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Campus Earns Another Gold Rating for Sustainability
In recognition of its sustainability accomplishments in areas such as operations, academics and research, engagement, and administration, the campus has once again received a gold rating announced this month from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The...
To Offset Snow Days, Senate Approves Adding a Monday Schedule on April 30
To compensate for class time lost to snow closings, the Faculty Senate voted Feb. 19 to amend the academic calendar to designate Reading Day on Thursday, April 30 as a Monday class day. Final exams will start on Friday, May 1 as scheduled.  “Faculty are asked to use this Monday make up...
April 30 calendar page
3 More Finalists Named for Assistant Provost for Diversity
The search committee for the assistant provost for diversity has identified three more finalists for the position: Eric Castillo, Ken Durgans and Leykia Brill. All three will visit campus and make public presentations to the community during the upcoming week. Castillo will give his presentation...
Portland State Professor, Finalist for CHC Dean, Visits Feb. 23
Ann Marie Fallon of Portland State University, a finalist for dean of Commonwealth Honors College, will give a presentation to the campus community on Monday, Feb. 23 at 4 p.m. in 917 Campus Center and will be available for questions until 5:15 p.m. Her visit was postponed by a snowstorm on Feb. 2...
Ann Marie Fallon
Photo Contest Highlights: UMass in Winter
Highlights from the 2015 "UMass in Winter" photo contest.  More than 370 submissions were submitted by students, alumni, faculty, staff and campus visitors. See all 40 finalists at bit.do/winterphotocontest.
umass in winter photo contest
Simmons, Named Finalist for Associate Provost for Diversity, to Make Presentation
Charlana Simmons, director of student success and diversity in the College of Natural Sciences and a finalist for associate provost for diversity, will give a presentation to the campus community on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 3 p.m. in 163C Campus Center and will be available for questions until 4:15 p.m...
Charlana Simmons
Five Colleges Signs Purchase and Sale Agreement for Library Annex Land
The Five College Consortium has signed an agreement to purchase 46 acres of land in Hadley as the site for a 2.5-million-volume Library Annex that will provide shelving to supplement the capacities of the collaboration’s on-campus libraries. Most of the land, which lies between North Maple...
Five Colleges building
Dartmouth Professor Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina Named Finalist for CHC Dean
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, a faculty member at Dartmouth College and a finalist for dean of Commonwealth Honors College, will visit campus Thursday, Feb. 12 and make a presentation to the campus community at 4 p.m. in 904-08 Campus Center. She will be available for questions until 5:15 p.m....
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina
Washington University Professor, Finalist for CHC Dean, Visits Feb. 5
Professor John Baugh of Washington University in St. Louis, a finalist for dean of Commonwealth Honors College, will give a presentation to the campus community on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. in 174-76 Campus Center and will be available for questions until 5:15 p.m. Baugh is Margaret Bush Wilson...
John Baugh
Campus Launches Online Training on Title IX, Clery Act Compliance
More than 1,000 staff, faculty and administrators are taking an online training program this month to help them understand their responsibilities under two federal laws: Title IX and the Clery Act. Title IX requires federally funded educational institutions to prohibit discrimination on the basis...

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