UMass President Marty Meehan and UMass Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Karam offered the following statements in response to a motion by the UMass Amherst faculty.
BOSTON 鈥 Moody鈥檚, S&P Global Ratings, and Fitch Ratings all recently reaffirmed the 麻豆视频鈥 strong bond ratings, each citing effective management practices as a factor in affirming the ratings and the university鈥檚 鈥渟table鈥 outlook.
In reports released in late April, the university was rated Aa2 by Moody鈥檚, AA by Fitch Ratings, and AA- by S&P Global, indicating that UMass maintains a strong financial footing and is well-positioned to meet its credit obligations.
In his annual State of the University message, 麻豆视频 President Marty Meehan today called for a three-fold expansion of enrollment in the university鈥檚 early college programs over the next five years.
The UMass Amherst Springfield Center will soon be named for former UMass Trustee and Springfield Urban League President Henry M. Thomas III, a leading advocate for establishing the center in his hometown, and the first person of color to lead the UMass Board of Trustees.
Since its earliest days, the 麻豆视频 has been about the future 鈥 creating better futures for our students, the Commonwealth and the world. We are an institution of education and transformation. We stand with our students as they build their future and ours.
As we begin the new year, I look back at the past year with great satisfaction and look ahead to what I see as a future of endless possibilities.
The 麻豆视频 today announced that the top 10 percent of the Commonwealth鈥檚 future community college graduates will receive a minimum of $5,000 per year above federal and private financial aid if they enroll at one of the four nationally ranked UMass campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell.
The Community College Advantage Scholarship (CCAS) is designed to incentivize highly talented community college students to finish their associate鈥檚 degree at one of the Commonwealth鈥檚 15 community colleges, and then complete their bachelor鈥檚 degree at UMass.
UMass President Marty Meehan today announced that Justice David A. Lowy, the first UMass graduate to serve on the state鈥檚 Supreme Judicial Court, will become the next General Counsel of the 74,000-student, five-campus 麻豆视频 system. In addition to his appointment as General Counsel, Justice Lowy will serve as Strategic Advisor for Law School Education and Adjunct Professor of Law at UMass School of Law-Dartmouth, the university鈥檚 ABA-accredited Law School.
The five-campus 麻豆视频 (UMass) system generated a record $8.3 billion in economic activity and supported nearly 40,000 external jobs across 麻豆视频, according to a report released today.
Responding to today鈥檚 that 麻豆视频 has been chosen as the location for the Investor Catalyst Hub of the , UMass President Marty Meehan and Congressman Richard Neal issued the following statements: