03/08/2021
Amazing Alumnae Exemplify River Hawk Spirit
These Young Women have Just Begun their Journeys
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Public Health
Annie Soup Koagne is getting everything she can out of UMass Lowell, while working to make it a better place.
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Plastics Engineering
Yrvanie Joseph is grateful for alumni scholarships because they confirm the value of her hard work and academic achievements.
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Mechanical Engineering
Gifty Kessie takes advantage of opportunities to learn and grow – and then turns around and offers a helping hand to others.
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Psychology, Sociology and Race and Ethnic Studies
Debby Fernand says the River Hawk Scholars Academy has introduced her to friends and faculty mentors – and turned her into a leader herself.
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English
Brigid Archibald always wanted to be a superhero. Now the editor of the student newspaper, The Connector, she sees journalists as today’s heroes.
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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice major and community organizer Mayara Reis says the diversity at UMass Lowell let her be who she's supposed to be.
UMass Lowell Looks to Balance the Scales
Center for Women & Work
The UMass Lowell Center for Women and Work is a community of scholars who are dedicated to advancing knowledge about the relationship between gender and work through research, enhancing understanding of this relationship through education and training, and challenging inequalities through institutional change.
Making WAVES: Women Academics Valued and Engaged in STEM
Research, Academics and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP)
Piloted in 2018, Research, Academics and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP), is a 6-week summer program that provides support to women entering the Francis College of Engineering with coursework, project work, mentoring, and networking with local companies and alumni.