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POCKET PROFILE 2002

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This publication was produced by theDivision of Communications andMarketing and is available online atwww.umass.edu/profile. Facts and figureswere current as of June 2002 except whereotherwise indicated.

More information on the University ofMassachusetts Amherst, its academicprograms, facilities, and support services isavailable online at www.umass.edu.

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Origins .................................................... 4The University Today .............................. 6Chancellors and Presidents .................... 8Board of Trustees .................................. 10Departments and Programs................... 11Faculty .................................................. 15Sponsored Research ............................. 16Graduate Study ..................................... 18Research Centers and Institutes ............ 19Facilities ................................................ 21Undergraduate Education ..................... 22 Enrollment ........................................ 27 Admissions ....................................... 28Financial Aid ........................................ 29Residential Life .................................... 30Libraries .............................................. 31The Arts on Campus ............................. 32Athletics ............................................... 34The Campus ........................................ 37Alumni................................................. 42Giving to the University ........................ 44Continuing Education ........................... 46UMass Extension ................................. 48University Press ..................................... 49Campus Revenues/Expenses .................. 50Academic Calendar ............................... 52Phone Numbers .................................... 54Selected Destinations ............................ 56

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Origins

The institution now known as the Univer-sity of Massachusetts Amherst was firstestablished in 1863, under the Morrill LandGrant Act of 1862, as MassachusettsAgricultural College. It opened in 1867 ona 310-acre campus with four facultymembers, four wooden buildings, and 56entering students. The curriculum com-bined modern farming, science, technicalcourses, and liberal arts.

Over time, the curriculum, student body,and facilities outgrew the college’s originalmission. Graduate degrees were authorizedin 1892. The same year, the first femalestudent enrolled but for almost the first twodecades of the 20th century, the numbers ofwomen students remained tiny.

In 1931, to recognize further broadening ofthe curriculum, “Mass Aggie” becameMassachusetts State College, which in turnbecame the University of Massachusetts in1947. Immediately after World War II, theUniversity experienced rapid growth infacilities, enrollment, and programs. Atemporary campus opened at Fort Devens(1946-49) to accommodate large numbersof returning veterans.

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Another surge of growth occurred in the1960s, as undergraduate enrollment rose toform classes of approximately 4,000. At thesame time, a campus building boom andthe establishment of new departments andprograms gave the institution much of itsmodern scope and appearance. With thedevelopment of a multicampus system, thepresident’s office was moved to Boston in1970, and the chancellor became the chiefexecutive of the Amherst campus.

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The University Today

One of today’s leading centers of publichigher education in the Northeast, theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst hasachieved a growing reputation for excel-lence in an increasing number of disci-plines, for the breadth of its academicofferings, and for the expansion of itshistoric roles in education, research, andpublic service. External funding for theUniversity comes from a variety of sources,including the state, the federal government,private industry, and private individualsand foundations.

Within its ten schools and colleges, theUniversity offers bachelor’s degrees in 90areas, associate’s degrees in six, master’sdegrees in 68, and the doctorate in 50. Theoverwhelming majority of the 956 full-timefaculty hold the highest degree in theirfields. There are approximately 23,200students, made up of nearly 18,000undergraduates and 5,200 graduatestudents, including part-time, and 300students at the Stockbridge School ofAgriculture.

Located in the historic Pioneer Valley ofWestern Massachusetts, the 1,450-acrecampus provides a rich cultural environ-ment in a rural setting.

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The University is one of the foundingmembers of the Five College consortium,offering reciprocal student access amongthe University and Amherst, Hampshire,Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst isthe flagship campus of the Common-wealth’s university system. The three otherundergraduate campuses are located inBoston, Dartmouth, and Lowell. TheUniversity system’s Worcester campusincludes a medical school and affiliatedteaching hospital.

As part of the five-campus system, theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherstcomplements its activities with outreacheducation, research, and service programsat sites throughout the Commonwealth,ranging from the Southeastern Massachu-setts Agricultural Center in East Warehamto the Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfieldto the Small Business Development Centerin Springfield.

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Chancellors and Presidents

ChancellorsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst, 1970John V. Lombardi 2002 -Marcellette G. Williams 2001-2002David K. Scott 1993-2001Richard D. O’Brien 1991-1993Joseph Duffey 1982-1991 System President 1990-1991Loren Baritz 1982Henry Koffler 1979-1982Randolph W. Bromery 1971-1979Oswald Tippo 1970-1971

PresidentsUniversity of Massachusetts, est. 1947John W. Lederle 1960-1970Jean P. Mather 1954-1960Ralph Van Meter 1947-1954

Massachusetts State College, est. 1931Hugh P. Baker 1932-1946Roscoe W. Thatcher 1927-1932

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Massachusetts Agricultural College, est. 1863Edward M. Lewis 1924-1927Kenyon L. Butterfield 1906-1924William P. Brooks 1905-1906Henry H. Goodell 1886-1905James C. Greenough 1883-1886Henry H. Goodell 1883Paul A. Chadbourne 1882-1883Levi Stockbridge 1880-1882Charles L. Flint 1879-1880Levi Stockbridge 1876William S. Clark 1867-1879Paul A. Chadbourne 1866-1867Henry F. French 1864-1866

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University of MassachusettsSystem Board of Trustees

Grace K. Fey of Boston, ChairWilliam E. Giblin of Wareham, Vice ChairMichael J. Agganis of LynnfieldDennis G. Austin of DuxburyF. Lawrence Boyle of MiltonEdward A. Dubilo ’71 of WestonHeriberto Flores ’73, ’91G of SpringfieldMichael T. Foley, M.D. ’72 of ArlingtonCharles J. Hoff of York Beach, MaineSandra Karahalis, Student Trustee,

Boston CampusJames Karam of Tiverton, Rhode IslandRamya Kumar, Student Trustee,

Lowell CampusJonathan Laubinger, Student Trustee,

Amherst CampusInga Lennes, Student Trustee,

Worcester CampusRafael Leonor, Student Trustee,

Dartmouth CampusJames E. Mahoney of NewtonRobert M. Mahoney ’70 of WellesleyRobert B. McCarthy of WatertownChristy P. Mihos of CohassetDiane Bissonnette Moes ’74 of MiltonJohn M. Naughton ’59 of LongmeadowKarl E. White of Boston

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Departments and Programs byCollege or School

College of Humanities and Fine ArtsAfro-American Studies, Art and ArtHistory, Asian Languages and Literatures,Classics, Classics and Philosophy, Com-parative Literature, English, French andItalian Studies, Germanic Languages andLiteratures, History, Journalism, Judaic andNear Eastern Studies, Linguistics, Musicand Dance, Philosophy, Slavic and EastEuropean Studies, Spanish and Portuguese,Theater, Women’s Studies

College of Natural Sciences andMathematicsAstronomy, Biochemistry and MolecularBiology, Biology, Chemistry, ComputerScience, Geosciences, Mathematics andStatistics, Polymer Science and Engineering(graduate only), Physics, Science (interdisci-plinary)

College of Social and BehavioralSciencesAnthropology, Communication, Econom-ics, Legal Studies, Political Science, Psychol-ogy, Social Thought and Political Economy,Sociology, Criminal Justice Program

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School of EducationEducational Policy, Research and Adminis-tration; Student Development and PupilPersonnel Services; Teacher Education andCurriculum Studies; General PhysicalEducation

College of EngineeringChemical Engineering, Civil and Environ-mental Engineering, Electrical and Com-puter Engineering, Mechanical and Indus-trial Engineering

College of Food and Natural ResourcesEntomology, Environmental Sciences, FoodScience, International Agricultural Studies,Landscape Architecture and RegionalPlanning, Microbiology, Natural ResourcesConservation, Plant and Soil Sciences,Resource Economics, Veterinary andAnimal Sciences, Stockbridge School ofAgriculture

Eugene M. Isenberg School ofManagementAccounting and Information Systems;Finance and Operations Management;Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administra-tion; Management; Marketing; SportStudies

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School of NursingNursing

School of Public Health and HealthSciencesBiostatistics and Epidemiology, Communi-cation Disorders, Community HealthStudies, Environmental Health Sciences,Exercise Science, Nutrition

Commonwealth CollegeHonors Program

Interdisciplinary MajorsBachelor’s Degree with Individual Concen-tration, Continuing Education, UniversityWithout Walls

Special ProgramsAerospace Studies, Athletics / CampusRecreation and Sport Clubs, CooperativeEducation and Internships, English as aSecond Language, Five College Interchange,Labor Studies, Learning Support Services,Military Science, National Student Ex-change Program, Pre-Law, Pre-Medical,Pre-Dental, Pre-Veterinary, ResidentialAcademic Programs, Study Abroad,Writing Program

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Certificate and Interdisciplinary MinorProgramsAfrican Studies Certificate, Asian and AsianAmerican Studies Certificate, CognitiveScience Certificate, Film Studies Certificate,Information Technologies Minor, Interna-tional Relations Certificate, Interpreter’sStudies Certificate, Latin American StudiesMinor and Certificate, Medieval StudiesCertificate, Modern European StudiesMinor, Native American Indian StudiesCertificate, Population Studies Certificate,Religious Studies Certificate

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Faculty

In recent years, University of MassachusettsAmherst faculty members have won animpressive array of the world’s and thenation’s most prestigious awards, including:the Nobel Prize; the Pulitzer Prize; theNational Book Award for Poetry; theTanner Prize for Poetry; the American BookAward for Fiction; the Draper Award inEngineering; and numerous MacArthur,Guggenheim, Sloan, Woodrow Wilson, andFulbright Fellowships. Faculty are alsoheavily represented as awardees of honorsand support from a range of learnedsocieties and professional organizations.

Faculty responsibilities include teaching,research, and public service. Most facultymembers teach both undergraduate andgraduate students, in the latter casesupervising research, theses, and disserta-tions. More than 300 faculty membersengage in sponsored research, which in the2001-02 academic year totaled more than$87 million. Other faculty conduct researchwithout special financial support, produc-ing scholarly books and articles, and alsotextbooks, reviews, and in some casesliterary works and performances. Publicservice takes two forms: academic adminis-tration within the University and expertassistance to local communities, the state,region, and beyond.

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Sponsored Research

The University has become a world centerfor research in such vital areas as polymerscience, artificial intelligence, microwaveengineering, and most recently, the lifesciences. Scientific breakthroughs andtechnological advances have included aNobel prize-winning demonstration ofgravitational waves and pulsars, develop-ment of super-strong polymers, improvedpreservation techniques for military fieldrations, better radar detection of hurricanesand tornadoes from air and space, anddesign of computer search engines forgovernment and commerce. The firstsynthesis of a vaccine for chlamydia wasdeveloped on campus, leading to twopatents for an oral vaccine and one for adiagnostic test.

Campus researchers are pioneering effortsin so-called ‘green chemistry’ by designingmaterials less toxic to the environment,such as biologically degradable polymers.The University also hosts the world’sforemost lab for research on iron-reducingbacteria and their role in environmentalclean-up.

Neuroendocrinology, a new interdiscipli-nary science studying the interactions of the

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nervous system with the hormone-producingendocrine glands, is represented in theCenter for Neuroendocrine Studies. Bringingtogether researchers from the departments ofbiology, psychology, and veterinary andanimal sciences, the center has quicklybecome one of the most productive in thenation. Another promising new area isbioinformatics, combining the fields ofcomputational molecular biology, biologicaldatabases, and genome bioinformatics.

Already the third largest producer of Ph.D.sin Massachusetts (after Harvard and M.I.T),the University is also now one of the topthree producers of Ph.D.s in the biologicaland agricultural sciences, particularly forpioneering research in the cloning oftransgenic cattle for eventual large-scaleproduction of biopharmaceuticals.

On the international level, the University ina joint venture with the Mexican govern-ment is building a large millimeter wavetelescope on a mountain peak 150 miles eastof Mexico City. When operational, it will bethe world’s largest, most sensitive radiotelescope, enabling researchers to betterstudy the origins of galaxies, stars, planets,and life itself.

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Graduate Study

The University has offered graduate degreeprograms since 1896, awarding morethan 10,700 doctoral and 34,550 master’sdegrees. With a large graduate faculty,the Amherst campus serves as the majorresearch institution of the five-campusUniversity of Massachusetts system,offering 50 programs leading to thedoctorate and 68 programs to a master’sdegree. Enrollment in graduate programstotaled approximately 5,200 at the begin-ning of the fall 2002 semester, includingless than a thousand non-matriculatedstudents enrolled in classes.

A Five College Cooperative Ph.D. Programinvolving Amherst, Hampshire, MountHolyoke, and Smith colleges and theUniversity is also available in some depart-ments. The School of Education also offersseveral specialized programs leading to theDoctor of Education degree for thoseemployed in education at all levels.

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Research Centers and Institutes

Center for AgricultureCenter for Applied MathematicsCenter for Economic DevelopmentCenter for Education PolicyCenter for Educational AssessmentCenter for Energy Efficiency and

Renewable EnergyCenter for the FamilyCenter for Geometry, Analysis,

Numerics, and GraphicsCenter for International SecuritiesCenter for Jewish StudiesCenter for Manufacturing ProductivityCenter for Neuroendocrine StudiesCenter for Nutrition in Sport and

Human PerformanceCenter for Organizational and

Community DevelopmentCenter for Process Design and ControlCenter for Public Policy and

AdministrationCenter for Real-Time Intelligent

Complex Computing SystemsCenter for Research in Art and TechnologyCenter for Research and Education in

Women’s HealthCenter for Rural MassachusettsCenter for Spectator Sport ResearchCenter for the Study of CommunicationElectronic Enterprise InstituteThe Environmental Institute

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Institute for Advanced Study in theHumanities

Institute for Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics Education

Massachusetts Center for RenaissanceStudies

Massachusetts Institute for Social andEconomic Research

Nonprofit CenterNortheast Regional Environmental

Public Health CenterPolitical Economy Research InstituteScientific Reasoning Research InstituteSmall Business Development CentersSocial and Demographic Research InstituteStatistical Consulting CenterStrategic Information Technology CenterTranslation CenterUMass Transportation CenterWater Resources Research Center

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Facilities

Animal CareArts Extension ServiceAcademic Instructional Media ServicesCartographics Information Research ServicesCenter for TeachingCentral Microscopy FacilityCooperative Fishery UnitCooperative Wildlife Research UnitCreative ServicesDigital Photographic Research ServiceEngineering Computer ServicesFive College Foreign Language Resource

CenterInstitute for Governmental ServicesLabor Relations and Research CenterMarine StationMassachusetts Agricultural Experiment

StationMassachusetts Information Scanning UnitMicroanalysis LaboratoryOffice of Institutional ResearchPhotographic ServicesPsychological Services CenterScholarly JournalsSensorimotor Control ClinicStudent Affairs Research and Information

ServicesUniversity PressVeterans Assistance and Counseling ServicesWildlife Research Unit

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Undergraduate Education

To receive a baccalaureate, a student mustsatisfy requirements related to credits,grade point average, program of study, andcourses. The University maintains some ofthese requirements in concordance withnationally recognized expectations ofacademic performance and achievement.Other requirements, such as the GeneralEducation program, have the additionalpurpose of identifying elements that givecoherence to undergraduate education oncampus. Through General Educationrequirements, the major courses of study,and the offering of elective courses, theUniversity provides both breadth and depthof study with the aim of fostering instudents an appreciation of learning as alifelong process.

Increasingly, undergraduate programs aimto provide students not only with state-of-the-art disciplinary knowledge but alsowith the skills and flexibility to flourish in arapidly changing world. Recent trendsinclude the increasing numbers of under-graduates engaged in supervised research infaculty members’ laboratories and thegrowing popularity of community servicelearning to complement academic study.

A number of programs provide support andcounseling to minority students to assist

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them during their undergraduate experi-ence. Any undergraduates experiencingdifficulty in their academic or personal livesmay avail themselves of an array of campussupport services. Specialized services offersupport to students with physical, psycho-logical or documented learning disabilities.

Undergraduates have many options inreaching their academic goals. The follow-ing programs provide examples of opportu-nities open to qualified applicants.

Commonwealth CollegeThe campus-wide honors college, Com-monwealth College offers a variety ofeducational, service, social, and advisingopportunities to support its more than2,600 academically talented students. Itscurriculum emphasizes inquiry, criticalanalysis, independent research, collabora-tive work, effective communication skills,and engagement with society. In addition toacademically demanding components suchas entirely enriched honors courses,colloquia, independent study, and interdis-ciplinary seminars, the program incorpo-rates various complementary componentssuch as internships, co-ops, experientiallearning courses, leadership training, andcommunity service learning courses.

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Bachelor’s Degree with IndividualConcentrationThe Bachelor’s Degree with IndividualConcentration (BDIC) program offershighly motivated and self-directed studentsthe opportunity to design their own majorunder faculty supervision. The area ofstudy for a BDIC concentration must beinterdisciplinary, drawing from at least twofields or disciplines, and it may not dupli-cate an existing major. Internships, Inde-pendent Studies, and study abroad arestrongly recommended for most majors.

University Without WallsUniversity Without Walls (UWW), theUniversity’s adult degree program, offersstudents the opportunity to earn flexible,individually designed B.A. or B.S. degreeswhich can be interdisciplinary in nature. Inaddition to individualized courses of studyand a variety of flexible enrollment options,UWW allows students to develop anexperience-based portfolio to present foracademic credit. A large number of UWWgraduates go on to earn higher degrees.

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Residential Academic ProgramsResidential Academic Programs, in con-junction with academic departments andHousing Services, offers a variety ofacademic programs in the residence halls toaid academic adjustment of first-yearstudents and allow upper-class students topursue more specialized academic interests,including foreign-language acquisition.

Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)The Department of Aerospace Studies andthe Department of Military Science offerROTC programs leading, upon graduation,to commissioned officer status (as secondlieutenants) in the United States Air Forceor the United States Army. Cadets pursuinga commission participate in physical fitnessand basic military skills training, andreceive classroom instruction coupled withpractical experience designed to developtheir leadership potential both in andoutside the military.

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National Student Exchange ProgramThe University belongs to the NationalStudent Exchange Program, a consortiumof more than 170 state colleges anduniversities throughout the continentalUnited States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico,U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. Exchangesare available for one semester or an entireacademic year. Students accumulateUniversity residency credits and pay nomore than their regular tuition and fees.

Study AbroadThe University offers more than seventyinternational exchange and overseasstudy programs to more than 700 studentseach year. Destinations include Australia,China, Colombia, Egypt, Germany, India,Ireland, Korea, Mexico, Russia, SouthAfrica, Spain, and the United Kingdom.Many University departments encouragetheir majors to study abroad, and in manyinstances students fulfill requirements fortheir major while overseas. Credits earnedabroad may also be approved for GeneralEducation or minor requirements.

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Undergraduate Enrollment

In early fall 2002, students enrolled oncampus totaled approximately 18,000undergraduates including 3,300 first-yearstudents of whom 18 percent were AfricanAmerican, Latino, Asian, and NativeAmerican (ALANA). The Class of 2006 waschosen from an applicant pool of 20,450,with successsful candidates presenting anaverage weighted grade-point average of3.42. On average, first-year students rankedin the top quarter of their high-school classand had combined SAT scores of 1123.

Commonwealth College, the University’shonors college, estimated its incoming classat 370. The weighted grade-point averagewas 4.0 and students ranked in the top5 percent of their high-school class. Theaverage SAT score was 1316. Total enroll-ment in Commonwealth College was 2,603.

Transfer students enroll in sizable numbersfor both the fall and spring semester. In fall2001, 3,200 students applied and more than1,100 enrolled; spring ’02 candidates totaledmore than 1,300, of whom approximately400 enrolled. Their mean grade pointaverage was 3.10, and about half entered assophomores and half as juniors.

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Undergraduate Admissions

High school performance (quality ofcourses, grades earned, and class rank)is the primary basis for determiningfreshman admission to the University.SAT-I or ACT test scores are required, andindividual circumstances, extracurricularactivities, work experience, and letters ofrecommendation are all considered.

Prospective students are encouraged to visitcampus. Student-led walking tours leavethe Campus Center Information Desk sevendays a week at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. everyday except Thanksgiving Break, ChristmasWeek, UMass March Break, legal holidays,and weekends in June and July.

Undergraduate Admissions InformationSessions are held in the Campus Centercomplex at 12:30 p.m. every day exceptSundays, Thanksgiving Break, ChristmasWeek, UMass March Break, weekends inJune and July, and most legal holidays.Reservations are not needed and thelocation of a particular day’s session isavailable from the Campus Center informa-tion desk.

Individual schools and colleges also hostannual open houses to acquaint prospectivestudents with particular departments,programs, and facilities.

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Financial Aid

The University offers various financial aidprograms, including merit and talentscholarships, loans, grants, and work-study.Only the Free Application for FederalStudent Aid (FAFSA) is required to applyfor financial assistance. Available in all highschool guidance and career offices and atcollege financial aid offices, the FAFSAmust be submitted by February 15 in orderfor applicants to receive priority consider-ation.

Tuition and FeesFull-time Students —Academic Year 2002-03In-State TuitionUndergraduate $1,714Graduate $2,640

Out-of-State TuitionUndergraduate $9,937Graduate $9,937

Required Fees (In-State)Undergraduate $4,768Graduate $4,113

Average Room and Board $5,473

Total Expenses (In-State)Undergraduate $11,955Graduate $12,226

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Residential Life

The campus is divided into five residentialareas, each with a distinctive atmosphereand its own recreational and social centers,student government area offices, culturalcenters, craft shops, snack shops, andfitness facilities within easy reach. Fresh-men and sophomores, with a few excep-tions, are required to live on campus in oneof the 41 residence halls. In recent years,on-campus housing has become increas-ingly popular as juniors and seniors takeadvantage of Internet connections fromtheir rooms. Fraternity and sorority houses,offering a variety of room arrangements,social and cultural activities, and their ownmeal plans, are located close to campus.

The University provides limited housing oncampus for graduate students in the Prince/Crampton House graduate complex andalso owns and operates several apartmentcomplexes adjacent to campus with prioritygiven to families with dependent children.There are also handicapped-accessibleapartments for disabled individuals.

The Commuter Services and HousingResource Center helps many students findoff-campus rooms or apartments.

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Libraries

The University’s library system is the largestat any state-supported institution in NewEngland and is open to students, faculty,staff, residents of Massachusetts, alumni,and campus visitors. Its collections includemore than 5.7 million books, periodicals,government documents, maps, soundrecordings, microforms, and electronicresources. The Library also subscribes tomany electronic tools, including full-textdatabases, indexes, and journals. Students,faculty, and staff can connect to theseresources from off campus with anyInternet service provider.

The Library operates from four sites: theW.E.B. Du Bois Library in the center ofcampus, the Physical Sciences and Engineer-ing Library in Lederle Graduate ResearchCenter, the Biological Sciences Library inMorrill Science Center, and the MusicReserve Lab in the Fine Arts Center.

Collection strengths include polymerscience, chemical engineering, mathematics,computer science, electrical and computerengineering, botanical and zoologicaltaxonomy, horticulture, geology, ornithol-ogy, entomology, Massachusetts and NewEngland history, English and Americanliteratures, Latin America, and U.S.government documents, patents, and maps.

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The Arts on Campus

The University promotes a range of eventsin the visual and performing arts extendingwell beyond the academic year. More thantwenty groups regularly present performingarts events, and six galleries host an arrayof exhibitions, including end-of-semesterthesis shows for bachelor and masterof fine arts candidates. Academic programsalso encompass the arts: Art (includingstudio arts and art history), Interdepart-mental Film Studies, Music and Dance,English (including an M.F.A. program), andTheater. These departments and programssponsor events ranging from poetryreadings and drama to recitals and filmfestivals. Fifty student groups also presentarts programming ranging from musicaltheater to celebrations of world culture.

Since 1983, the University has also commis-sioned a number of temporary and perma-nent public art sites, five of which are stillinstalled: Hampden Court SculptureGarden, the William Smith Clark MemorialSite, the Helen Curtis Cole Commemora-tive Garden, the Civility Mural andFountain, and the Bartlett Hall Courtyard.Most sites integrate plant and otherlandscape materials to offer pleasantenvironments for relaxation and conversa-tion between classes.

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Fine Arts CenterThe Fine Arts Center, opened in 1975,houses two concert halls, two theaters, andfour art galleries. Offering venues for awide range of national and internationalartists, it also provides extensive opportuni-ties for students to gain experience in thevisual and performing arts, as artists,technical supporters, and patrons.

The performance season showcasescomprehensive offerings. Dance, theater,Broadway, classical music, popular, andjazz events feature artists from around theworld. Visual arts exhibitions in all mediafeature international contemporary artists,as well as regional and emerging artists. Apermanent collection of 2,500 20th-centuryAmerican works serves as a resource forresearch and exhibition. The Fine ArtsCenter also houses the only multiculturalgallery of its kind in the region.

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Athletics

The University has engaged in intercollegiateathletics since 1877 and currently fields 22NCAA Division I teams. The 12 women’svarsity sports are basketball, softball, fieldhockey, soccer, cross country, swimming anddiving, skiing, tennis, lacrosse, indoor andoutdoor track and field, and crew. The 10men’s varsity sports are basketball, football(I-AA), ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, crosscountry, swimming and diving, skiing,baseball, and outdoor track and field.

Teams compete in four different conferences,with 18 programs in the Atlantic 10. Themen’s ice hockey competes in Hockey East,the men’s lacrosse squad is an EasternCollegiate Athletic Conference member, andthe men’s and women’s ski teams aremembers of the U.S. College Ski Conference.

During the 2001-02 academic year, U.S.News & World Report recognized theUniversity as one of the nation’s 20 bestintercollegiate athletic programs based ongender equity, graduation rates, number ofsports offered, and competitiveness. Theathletics program also captured the annualAtlantic 10 Conference Commissioner’sCup, honoring all-around athletic excellencewithin the league for the sixth time in eightyears, and led the conference in academic

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all-conference selections for the seventh timein that period.

At the same time that many of its student-athletes have excelled academically, varsityteams have captured three national titles,made more than a hundred postseasonappearances, and won 163 conference titles.

Mullins CenterThe William D. Mullins Memorial Center,located on the western edge of the campus,is a multipurpose indoor arena with amaximum seating capacity of 10,500.Opened in 1993, the Mullins Center boastsstate-of-the-art sound, lighting, acoustic,and theatrical systems and serves as home ofthe UMass men’s and women’s basketballteams and the ice hockey team. The buildingcan be reconfigured to host graduatecommencement, concerts, theatrical perfor-mances, circuses, ice skating events, tradeshows, and conferences. A separate interna-tional-size ice rink and seven racquetballcourts available for public use are situatedadjacent to the main arena. The facility alsoincludes weight and training rooms and abanquet room seating 200.

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The Campus

Campus BuildingsThe oldest structure on campus is theStockbridge House of 1728. The “Home-stead” of 1735 was moved to the adjoiningplot in 1973 to form the Faculty (nowUniversity) Club. Few of the early buildingsretain their original form, notable excep-tions being the East and West ExperimentStations, and Old Chapel—all built in the1880s. South College (1885) was built onthe site of its fire-ravaged predecessor.

Various architectural styles are representedin the buildings completed in the first halfof the 20th century, perhaps the mostadmired being Memorial Hall (1920-21)with its Italian Renaissance features. A1961 campus master plan sited arts andhumanities buildings to the south andscience facilities to the north—groupingsthat have survived, with some modifica-tions, to the present day.

To prepare for the projected expansion ofthe campus in the 1960s and ’70s, thetrustees deliberately opted for internation-ally recognized modernist architects—adecision that has led to stylistic eclecticism.Some of the notable products are HerterHall (1969), Murray D. Lincoln CampusCenter (1970), the W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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(1971-73), and the Fine Arts Center (1975).Major recent additions include KnowlesEngineering Research Building (1991), theWilliam D. Mullins Memorial Center(1991-93), and the Silvio O. Conte Na-tional Center for Polymer Research (1996).

InfrastructureThe Amherst campus consists of 350buildings, with an additional 70 structuresat satellite locations, totaling almost 9.7million square feet. Classrooms number585 and teaching auditoriums, 24. Totalacreage in active use is 1,430, with 412acres of lawns, 94 acres of parking lots,and 45.5 acres of roofs. Campus roadstotal 16 miles; steam lines, 28 miles; andwater lines, 30 miles. Electrical lines total20 miles for ducts, 120 miles for conduits,and 350 miles for conductors. Pavedsidewalks total 58 miles.

The current value of campus assets inAmherst and Hadley, including infrastruc-ture, is approximately $2.2 billion.

Besides its Amherst/Hadley holdings, thecampus has facilities in Belchertown,Concord, East Wareham, Gloucester, NewSalem, Pelham, Shutesbury, SouthDeerfield, Sunderland, and Waltham.

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New Construction and RenovationThe campus is witnessing a boom in newconstruction and renovation projects of allsizes, funded primarily through bonds, andalso with private donations and revenuetrust funds. Completed by late summerwere the Harold Alfond ManagementCenter at the Isenberg School of Manage-ment, and a new soccer field. Extensiverenovations to Bezanson Recital Hallcontinued. A $26-million, three-story labfor chemical engineering and civil andenvironmental engineering is scheduled forcompletion in October 2003. Renovationsto residence halls, laboratories, and thephysical plant building have also beenmade, along with structural repairs toMcGuirk Alumni Stadium and majorroofing and resurfacing on and aroundseveral large buildings.

Campus PondIn 1892, the unsightly central area ofcampus was transformed into a pond bythe damming of an existing brook. Createdto supply ice to refrigerate fruit and dairyproducts, the three-acre pond insteadbecame the site of an annual rope pull,winter skating and snow sculpting, andquiet recreation. Since the opening of theFine Arts Center in 1975, the pond hasseldom frozen solid. Dredging andunobtrusive landscaping have greatly

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improved its modern appearance and theabundance of its fish, bird, and insect life.Its one island, now a sculptured environ-ment titled “Isle of View,” is linked to thebanks by walkways.

Waugh ArboretumThe campus trees form the Waugh Arbore-tum and include a number of rare speci-mens, such as the stately Japanese elmoutside South College, the first of its speciesin the United States. Many trees also meetthe Commonwealth’s ‘heritage’ definitionin terms of size, rarity, and interest.Founded in 1944, the arboretum com-memorates Frank A. Waugh, the first headof what is now the University’s Departmentof Landscape Architecture and RegionalPlanning who for many years also designedand maintained the campus grounds.Significant 19th-century contributors to thearboretum were Waugh’s predecessor,Professor Samuel T. Maynard, and Presi-dent William Smith Clark, who broughtback specimens from Japan.

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Durfee ConservatoryThe present Durfee Conservatory datesfrom 1954, when a metal-and-glassstructure with automatic ventilation andsteam heat replaced an older complexcreated from repairs to the gracefulVictorian planthouse that had been one ofthe first buildings on campus. New speci-mens from around the world updated acollection formed in the Conservatory era.Today, Durfee continues its teaching andpublic education roles, with new emphasison stress management for students andhorticultural therapy for the campuscommunity. The immediately surroundingarboretum, formed in the 1870s, has alsobeen revitalized, in part with an award-winning garden reminiscent of Japanesedesign.

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Alumni

University alumni have achieved distinctionin virtually every field. They include: JackSmith, president of General Motors andJack Welch, recently retired president ofGeneral Electric; entertainer Bill Cosby;actors Richard Gere, Bill Pullman, andTsidii Le Loka; singer Natalie Cole;authors William Manchester, Paul Theroux,Valerie Martin, and Bret Lott; former headcoach of the Boston Celtics Rick Pitino;and Olympians Briana Scurry (soccer) andDanielle Henderson (softball). Manygraduates also continue their education atsome of the most prestigious graduate andprofessional schools in the world and go onto make their mark in many different fields,including business, law, medicine, govern-ment service, politics, education, hightechnology, biomedical research, andconservation.

Geographic Distribution of AlumniMassachusetts 85,796Other New England States 17,462East of the Mississippi 34,726West of the Mississippi 15,705Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and Other Territories 493Alaska and Hawaii 462Foreign Countries 3,676Alumni of Record 158,320Unaddressable 21,680

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On graduation, alumni receive a compli-mentary one-year membership in theAlumni Association. This organizationkeeps alumni connected to the Universitythrough programs, services, events, andpublications. It also maintains an onlinealumni directory and website to helpalumni find their friends, update theiraddresses, and learn about upcomingevents. A monthly electronic newsletter,@UMASS, delivers timely news andinformation to alumni and friends of theUniversity.

Traditional alumni programs take the formof reunions in June and Homecoming inOctober. Nearly fifty U.S. regional clubs,run largely by volunteers, help the Univer-sity with legislative advocacy, studentrecruitment, enhancement of institutionalreputation, and community service.Additional volunteers devote their time andtalent to the association’s board of directorsand other activities.

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Giving to the University

As the Commonwealth’s premier publicuniversity, the University of MassachusettsAmherst constantly expands the ways inwhich it serves the citizens of the statewhile striving to maintain and renew itstradition and mission as a land-grantinstitution. Private support is essential tosupplement limited tax allocations inmaintaining and building excellence andensuring that the University remainsaccessible to all qualified students.In 2001-02, alumni, parents, friends,faculty, staff, and corporations and founda-tions provided more than $30 million inprivate support. Also, the Universityrecently completed Campaign UMass, itsfirst major capital campaign, whichsurpassed the $125 million goal by success-fully raising $130.7 million a full yearahead of schedule. These monies will beused to attract the very brightest students,recruit faculty of the highest caliber, buildnew buildings and renovate aging facilities,create new research projects, enlarge librarycollections, and implement new programs.For further information on annual giving,gift and estate planning, corporate andfoundation giving, and giving to schools,colleges, and programs, please visit theOffice of Development website:www.umass.edu/development/ or call (413)545-2741.

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Continuing Education

The Division of Continuing Educationmeets the educational needs of more than15,000 people each year with a variety ofprograms including evening credit coursesduring the fall and spring semester;University summer and winter sessionscourses; access to specialized on- and off-campus undergraduate and graduate degreeprograms; professional developmentprograms and workshops; certificateprograms; independent study courses andinternships; highly specialized courses;noncredit workshops (in the areas ofEnglish as a Second Language, personalenrichment, career and personal develop-ment, and recreation); and online courses.The Performing Arts Division offers privateand group instruction and recital experi-ence in music, theater, and dance tostudents and members of the communitywho do not otherwise have the opportunityto study with resident faculty.

High school graduates and holders of acertificate of General Educational Develop-ment (G.E.D.) may enroll in undergraduatecourses through Continuing Education.Admission to a degree program (matricula-tion) follows general University admissionsguidelines.

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Online Courses and Degree ProgramsBetween 20 and 30 undergraduate- andgraduate-level courses are offered onlineeach semester and during summer andwinter sessions at the University’s virtualcampus, accessed atwww.UMAmherstOnline.org. Three onlinegraduate programs are also offered: theaccelerated M.B.A. program for workingprofessionals; the Master of Science(Nursing) in Community/School Health,designed for advanced-practice nurses; andthe Master of Public Health for practicingprofessionals with relevant public health-related experiences. Developed and taughtby resident University faculty, onlinecourses meet the same academic require-ments as traditional on-campus courses.

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UMass Extension

As part of a nation-wide public universityresearch and outreach network linkedthrough the U.S. Department of Agriculture,UMass Extension offers four programsclosely affiliated with research faculty in theUniversity’s College of Food and NaturalResources and the School of Public Healthand Health Sciences. Faculty and staff arelocated in a network of extension centersand project offices around the state and onthe Amherst campus.

The four programs are: Agroecology,fostering development of ecologically andeconomically sustainable and sociallyresponsible agriculture and land-manage-ment systems; 4-H Youth and FamilyDevelopment, providing various research-based educational resources to young peopleaged six to eighteen in need of support andlearning opportunities; Natural Resourcesand Environmental Conservation, providingeducational programs and materials to helppeople make informed decisions and takeactions to preserve or enhance the quality,productivity, and sustainability of naturalresources and systems; and NutritionEducation, offering nutrition and food safetyeducation for low-income families, high-riskyouths, and elders and the agency staff whowork with them.

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University of Massachusetts Press

Founded in 1963, the University of Massa-chusetts Press is the book-publishing arm ofthe University of Massachusetts. The Pressimprint is overseen by a faculty committee,whose members represent a broad spectrumof departments. In addition to publishingworks of scholarship, the Press producesbooks of more general interest for abroader audience.

Since its inception, the Press has sold morethan 1,800,000 volumes. Today it has over900 titles in print. Thirteen employees,along with student assistants and outsidesales representatives, produce and distrib-ute approximately forty new titles annually.The Press is a member of the Association ofAmerican University Presses and maintainseditorial offices in Amherst and Boston.

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Academic Calendar

2002 FallTue Sep 3 Registration DayWed Sep 4 First classesMon Oct 14 Holiday - Columbus DayMon Nov 11 Holiday - Veterans DayWed Nov 27 Thanksgiving recess begins

after last classMon Dec 2 Classes resumeFri Dec 13 Last classesMon Dec 16 Final exams beginSat Dec 21 Last final exams

2003 WintersessionThu Jan 2 First classesMon Jan 20 Holiday -

Martin Luther King Jr.’s BirthdayThu Jan 23 Last classesFri Jan 24 Snow day

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2003 SpringMon Jan 27 Registration DayTue Jan 28 First classesMon Feb 17 Holiday - Presidents DaySat Mar 15 Spring recess begins after

last classMon Mar 24 Classes resumeMon Apr 21 Holiday - Patriots DayWed May 14 Last classesSat May 17 Final exams beginFri May 23 Last final exams,

semester endsSun May 25 Undergraduate

CommencementMon May 26 Holiday - Memorial Day

2003 Summer SessionMon Jun 2 First classes - First SessionFri Jul 4 Holiday - Independence DayThu Jul 10 Last classes - First SessionMon Jul 14 First classes - Second SessionWed Aug 20 Last classes -

Summer Session ends

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Frequently Requested PhoneNumbers:All numbers are in the (413) area codeunless otherwise indicated.

UMass Information/Switchboard 545-0111Admissions, Undergraduate 545-0222Alumni Office (800) 456-UMASS

or 545-2317Arts and Sciences Majors 545-2192Athletics 545-2439

Box Office/Event Line (Mullins Center)545-0505

Bursar’s Office 545-2368Career Services 545-2224Commonwealth College (Honors Program)

545-2483Continuing Education 545-2414Development Office 545-2741Disability Services 545-0892School of Education 545-0233College of Engineering 545-0300Financial Aid 545-0801Fine Arts Center 545-3517

Box Office 545-2511College of Food and Natural Resources

545-2890Graduate School 545-5296Health Services 577-5000Housing Assignment Office 545-2100Hotel Accommodations (Campus Center)

549-6000Isenberg School of Management 545-5580

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New Students Program (Campus Tours/FallInformation Sessions) 545-4237

News Office 545-0444School of Nursing 545-2703Parking Services 545-0065Police (Campus) 545-2121Pre-Major Advising Services 545-2191Provost’s Office 545-2554School of Public Health and Health

Sciences 545-6883Registrar’s Office 545-0555Stockbridge School 545-2222Student Phone Numbers 545-1515Campus Tours 545-4237Undergraduate Registrar 545-0555University Press, Amherst 545-2217

Boston (617) 287-5710University Store 545-2619Veterans Assistance and Counseling

545-0939Visitors Assistance, Robsham Center

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