni Relations
Executive Director, UMass Amherst Foundation