University of Massachusetts 248445 225459383 2008-07-13T20:23:37Z 66.218.202.75 /* Notable alumni */ wasn't in alphabetical order; fixed it. {{Infobox_University |name =University of Massachusetts |image =<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Umasslogo.gif]] --> |established =1863 |type =[[Public school|Public]] [[University]] |endowment =$250 million |staff =14,000 |faculty = |president =[[Jack M. Wilson]] |students =60,000 |undergrad = |postgrad = |doctoral = |profess = |city =[[UMass Amherst|Amherst]] (Flagship Campus)<br>[[UMass Boston|Boston]]<br>[[UMass Dartmouth|Dartmouth]]<br>[[UMass Lowell|Lowell]]<br>[[University of Massachusetts Medical School|Worcester]] (Medical School) |state =Massachusetts |country = USA |campus = |free_label = |free = |colors = |mascot = |nickname = UMass |affiliations = |footnotes = |website =[http://www.massachusetts.edu/ www.massachusetts.edu]<br>[http://www.umassonline.net UMassOnline] |coor = |logo = }} {{dablink|University of Massachusetts may refer to: [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|UMass Amherst]]; [[Middlesex University (Massachusetts)|Middlesex University]]}} The '''University of Massachusetts''' (officially nicknamed '''''UMass''''') is the five-campus public university system of the [[Massachusetts|Commonwealth of Massachusetts]]. The system includes [[University of Massachusetts Amherst|UMass Amherst]], [[University of Massachusetts Boston|UMass Boston]], [[University of Massachusetts Dartmouth|UMass Dartmouth]] (affiliated with [[Cape Cod Community College]]), [[University of Massachusetts Lowell|UMass Lowell]], and the [[University of Massachusetts Medical School|UMass Medical School]]. It also has an online school called UMassOnline. ==Campuses== === UMass Amherst=== {{Main|University of Massachusetts Amherst}} UMass Amherst is the flagship and the largest of the UMass campuses. It was also the first campus established. Like many colleges and universities, '''Massachusetts Agricultural College''' (as it was called) the Amherst campus was founded as a [[land-grant colleges|land-grant college]] in 1863, receiving initial start-up funding as part of the [[Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act]]. It is part of the [[Five Colleges (Massachusetts)|Five College consortium]] in the [[Pioneer Valley]] region. It became '''Massachusetts State College''' in 1937, and '''University of Massachusetts''' in 1947. The state-supported library system is the largest in all of New England with over 5.8 million items. Umass is also known for its NCAA division I sports teams. === UMass Boston=== {{Main|University of Massachusetts Boston}} On the Columbia Point peninsula of Boston's [[Dorchester, Massachusetts|Dorchester]] neighborhood, UMass Boston is the youngest of the campuses, beginning in 1964. The school's mascot is the Beacon. UMass Boston holds several educational events throughout the year. === UMass Dartmouth=== {{Main|University of Massachusetts Dartmouth}} Located in southeastern Massachusetts, UMass Dartmouth started in 1895 as the '''New Bedford Textile School''' and the '''Bradford Durfee Textile School'''. === UMass Lowell=== {{Main|University of Massachusetts Lowell}} Located in the Merrimack Region, UMass Lowell started in 1894 as the '''Lowell Normal School''' and in 1895 as the '''Lowell Textile School'''. === UMass Medical=== {{Main|University of Massachusetts Medical School}} Located in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], UMass Medical was founded in 1962 and is affiliated with the UMass Memorial Health Care system. ==University President== From 1996 to 2003, the President of the University was [[William Bulger]], president of the Massachusetts State Senate for seventeen years, and prominent and influential Democratic politician with roots in [[South Boston]]. Bulger became involved in court testimony about his notorious brother, [[Whitey Bulger]]. He was forced to resign after a sustained campaign for his ouster by former Massachusetts governor [[Mitt Romney]]. The President of the University from the Fall of 2004 has been [[Jack M. Wilson]], former CEO of UMassOnline and interim President of the University after the departure of William Bulger.<ref>[http://www.uml.edu/newsroom/magazine/fall2004.pdf Campus News] (2004). ''UMass Lowell Magazine'', Fall 2004, 13.] Retrieved [[February 15]][[2005]], http://www.umass.edu/senate/minutes623-wilson.pdf Address by Jack M. Wilson, Interim President, University of Massachusetts at the 63rd Regular Meeting of the Faculty Senate on October 16, 2003.] Retrieved [[February 15]][[2005]]</ref>. For his work at UMassOnline, Mr. Wilson was inducted into the [[United States Distance Learning Association]] Hall of Fame in October 2004.<ref>[http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/6534.php Wilson inducted into distance learning hall of fame] (18 Oct 2004). ''In the Loop: News for Staff & Faculty.'' Retrieved [[February 15]][[2005]].</ref> ==Board of Trustees== The University of Massachusetts is governed by a lay Board of Trustees. In an area as sensitive and important as higher education - involved in the search for truth and new knowledge, and charged with transmitting it - lay Trusteeship ensures that governance rests in the hands of the people and is free of arbitrary political interference and control from either inside or outside of the institution. As ordinary citizens, lay Trustees represent various interests in the public at large on a non-partisan basis and are best able to reflect back to the University the immediate concerns of the people of the Commonwealth whom the University is dedicated to serve. The Board of Trustees functions as a legislative body dealing mainly with questions of policy. The Board is not an administrative or management board. In certain rare instances, when required by the Massachusetts General Laws, it may function as an appeal body. The Board establishes the general policies governing the University, but has delegated many powers to the President and, through the President, to campus administrators for day-to-day-operations. Appropriate University personnel are held strictly accountable by the Trustees for developing sound administrative policies. ===Composition of the Board=== The founding Board had fourteen appointed members and four ex officio members. Formerly, Trustees were appointed by the Legislature or the Board itself; currently, members are appointed by the Governor. The size of the Board has fluctuated between twelve and twenty-four members. The current Board is composed of nineteen voting members and three ex officio non-voting members. Seventeen Board members are appointed by the Governor of the Commonwealth; at least five of those appointed must be alumni of the University and one must be a representative of organized labor. The other two voting members are students. Overall, the board has five student members, elected for one-year terms, from the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester campuses. Voting membership rotates among the campuses: two students are voting members and three others are ex officio non-voting members. ===Current Board=== {| class="wikitable" style="width: 60%" ! Trustees !! Student Trustees |- | *Robert J. Manning, Exp. 2011 ''(Chair)'' *James J. Karam, Exp. 2009 ''(Vice Chair)'' *John A. DiBiaggio, Exp. 2008 *William T. O'Shea, Exp. 2008 *Kerri Osterhaus-Houle, M.D., Exp. 2008 *Matthew E. Carlin, Exp. 2009 *Janet D. Pearl, M.D., Exp. 2009 *Ruben J. King-Shaw, Jr., Exp. 2010 *Lawrence F. Boyle, Esq., Exp. 2011 *Jennifer C. Braceras, Esq., Exp. 2011 *Richard J. Lawton, Esq., Exp. 2011 *Kenneth A. MacAfee, II, D.M.D., Exp. 2011 *Alda Rego Weathers, Exp. 2011 *Stephen P. Tocco, Exp. 2011 *Edward W. Collins, Jr., Exp. 2012 *Philip W. Johnston, Exp. 2012 *Henry M. Thomas, Exp. 2012 | *Anthony B. Beatrice, UMass Lowell (Non-Voting Student) *Tamara Endich, UMass Dartmouth (Non-Voting Student) *Aleksandar Kulenovic, UMass Boston (Non-Voting Student) *Bharath D. Nath, UMass Medical (Voting Student) *Ruth Thompson, UMass Amherst (Voting Student) |} ==Notable alumni== :''Listed in alphabetical order'' *[[Joseph Abboud]] (fashion designer) *[[Norm Abram]] (carpenter on [[This Old House]]) *David Baggs (Group Sales Account Executive [[Tampa Bay Rays]]) *[[Frank Black]] (Frontman of the band, [[Pixies]], solo artist) *[[David Branch]] (commissioner of the [[Canadian Hockey League]]) *[[Steve Buckley]] ([[Boston Herald]] Sports Columnist) *[[Pat Cadigan]] (science fiction author) *[[Gerry Callahan]] (Sports radio talk show host on WEEI in Boston) *[[Marcus Camby]] (basketball player for [[Denver Nuggets]]) *[[Jill Carroll]] (journalist for [[Christian Science Monitor]]) *[[Natalie Cole]] (singer) *[[Catherine Coleman]] (astronaut) *[[Bonnie Comley]] (Tony Award winning producer) *[[Rob Corddry]] (comedian) *[[Jeff Corwin]] (actor, [[Jeff Corwin Experience]]) *[[Bill Cosby]] (comedian and actor) *[[Patrick DeCoste]] (guitarist, composer) *[[Gary DiSarcina]] (professional baseball player) *[[Jeffrey Donovan]] (actor) *[[Trung Dung]] (information technology guru) *[[Julius Erving]] (professional basketball player for [[76ers]]) *[[Ben Fathi]] (Corporate Vice President of Development for Windows, Microsoft) *[[Mike Flanagan]] (professional baseball player) *[[Richard Gere]] (actor) *[[Russell Alan Hulse]] ([[Nobel Prize in Physics|physics Nobelist]]) *[[James Ihedigbo]] (Professional Football player for [[New York Jets]]) *[[Bill Janovitz]] (musician, [[Buffalo Tom]]) *[[Stephen Kellogg]] (musician, [[Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers]]) *[[Fardeen Khan]] ([[Bollywood]] actor) *[[Madeleine Kunin]] ([[Governor of Vermont]]) *[[Peter Laird]] *[[Stephan Lasme]] (Professional Basketball player for [[Miami Heat]]) *[[Hugh Loebner]] (demographer, social activist) *[[Brandon London]] (Professional Football player for [[New York Giants]]) *[[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] (musician) *Michael J. Makarski (politician) *[[William Manchester]] (historian, biographer) *[[J. Mascis]] (musician [[Dinosaur Jr.]]) *[[Marty Meehan]] (politician; since July 2007, Chancellor of UMass Lowell) *[[Thomas Menino]] (mayor of [[Boston]]) *[[Sean Nelson]] (musician) *[[Ann C. Noble]] Inventor of the Aroma Wheel *[[Kelly Overton]] (Writer and founder of People Protecting Animals & Their Habitats) *[[Rick Pitino]] (basketball coach) *[[Thomas Pock]] (Professional Hockey player for [[New York Rangers]]) *[[Bill Pullman]] (actor) *[[Jeff Reardon]] (professional baseball player) *[[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] (musician, artist, educator, and social activist) *[[James Sherman]] (musician, Whittington) *[[Marcel Shipp]] American football running back for the [[Arizona Cardinals]] *[[Nalini Singh]] (Best known for her spontaneous stand-up comedy) *[[Al Skinner]] (professional basketball player, Boston College basketball coach) *[[Jack Smith]] (former CEO of [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]]) *[[Flo Steinberg]] (comic books) *[[Mike Tannenbaum]] (general manager [[NFL]] [[New York Jets]]) *[[Jeff Taylor]] (founder of [[Monster.com]]) *[[Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.]] ([[Nobel Prize in Physics|physics Nobelist]]) *[[Paul Theroux]] author *[[John Tobin (Boston City Councilor)]] *[[Ron Villone]] (professional baseball player for [[Saint Louis Cardinals]]) *[[Jack Welch]] (former CEO of [[General Electric]]) *Bob Windheim (Account Executive [[Tampa Bay Rays]]) {{listdev}} ==Trivia== "'''U-Mass'''" is also the name of a song by the [[Pixies]] off their album ''[[Trompe le Monde]]''. It was named after the university where band member [[Frank Black]] attended (but dropped out). Before the UMass Amherst mascot was the Minutemen it was the Redmen. but because this name had the potential to offend Native American groups, the mascot was changed in the 1970s. The UMass Lowell mascot was changed from the Chiefs to the River Hawks (a fictional bird invented for the purpose) in the mid-1990s for the same reason. ==References== <references/> ==External links== Official sites: *[http://www.massachusetts.edu/ University of Massachusetts] **[http://www.umass.edu/ University of Massachusetts Amherst] **[http://www.umb.edu/ University of Massachusetts Boston] **[http://www.umassd.edu/ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth] **[http://www.uml.edu/ University of Massachusetts Lowell] **[http://www.umassmed.edu/ University of Massachusetts Medical School] *[http://www.umassonline.net/ UMassOnline] * [http://www.mass.edu/ Massachusetts Board of Higher Education] * [http://www.masscc.org/ Massachusetts Community Colleges] Unofficial sites: *[http://www.campuslive.com/umass Unofficial Student Homepage for UMass Amherst] {{Massachusetts Public Colleges}} {{DEFAULTSORT:University of Massachusetts}} [[Category:New England Association of Schools and Colleges]] [[Category:University of Massachusetts]] [[de:University of Massachusetts]] [[fr:Université du Massachusetts]] [[nl:University of Massachusetts]] [[ja:マサチューセッツ大学]] [[no:University of Massachusetts]] [[pt:Universidade de Massachusetts]] [[sv:University of Massachusetts]] [[zh:马萨诸塞大学]]