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Todd Zaganiacz, a clerk in Campus Services, received the 2025 Special Program Production Award at the United States Polka Association Annual Convention & Awards Banquet, held on May 24 in Cleveland, Ohio. Zaganiacz was also a finalist in the IJ/DJ of the Year Award, an award he has won eight times in the past.

Aside from his full-time position at UMass, Zaganiacz serves as president of the Polka Jammer Network, on which he hosts several weekly programs, and also hosts “Polka Carousel,” a weekly four-hour program that airs on Sunday mornings on WHMP radio in Northampton.

His shows can be livestreamed on the Polka Jammer and on the WHMP websites.