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12/06/2012
A November 5, 2012 article in USA Today entitled Unfinished business: More adults go back to college highlighted the University Without Walls as "one of the leading pioneers in developing higher education support services for adult college students..."
The article focuses on UWW's...
11/21/2012
UWW student Claudia Hernandez, UWW Marketing and Recruitment Manager Melanie DeSilva, and UWW's Chief Academic Advisor Karen Stevens were interviewed for an article about the increase in Latino students returning to Massachusetts colleges and universities that was published in today's...
11/21/2012
Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville visited the University Without Walls on Tuesday, November 20 to see firsthand how innovations in technology and online learning are opening doors for adult students living and working in the commonwealth. The Secretary's visit was one stop on...
11/21/2012
Not many people can say they ran away to join the circus, but twenty-nine year old UWW student Anna Vigeland can! Well, she didn't run away really. She followed her dream- a dream that has led her around the world and back as a circus performer and artist. Here Anna shares her inspiring...
11/09/2012
UWW recently attended a statewide event aimed at introducing veterans to the many opportunities available through Massachusetts community colleges, state colleges and UMass.
Held at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston on November 8, the event was organized by Katy Abel, UWW graduate and ...
10/31/2012
UWW is so pleased to welcome UMass Amherst freshman Tiffany Hua as our new work-study student. A mechanical engineering major, Tiffany graduated at the top of her class from high school while also working at Target in Guest Services and volunteering at the Franklin Park Zoo. Tiffany is bilingual in...
10/23/2012
Over 40 UWW students descended on the main library at UMass Amherst on Sunday to work on their degree plans with the help of UWW faculty advisors. "Faculty advisors teach degree planning in our online and blended courses, but we decided this year to also offer students who could...
10/07/2012
An October 7 Boston Globe story on online education cites both UWW faculty member Karen Stevens, EdD and UWW student Joe Garland who is finishing his bachelor's degree with a focus in American Political Advocacy and has been accepted into the Masters of Public Policy program at UMass Amherst....
09/27/2012
Founder of Attleboro Farms and current general manager of the 500 acre Confreda Greenhouses and Farms in Hope, RI, UMass Amherst UWW graduate Ray Aubin shares his thirty year journey to complete his college degree. In 2004, Ray graduated from UMass Amherst UWW with a concentration in Agribusiness,...
09/17/2012
Meet UMass Amherst UWW alumna, Air National Guard member, mother and human resource specialist Charlean Malone. A proud member of the class of 2012, Charlean earned her B.A. with a concentration in Human Resource Development. Her advisor was Lisa Fontes.
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