Courtesy of Kate Adams Taylor Carito Connector Staff For many years, Girls, Inc. of Greater Lowell has played a huge role in mentoring and inspiring young girls to be “strong, smart and bold.” When one enters the facility, they are often greeted by the smiling face of a girl who is eager to help. All…
English department connects with students
Henry St.Pierre Connector Staff Four UMass Lowell English alumni shared knowledge and valuable experiences about finding work after college as recent graduates at the English Networking Event. Maddie Koufogazos, Matt Chase, Morgan Hough and Megan Posco were all speakers on Nov. 4. The annual event is designed to give current students insight on what occurs…
Live and learn at Riverview Suites
George DeLuca Connector Staff It has been a month since the Riverview Suites Ribbon Cutting Celebration. On Oct. 1, 2015 the project was touted as a precedent setting public-private partnership involving UMass Lowell, Soho Development and the city of Lowell. As Chancellor Jacqueline Moloney said, “This is the first and only public-private residence hall in…
Moloney settles in as chancellor
Sam Linstead-Atkinson Connector Editor Jacqueline Moloney is now nearing the end of her first semester as chancellor of UMass Lowell, but she has been active in the progress of the university since 1984. In 1984 and 1985 Moloney managed “a program that helped disadvantaged high school students transition to college,” and she has been working for…
What UMass Lowell is doing to prevent shootings
David Rudderham Connector Editor Faculty and students assembled in a small room with police officers to learn how to defend themselves should there ever be a tragic shooting at UMass Lowell. In that very room everyone learned the horrible truth that you are vulnerable anywhere you are on campus. The course did not just deal…
Chancellor Moloney sits down to student Q&A
Photo Credit: Michael Calamonici Jessie Paskiewicz Connector Staff Amid the blue ambient lighting, jazz music, and clanking plates of Moloney Hall, students and staff alike got to experience what Chancellor Jacqueline Moloney enjoys the most: connecting directly with students. Organized by UMass Lowell’s Student Government Association and interviewed by Vice President Jesse Kruszka, Moloney answered…
Lunchtime lecture with the authors of ‘We are Market Basket’
Courtesy Photo This is the cover to Daniel Korschun’s and Grant Welker’s new book about the Market Basket boycott Taylor Carito Connector Staff The summer of 2014 marked the beginning of an unusual but revolutionary response to save a corporation. Employees, customers and even vendors lined the streets to hear the verdict at the Wyndham…
The ups and downs of Riverview Suites
Dennis Scannell, Jim McClutchy, John McCullough (George DeLuca/Connector) George DeLuca Connector Staff Riverview Suites is the new residence hall down by the river at UMass Lowell’s South Campus. The ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 1 brought a sense of relief to many in attendance. After all, it took over nine years to complete a project that…