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UMass Amherst $50K Innovation Challenge Will be Held on Campus Thursday, April 22
Monday, April 12, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. – Up to $50,000 in prize money supplied by private donors is available to award in the 2010 University of Massachusetts Amherst Innovation Challenge on Thursday, April 22 at the Campus Center.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association Announces 2010 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Thursday, April 8, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. ─ The University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association is proud to announce their 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, whose accomplishments will be recognized at a prestigious awards luncheon at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on April 14, 2010. Each year the Alumni Association honors alumni, faculty, and friends who have built on their UMass Amherst experience to attain distinguished achievements in the public, business or service realms. Lt. Governor Timothy Murray, as well as University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson and UMass Amherst Chancellor Robert C. Holub will address those in attendance prior to the awards presentation.

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UMass Amherst Sport Management Program to Honor Alumni Paul Archey of Major League Baseball and Jim Carr of NAIA
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. – The sport management program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has named Paul Archey, senior vice president of international business operations for Major League Baseball, and Jim Carr, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the winners of the 2010 Harold J. VanderZwaag Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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Kim Named Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life at UMass Amherst
Monday, March 29, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. – Jean Kim has been named vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, assuming the post she has held on an interim basis for the past nine months.

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UMass Amherst Alumnus Jeffrey B. Mullan, Head of State DOT, Speaks at Institute of Transportation Engineers Tech Day
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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DATE: Thursday, March 11, 2010

TIME: 5:30 p.m.

PLACE: 10th Floor, Amherst Room, Campus Center

Alumnus Jeffrey B. Mullan, the secretary and CEO of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, will be the keynote speaker March 11 when the University of Massachusetts Amherst student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) hosts its 11th annual Tech Day in the 10th floor Amherst Room of the Campus Center. The event begins at 2:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 5:30 that will include the keynote address and an awards ceremony. Mullan’s talk is titled, “Facing Transportation Challenges in the Commonwealth.”

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Student Teams at UMass Amherst Gear Up for Innovation Challenge Contest on December 8
Wednesday, December 2, 2009

AMHERST, Mass. – The excitement of student teams competing for more than $10,000 in prizes and support for their business ideas will again liven up the University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus Center as the opening event of the annual Innovation Challenge is held on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The executive summary and elevator pitch competition, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Room 1009.

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MFA Program for Poets and Writers at UMass Amherst Among Tops in Nation, Says <i>Poets & Writers Magazine</i>
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

AMHERST, Mass. – The Master of Fine Arts Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is among the best graduate creative writing programs in the country, according to Poets & Writers Magazine.

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UMass Amherst Breaks Ground for New Marching Band Building
Saturday, October 17, 2009

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst broke ground today for a $5.7 million Minuteman Marching Band Building. The new, energy-efficient facility will serve as the permanent home for the 300-member band known as “The Power and Class of New England.” It is one of only 27 collegiate marching bands nationally to receive the Sudler Trophy given by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

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Groundbreaking for New Minuteman Marching Band Building Set for Saturday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.
Thursday, October 15, 2009

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DATE: Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009

TIME: 1 p.m.

PLACE: 151 Grinnell Road, off Commonwealth Avenue and adjacent to the UMass Amherst police station.

Officials from the University of Massachusetts Amherst will break ground for a new $5.7 million Minuteman Marching Band Building, which will serve as the permanent home for the band known as “The Power and Class of New England.” George N. Parks, band director, says in addition to the nearly 400 members of the band who will be at the event, he expects a significant number of band alumni and friends to be at the ceremony.

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UMass Amherst Alumna and NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman to Speak Oct. 13
Thursday, October 8, 2009

AMHERST, Mass. – NASA astronaut and University of Massachusetts Amherst alumna Catherine “Cady” Coleman will give a public talk, “International Space Station Bound: A Day in the Life of a Scientist Astronaut,” on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 4 p.m. in Room 119 of E Lab II on the Amherst campus. The event is free and open to the public and a reception follows the talk.

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