As I wrap up my undergraduate career at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, I've been reflecting on the professors who’ve had the most outstanding impact on me, whether it be on an interpersonal basis in the classroom or for my future career.
Founded in 2011, the UMass Belly Dance Club (UBDC) gives students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a multicultural art form, learn traditional and fusion belly dance techniques, and showcase their choreog
When I transferred to UMass in spring of 2019, I promised myself I would do two things. The first is that I would take advantage of every opportunity I had on campus. The second is that I would have fun and be myself.
Chayanne Chataigne is a senior here at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A resident of Worcester, MA, she decided on UMass Amherst due to its proximity to home and financial aid offerings. Chayanne was initially a psychology major, but during the fall of her first year she took a general education course on Black history from 1619 to 1860. In the spring, she took Introduction to Black Studies. Eventually, she made the decision to add the Afro-American Studies major to enrich her academic path. She is soon graduating with a dual degree in psychology and Afro-Am Studies.
Right now you’re busy with preparing for the next step in your life: filling out scholarship applications, revisiting your top schools, watching videos on how to prepare for college, and deciding on where to spend your next four years. Take a deep breath, try not to stress too much, because I’m here to assure you everything is going to work out.
You’re probably really stressed right now about the college decision process, as you don’t want to make the “wrong” choice. Ultimately you’ll end up loving where you go, and it’ll work out in the end. I know change can be really scary but it’ll be a lot easier than you think!
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As my time at the University of Massachusetts Amherst quickly comes to an end, I find it hard to think of what my life as a college graduate will be like. Whether it be for a job or graduate school, my heart aches to leave the place I’ve been lucky to call home these past four years.
As I enter my last semester of college, the inevitable job search has finally begun. However, much like the rest of America’s class of 2021, my application process is a bit different than previous classes — we’re in a pandemic, and as I look for jobs now, I am finding more and more positions offered entirely remotely.
Hey me my senior year of high school, I’m writing to you three years later as a junior in college! I know you’re probably super stressed right now from juggling school, extracurriculars and choosing where to go to college but I hope that by writing you this letter, as a junior in college now, I could ease your stress a little and give you a few tips.
Like many college students, I unapologetically love Target. Luckily, there is a Target located a mere 2 miles from campus so UMass students never have to live without it! If you're lucky enough to have made friends with someone who owns a car, it's a five-minute drive, but you can just as easily get there using the PVTA bus system.
