Saturday, Feb. 22 11:50 a.m. Motor vehicle hit and run at East Campus Garage was reported. The damage was likely from the previous night. Sunday, Feb. 23 12:36 a.m. Motor vehicle stop on Salem St. Male was arrested for DUI and was transported to UML PD. Wednesday, Feb. 26 8:40 a.m. A disturbance was reported…
Found at SEA: Environment Matters
Eliza Calvin Connector Contributor Environmental awareness has expanded beyond the classroom, into the college community and the city of Lowell. The Student Environmental Alliance, or SEA, is a UMass Lowell club dedicated to promoting awareness and innovating ideas on campus and in the city of Lowell. The SEA’s president, Alicia Melvin, said she is committed…
Board approves Honors College for UMass Lowell
Media Relations Change will mean more resources, opportunities for high-achieving students Following a vote today by the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, UMass Lowell will be home to an Honors College. While UMass Lowell has offered an honors program to students for nearly two decades, the elevation to an honors college will mean expanded resources, new courses and…
Attention Senior Students!
Chancellor’s Medal for Student Service (Deadline March 5, 2014 5 p.m) Have you made outstanding contributions to the University in clubs and organizations, campus programs, leadership positions, or other activities that improved the quality of life for students at the University of Massachusetts Lowell? Chancellor’s Medal for Community Service (Deadline March 5, 2014 5 p.m.) Have you…
Parent-Students’ Problems Proclaimed
Hannah Tello Connector Contributor An increasingly significant yet consistently invisible student population has recently emerged. Parenting-students have doubled their enrollment in four-year universities over the last 20 years. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that 50 percent of nontraditional undergraduates (which themselves make up 56 percent of the entire population of college students) are…
UMass Lowell student entrepreneur launches local business
Robert Badger Connector Contributor Alyssa Piper kickstarts Nature & Co. with the help of Transform Mill City program. Student leader and entrepreneur, Alyssa Piper, has ignited her entrepreneurial spirit. She is sole founder of Nature & Co, a three-branched business consisting of all-natural beauty products, small space and urban home gardening and bohemian style art,…
Tobacco debate is smokin’ hot
Maddie Koufogazos Conector Editor Student Government Association petitions for tobacco-free campus The smoking debate on-campus has been sparking up as actions are being made by the Student Government Association (SGA) and other student organizations to progress the discussion of a tobacco-free policy at UMass Lowell. Multiple steps have already been taken to promote the campaign,…
The devil doesn’t wear snow shoes
UML Media Relations Because of a winter storm predicted for Wednesday, Feb. 5, “A Conversation with Meryl Streep” at UMass Lowell has been rescheduled to Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. All tickets for the Feb. 5 event will be honored on April 1. Ticket-holders seeking refunds should…
