University Club sports new Web site

nformation on University Club activities, menus, special events and membership benefits is now available on a new Web site, reports president Joseph S. Larson.

     The site (www.umass.edu/uclub), which debuted Sept. 10, lists the club's hours and the current menu offerings. There's also a downloadable membership application and details on membership rates for faculty, staff and Alumni Association members.

     Other features of the site include listings of special events, a short history of the facility, information on catering, club bylaws and a roster of the club's leadership.

     The club's board of governors invites members of the campus community to
visit the site and e-mail their comments to Larson (larson@tei.umass.edu).

     The University Club is located in the historic Stockbridge/Homestead House complex on Stockbridge Road opposite French Hall. Dining facilities are open for lunch on weekdays and for supper on selected evenings. The club sponsors special evening dinners and is available to campus organizations as a site for small meetings, receptions, buffets and dinner events.

     The Revolutionary-era Stockbridge House, the oldest house in Amherst, was used to incarcerate the Tories of Amherst and later was the boyhood summer home of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Concord Minuteman statue and the Lincoln Memorial statue in Washington, D.C. The attached Homestead house, of the same era, served for many years as a practical homemaking facility for women majoring in Home Economics before being moved to its present location.

     "The complex offers pleasant and unique Olde New England venue for all who use the facility," says Larson.