Voting for the People's Choice Award in the 2013 My UMass Boston Student Video Contest has closed. The video with the most likes at the close of the voting period was Michael Maloney's Yeah Yeah Yeah UMB, which had 81 likes. Maloney's earned $100 so far, and he could win more. First, second, and third place will be announced soon. Check the UMass Boston Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/umassboston
For information about the contest, visit http://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/videos/myumassboston.
Videos about the University of Massachusetts Boston, metropolitan Boston's only public university. UMass Boston's nine colleges and graduate schools serve nearly 16,000 students while engaging local, national, and international constituents through academic programs, research centers, and public service activities. To learn more about UMass Boston, visit www.umb.edu.
Events in and around the UMass Boston campus for students, faculty and the surrounding community. For more news, please visit, http://www.umb.edu/news/
Intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and recreation for the students, staff and faculty are the primary programs of the UMass Boston Department of Athletics. The department offers 16 varsity sports and is a member of the NCAA's Division III. UMass Boston has teams competing in the ECAC, the Little East Conference and ECAC East Ice Hockey. The Beacons have been named All-Americans 93 times in seven sports. The Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams have an outstanding record of achievement, including four NCAA Team Championships and 38 individual NCAA Championships.
Another program is the department's service to the community. Whether it's complimentary use of the University's athletic facilities, coaches' and student athletes' sports clinics for youth groups or holiday visits to area hospitals, UMass Boston Athletics is in the forefront of serving area neighborhoods and communities throughout the state.
More than 150 school, charitable, government, and private organizations use UMass Boston athletic facilities each year at little or no cost. Nearly 50,000 people visit our athletic facilities each year, as participants or spectators. UMass Boston's indoor and outdoor athletic facilities are in use by visitors for over 2100 hours each year.
In 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 the National Consortium for Academics and Sports named the Department of Athletics at UMass Boston as # 1 in the country for community service. The Department is also recognized as a leader in community service by NADIIIAA-Jostens Community Service. http://www.umb.edu/athletics/
A growing collection of commencement speeches and reunion coverage at UMass Boston including Barack Obama, 2006; Dennis Lehane, 2004; Tim Russert, 2002; and more.
The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) generates knowledge, fosters engaged learning, promotes social justice, and empowers students, educators, other professionals, and community members through teaching, research, evaluation, and public service. The urban setting of the University of Massachusetts Boston informs -- and is informed by -- CEHD efforts to fulfill the academic and civic purposes of education in a diverse democracy.
At the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, we offer certificates and programs in conflict resolution, gerontology and aging services, global governance, human security, post-disaster reconstruction, public affairs, public policy, and women in politics. At our many centers and institutes, we also work to advance a more productive, equitable, and sustainable world through research and public service. Learn more at www.mccomrack.umb.edu
The College of Management (CM) is Boston's public business school. CM is dedicated to educating the region's 21st century professional workforce and to maintaining strong ties to local employers in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. The college enrolls 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students and offers bachelor's programs in management and information technology and master's programs in business administration, accounting, finance, international management, and information technology. http://www.umb.edu/academics/cm
UMass Boston makes substantial contributions to urban health and public policy by addressing inadequate fitness,obesity, and health care disparities among immigrants, the elderly and disabled and racial/ethnic groups. http://www.umb.edu/academics/cnhs/
From the study of micro-organisms under the lens in labs, to the macro structure of the Massachusetts eco-system, Science and Technology at UMass Boston combines instruction with research and practice to help advance global knowledge. http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/
University Advancement strengthens UMass Bostons mission through private philanthropy. The UMass Boston Fund and Chancellors Council engage alumni and friends of the university who value the universitys mission to bring the best possible teaching, research, and service to Boston, the Commonwealth, and beyond. To make a gift or learn more, visit http://www.umb.edu/giving or call 617-287-5320.
The institute facilitates rich, cultural exchange between the U.S. and China in collaboration with our educational counterparts in Beijing. http://www.umb.edu/confucius
WUMB-FM is a non-commercial radio station licensed to the University of Massachusetts with studios at the UMass Boston Campus as the central hub for a network of five public radio stations in Boston, Worcester, Falmouth, Orleans and Newburyport Massachusetts. The Boston, Worcester and Falmouth stations all broadcast on 91.9FM. The Newburyport station can be heard on 91.7FM, and the Orleans station can be heard on 1170AM. All five facilities simulcast the identical program schedule, which is produced from our studios located at the UMass Boston Campus. The station's 24 hour a day broadcast schedule reaches tens of thousands of listeners in over 275 cities and towns in eastern and central Massachusetts and Cape Cod along with parts of Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut. A webcast of our signal can also be heard, live, around the world through the internet.
WUMB Radio is dedicated to produce, acquire, and disseminate high quality, diverse and valued public service radio programming to significant audiences. The radio station is committed to serving as a local and national resource for the cultivation, promotion and preservation of various genres of folk music through its radio programming and selected enterprises. http://www.wumb.org/home/index.php
The University of Massachusetts Boston, one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts, is nationally recognized as a model of excellence for urban universities. A comprehensive, doctoral-granting campus, we provide challenging teaching, distinguished research, and extensive service which particularly respond to the academic and economic needs of the state's urban areas and their diverse populations.
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The University of Massachusetts Boston, one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts, is nationally recognized as a model of excellence for urban universities. A comprehensive, doctoral-granting campus, we provide challenging teaching, ...