10/1/07 News from the Show

In Campus News:
Curran Kelleher, a junior computer science major, is spending this year in Germany where he will continue to study computer science and work in the Computer Graphics Center at Darmstadt. He recently received a Scholarship of Excellency to TU Darmstadt, a technical university in Darmstadt, Germany.

UMass Lowell’s Homecoming 2007 is this Saturday at the Lester Cushing Complex on North Campus. Homecoming features Jennifer’s 5K Run, a performance by the marching band and welcome by Chancellor Meehan, pony rides, inflatables, student club tables, and the crowning of homecoming king and queen at the evening social. Bring your pom-poms!

UMass Lowell will once again host an electoral debate. Chancellor Meehan has announced the campus will hold the 5th district general election debate on Tuesday, October 9. The debate will be hosted by Chancellor Meehan and moderated by Gary LaPierre on WBZ.

Alison Dischino, a senior plastics engineering major, has been named a recipient of the John P. Davis Jr. Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is an award based on grades and extracurricular activities for students involved in the rubber industry. It was given on behalf of the New England Rubber and Plastics Group.

Chancellor Meehan recently announced the establishment of the Dana McLean Greeley Endowment for Peace Studies, which totals five hundred and eleven thousand dollars. Each year, the endowment will bring a distinguished peace advocate, humanitarian or faith leader to campus to teach and lecture about peace issues. The hope is to have the first Greeley Peace Scholar on campus by the spring of 2008.

Reynaldo Santana, a sophomore studying music education, recently got to play a trumpet solo for David Amram and his band in a concert at Boardinghouse Park. Santana had been sitting in on Amram’s rehearsal when he struck up a conversation with the musician. Amram asked Santana to stop by the concert, and Santana ended up performing a solo. Santana, at Amram’s request will also be performing at several concerts around Lowell this upcoming weekend.

Chancellor Marty Meehan has scheduled two open forums for the campus community. The chancellor will provide an overview on the state of the campus and his plans for the future, followed by a question-and-answer session. The forums will be on October 4 at 11 a.m. in O’Leary 222 and 1:30 p.m. in Cumnock Hall.

This Thursday and Friday the Jack and Stella Center for American Studies will be hosting the 2007 Jack Kerouac Conference on Beat Literature. This year’s keynote speaker is Professor Matt Theado of Gardner-Webb University. His presentation will be Friday at noon in O’Leary 222. There will be over a dozen speakers at this year’s conference, for a full schedule check out their link on the UML webpage, www.uml.edu.

UMass recently announced the creation of the ten million dollar Charles J. Hoff Scholarship, which is the largest privately financed scholarship program in the University’s history. Although the program benefits all the UMass campuses, the largest number of scholarships will be available to UMass Lowell, Hoff’s alma mater. Hoff and his wife, Josephine, donated three million dollars to the program.