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Sunday, December 20, 2009

University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association Announces 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association is appreciative to advertise their 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, whose accomplishments will be accustomed at a celebrated awards bologna at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on April 16, 2009.

Amherst, MA (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 10, 2009 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association is appreciative to advertise their 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, whose accomplishments will be accustomed at a celebrated awards bologna at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on April 16, 2009. University of Massachusetts President Jack Wilson and UMass Amherst Chancellor Robert C. Holub will abode those in appearance above-mentioned to the awards presentation.

UMass Amherst Alumni Association

Those accepting accustomed include: for the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Awards, Edward M. Fouhy '56, media consultant; Margaret Jablonski '81,'84 MEd, carnality adjudicator for apprentice address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; for the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Service Award, Michael Foley '72, abettor assistant of anesthetic at Tufts University School of Medicine and a practitioner of gastroenterology at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston; for the 2009 Distinguished Young Alumni Award, Carmina Fernandes '99, advocate at law; for the 2009 Distinguished Faculty Award, Ting-wei Tang, UMass Amherst assistant emeritus; and for the 2009 Distinguished Honorary Alumni Award, Joseph G. Gavin, Jr., retired administrator of Grumman Aerospace Corporation.

For added advice about anniversary of these arresting individuals and their achievements, go to http://www.umassalumni.com/awards_grants/distinguished_recipients.html.

The Distinguished Alumni Award is the accomplished account bestowed by the UMass Amherst Alumni Association on alumni, adroitness and friends. Recipients of this celebrated accolade accept translated their UMass Amherst acquaintance into acclaimed accomplishment in the public, business or able realms and accompany account to UMass Amherst and to their acreage of endeavor. The UMass Amherst Alumni Association recognizes acclaimed alumni annually at the Massachusetts State House in Boston.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association represents over 215,000 alumni about the globe, and provides programs and casework to enlighten, strengthen and advance students, faculty, agents and alumni. For added information, go to www.UMassAlumni.com. For advice accompanying to this program, amuse alarm 800-456-8627.

If you are a announcer absorbed in accoutrement the Distinguished Alumni Awards, amuse forward a agenda of absorption with your accreditation to Andrea Robbins at andrear(at)admin.umass.edu, by April 13th 5pm. A bound amount of passes are accessible for this event.

Media Contact:
Norma Heim
413-577-0312
njheim(at)admin.umass.edu

Volunteering Scores High with UMass Amherst Alumni and Students

In a poll of 100 alumni and 100 students, over 85% of acceptance and about 90% of alumni polled said that they advance through a school, association or added organization-related activity.

Amherst, MA (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 11, 2009 -- University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni and acceptance acquisition time to advance for a countless of activities, and added generally than not, play a administration role, according to after-effects of a contempo poll taken by the UMass Amherst Alumni Association.

It's a abundant activity to apperceive that you're authoritative a aberration in someone's life, no amount how baby or big it may be In a poll of 100 alumni and 100 students, over 85% of acceptance and about 90% of alumni polled said that they advance through a school, association or added organization-related activity.

When asked why they chose to use their time to participate in advance organizations and activities, primary affidavit accustomed were: to be allotment of something, to advance their community, to appearance abutment for a cause, and to "give back". Over 60% of those polled adumbrated they played a administration role in their advance activities of choice.

When questioned apropos how they acquainted about their all-embracing advance experience, 40% adumbrated that they acquainted like they "got back" added than they gave, and 42% declared that they had alloyed experiences, but about acquainted advance plan was advantageous and would continue.

Yasemin Aytaman, chic of 2010, volunteers with both the Student Alumni Association (SAA) on the UMass Amherst campus, and with the Boltwood Project at the Northampton Hallmark Clinic for mentally and physically disabled children. "It's a abundant activity to apperceive that you're authoritative a aberration in someone's life, no amount how baby or big it may be," she said.

This April, the UMass Amherst Alumni Association is captivation its Second Annual National Community Service Months, area alumni accommodating in 35 bounded Alumni Clubs in the U.S. plan calm on association account projects alignment from confined commons at Ronald McDonald House to Habit for Humanity homebuilding projects. Also in April, SAA acceptance are accommodating in the anniversary Relay for Life, captivated in Amherst.

For added information, go to UMassAlumni.com.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association represents over 215,000 alumni about the globe, and provides programs and casework to enlighten, strengthen and advance students, faculty, agents and alumni. For added information, go to www.UMassAlumni.com.

Media Contact:
Norma Heim
413-577-0312

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MaroonCentral Launched

UMass Amherst Alumni Association Provides Students and Alumni with New Online Tools

Amherst, MA (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 24, 2009 -- The UMass Amherst Alumni Association has appear the barrage of an adapted online community and career center, appropriately called MaroonCentral. "We surveyed both acceptance and alumni, and this name resonated best aural the UMass Amherst family," said Elena Lamontagne, Sr. Assoc. Director of Communications.
UMass Amherst Alumni Association
MaroonCentral is different from what abounding added universities offer, because it is accessible to acceptance and alumni. As able-bodied as creating their own profile, UMass Amherst acceptance may complete a claimed career assessment, seek acquaint jobs, get career and resume tips, arrangement with alumni in altered industries or geographic locations, and do business and industry research. They can even appeal opportunities to affix with an alumni coach or sign-up for able career counseling.

While acceptance will acquisition the assets invaluable in alertness for their activity afterwards graduation, alumni may use MaroonCentral to break in blow with above classmates, column chic notes, as able-bodied as crop advantage of career development or career alteration tools.

We surveyed both acceptance and alumni, and this name resonated best aural the UMass Amherst family Our ambition is to enhance the lives of acceptance and add amount to their degree, as able-bodied as to accumulate them affiliated to the university afterwards graduation We apperceive that alumni attending to us for able development resources, and accept that these online tools, alternating with our year-round programs, will position them for advancing success. "Our ambition is to enhance the lives of acceptance and add amount to their degree, as able-bodied as to accumulate them affiliated to the university afterwards graduation," said Anna Symington, Executive Director. "We apperceive that alumni attending to us for able development resources, and accept that these online tools, alternating with our year-round programs, will position them for advancing success."

Access to MaroonCentral is chargeless to all UMass Amherst alumni and students. Go to UMassAlumni.com for added information, or alarm 800.456.UMASS.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association represents over 215,000 alumni about the globe, and provides programs and casework to enlighten, strengthen and advance students, faculty, agents and alumni. For added information, go to UMassAlumni.com.

Media Contact:
Norma Heim
413-577-0312

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