Events
Arts Extension Service (AES)
The Arts Extension Service (AES) is a national organization creating learning
opportunities "that develop the arts in communities and community through
the arts." AES does this through continuing education for artists, arts
organizations, and community leaders.
Augusta
Savage Gallery
The Augusta Savage Gallery of the University's Fine Arts Center promotes
the unique artistic contributions of student, local, and nationally acclaimed
artists of color from diverse world cultures. In an effort to extend multicultural
education beyond the visual exhibition format, the Gallery presents dance, music,
workshops, film, lectures, storytelling, and readings. Specially invited audiences
include students from local public schools and representatives of social service
groups.
Center for Immigrant
and Refugee Community Leadership and Empowerment (CIRCLE)
CIRCLE offers collective leadership and community development programs for local
Cambodian, Vietnamese, Hmong, Tibetan, Russian, and Somali groups. Graduate students
in community development and undergraduate students in service learning provide
training, field support, and monitoring programs. The Center models a form of
collective leadership drawing on the strengths of all participants - all participants
are considered both teachers and learners. Participants work together to bridge
the divide of culture, race, religion, class, gender, and generations; and to
cross the barriers between communities and institutions.
Center for Research
and Education in Women's Health (CREWH)
The Center was created to conduct basic research in women's health
and to provide the resources needed to promote women's health issues. Areas
of interest include: physical activity, nutrition, breast cancer prevention,
and healthy aging. CREWH focuses on the prevention of disease. It draws
on UMass departments including Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics,
Exercise Science, Nutrition, Anthropology, Women's Studies and Nursing.
Center for Rural Massachusetts
(CRM)
The Center for Rural Massachusetts (CRM) addresses problems created
through rapid economic growth in rural areas with a program of applied research
focusing on ways that growth could be managed and controlled through actions
of rural communities. CRM is also home to the Massachusetts
Center for Research on Families
The Center for Research on Families (CRF) seeks to generate understanding of families from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines, from biology to economics, by supporting faculty and student research. CRF supports research that provides a comprehensive
knowledge base for effective public policy, studies the impact of social
and economic policy on families, and provides expertise to various constituents
such as public schools, private and public agencies. The Center brings
outstanding family scholars from around the country to UMass for joint
teaching, research and outreach activities.
Center for the Study of Communication
The Center for the Study of Communication sponsors projects that
bring together academia and local communities. In addition to supporting
research, its activities include: sponsoring lectures, organizing colloquium,
coordinating seminars and conferences and supervising interventive projects..
Continuing & Professional Education
Continuing & Professional Education provides access to the University's academic
resources for part-time students and businesses. Undergraduate courses, specialized
degree programs, noncredit workshops, and professional development certificates
and programs are designed for people whose other responsibilities make full-time
study difficult.
Extension 4-H Youth and Family Development
Program
The Massachusetts 4-H Program helps youth learn life skills that they need to be successful children and adults. These include communication, decision-making, problem solving, sharing and conflict resolution skills. Youth do this through projects in subject areas of interest to them — these could involve dogs, photography, horses or fitness, just to name a few possibilities. 4-H youth learn through “hands-on” learning, becoming engaged in an activity and then sharing and processing the information they have. Volunteer club leaders guide young people through the process in towns and cities throughout Massachusetts. Optional educational activities and competitive events occur at the county or regional level and there are state level activities and competitive events. A network of programs and events in the areas of animal science, communications, and community service is available to support 4-H club members and volunteers.
Extension Natural Resources and Environmental
Conservation Program (NREC)
Extension's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Program
(NREC) provides educational programs and materials that enable people to
make informed decisions and take action to preserve or enhance the quality,
productivity and sustainability of natural resources and natural systems.
Extension Nutrition
Education Program (NEP)
UMass Extension's Nutrition Education Program provides individuals,
families and communities with the knowledge and skills that empower them
to make informed choices about healthy diets, to reduce risks of foodborne
illness and chronic disease, and to efficiently manage food resources that
support their physiological health and economic and social well-being. NEP
serves limited-resource families with children, pregnant and/or parenting
teens, youth and elderly. In addition it also serves professionals in community
agencies and food handlers in settings such as food pantries, homeless shelters,
senior meal sites, community-based group homes, and school food service
units.
Family Business Center
The Family Business Center assists family-owned businesses to be
more professional, to develop policies and procedures based on best practices,
and to improve communication and strategizing skills. It offers forums,
roundtables, a website, a newsletter, referral and counseling services.
Fine
Arts Center
A
complex of concert halls, theaters, galleries and other facilities,
the Fine Arts Center is home to nationally acclaimed performing
arts series and many programs.
This searchable site provides timely information about theater performances
and other happenings at the Five Colleges.
Institute in Drinking Water
Treatment (see "Events" section of website)
The Institute in Drinking Water Treatment is an annual two-day intensive educational
opportunity designed for consulting engineers and scientists; water utility personnel
including superintendents, managers, and operators from moderate size and larger
utilities; engineers and scientists from state and federal water regulatory agencies;
and engineers and scientists from various industries. It presents the fundamentals
and new technologies of drinking water treatment processes. In addition to introducing
new developments in the field, the Institute uses teaching materials to present
applications dealing with existing and proposed regulatory requirements.
Magic
Triangle Jazz Series
Produced by WMUA FM and UMass Residential Arts, the Magic Triangle Jazz Series
produces three live music performances in Spring semester each year. The series
is intended to provide an intimate and unique performance experience at accessible
prices for students and the general public.
Mass Ventures
Mass Ventures is a regional venture development company and is focused on building
high growth companies in Western Massachusetts. It was established in 1995
by a partnership of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the business community,
and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, dedicated to supporting the entrepreneurial
emergence in this region. Mass Ventures provides professional services including
strategic planning, marketing, financial planning, education, and capital acquisition
to companies across a broad range of industries.
Nutrition Information and Bulletin
Board Learning Experience (NIBBLE)
NIBBLE, a project of the University's Department of Nutrition, is a nutrition education website designed for low-literate learners. With easy-to-read nutrition information, tools to assess knowledge and food practices, NIBBLE is useful for teachers of adult basic education and consumers looking for nutrition information. Additional nutrition courses and seminars are available online through UMassONE, Online Nutrition Education, at www.umassone.net.
Performances
Plus! Series
The UMass Fine Arts Center provides multicutltural theater, music, and dance
experiences for K-12 school and home-school groups.
The Media Education Foundation
The Media Education Foundation produces educational resources concerned with
the social impact of the mass media around issues such as gender, race, sexuality,
violence and commercialism. It is a nonprofit educational organization led
by Sut Jhally of the University's Department of Communication. It is " devoted
to media research and production of resources to aid educators and others in
fostering analytical media literacy. We believe that a media literate citizenry
is essential to a vibrant democracy in a diverse and complex society."
UMass Educational Television (UMET)
UMass Educational Television (UMET) produces innovative educational programs
for children and adults. Programs can be seen on cable television and can be
purchased for classroom or home use through the UMET video catalog. UMET functions
as a hands on, video production training laboratory for graduate and undergraduate
students at the University of Massachusetts and offers assistantship and internship
opportunities.
UMass Extension addresses public concerns of high priority for the Commonwealth. Part of the national Cooperative Extension System, it sponsors statewide programs in Agriculture and Landscape, Natural Resources & Environmental Conservation, Communities, Families and Youth, Nutrition Education and the Massachusetts 4-H Program. These programs, often in partnerships with other organizations, offer research and educational opportunities including workshops, conferences, distance education, training events, consultations, and applied research. Publications are available through the UMass Extension Bookstore.
UMass Science
and Engineering Days
A series of lectures, demonstrations, lab tours and discussions conducted on
the University campus in the fall for high school students and their teachers.
Science and Engineering Days are designed to acquaint high school students with
exciting and interesting topics of current interest in a wide variety of disciplines.
Each year, high school teachers are notified of the event (which is repeated
over several days) and invited to attend with their students. Lunch is provided
by the University.
UMass Sunwheel Project
The UMass Sunwheel was created by Astronomy Professor Judith Young to provide
an experiential setting for University students, school children, and the general
public to learn the about the cycles exhibited by the sun throughout the year.
UMass Tax School
The UMass Tax School offers a variety of one- and two-day workshops on Federal
and State taxes designed to provided updates on the latest tax laws and regulations.
Workshops are offered at locations in both eastern and western Massachusetts
and are intended for experienced professional tax practitioners, including
accountants, enrolled agents, certified public accountants and attorneys.
UMass University Without Walls Information Sessions
Learn how you can complete your Bachelor’s Degree at UMass Amherst. Design your own degree using your background and interests to earn your first bachelors of arts or science that reflects your creative and interdisciplinary connections ranging from arts administration, business and organizational studies, education (licensed and non-licensed), health and human services, journalism studies, sustainable entrepreneurship, or your own idea. You will choose from live, online, or blended courses. You will be able to accelerate earning your degree with a generous transfer credit policy of 75 credits – no matter how long ago you took them. And, you can learn more about how to can earn up to 30 UMass credits for learning you’ve gained from your life, work and training experiences. Sign up for a free information session by calling 413.545.1378, emailing uww@uww.umass.edu or visiting www.umass.edu/uww.
Urban Places Project (UPP)
The Urban Places Project (UPP), based in the University's Department of Landscape
Architecture and Regional Planning, is dedicated to preserving and enhancing
the quality of urban life through planning and design. UPP's focus is academic
outreach and applied research, particularly in low-income and minority neighborhoods
that have not traditionally had access to design and physical planning assistance.
88.5 / WFCR
FM, Public Radio for Western New England
WFCR is a National Public Radio (NPR) member station, and an affiliate of
Public Radio International (PRI) with over 140,000 listeners. In its fourth
decade, WFCR offers extensive local, national, and international news, classical
music, and jazz programming. WFCR also sponsors cultural trips and arts and
music events.
Western Massachusetts
Arts Alliance
Initiated by the UMass Arts Council, this comprehensive new program is designed
to share the artistic resources of the University with the residents of the Commonwealth.
The Alliance's goal is to improve networking and communication between arts,
cultural and educational institutions.
Wildlife
and Fisheries Conservation Program
The Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation program is an undergraduate
major of the Department of Natural Resources Conservation which
enables students to manage, conserve, and protect fish, wildlife,
and land and water environments. Field research projects, summer
jobs, internships, or cooperative education positions are an
important component. In recent years, students have assisted
with research projects on salmon and shad in the Connecticut
River, black bears in the Berkshires, laughing gulls at JFK Airport,
salamanders in vernal pools, sea bird and marine mammal surveys
in Alaska, trout streams in western Massachusetts, and coastal
fish communities on Cape Cod.
