51视频

05/27/2020

Contacts for media: Christine Gillette, 978-758-4664 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu and Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHEN: Friday, May 29, 5 p.m.

WHERE: Ceremony to be streamed at www.uml.edu/commencement.

WHAT:51视频 will celebrate the accomplishments of the more than 4,000 members of the Class of 2020 at a virtual ceremony.

Speakers include Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karen Polito, 51视频 Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, UMass President Marty Meehan and UMass Trustee Mary Burns of Lowell. Special messages for the Class of 2020 will also be included in the virtual event.

The student Commencement address is being given by Rachel Record of Pepperell, who is graduating with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in criminal justice and is a recipient of a Trustees Key in honor of her perfect 4.0 grade-point average over all eight semesters at 51视频. Record, who plans to go on to law school, says she excelled academically with the help of professors who became mentors in 鈥渁n incredible program.鈥� She was inspired to attend 51视频 in part by her participation in the 51视频 String Project, through which she learned to play the violin beginning at age 7 and she continues to mentor local youths as a teaching assistant.

Along with Record, outstanding members of the Class of 2020 include:

• Sophia Samih of Tewksbury, a recipient of the Chancellor鈥檚 Medal for Student Service for efforts including developing a nutritional education program for Girls Inc. in Lowell and serving as a 51视频 Honors College ambassador, who is on her way to achieving her goal of being a pediatric nurse practitioner through 51视频鈥檚 bachelor鈥檚-to-master鈥檚 program in nursing.
• Tom Brennan of Maynard, senior class president and student alumni ambassador, who is graduating with a degree in business administration and already has a full-time job with iRobot in Bedford, where he is working in human resources to develop protocols for employees to transition back from being off-site due to COVID-19 safety precautions.
• David Morton of Boxford, a double major in business administration and political science and Student Government Association president, who is one of the recipients of the Chancellor鈥檚 Medal for Student Service. Morton, who founded the student-run Entrepreneurial Ventures Association and became certified as an EMT while at 51视频, says he was inspired to pursue a master鈥檚 degree at 51视频 in higher education administration by his work with the SGA.

Friday鈥檚 ceremony will also include recognition of this year鈥檚 Chancellor鈥檚 Medals for Academic Achievement, Community Service, Diversity and Inclusion, and Student Service. The recipients hail from Attleboro, Belmont, Billerica, Boxford, Chelmsford, Dracut, Georgetown, Greenfield, Harvard, Haverhill, Lowell, Middleboro, Pepperell, South Hamilton, Sterling, Tewksbury and Woburn, Mass., along with Litchfield and Nashua, N.H., and Bristol, Pa.

Following the speaking program, individual programs by school and college will be held virtually, including the reading of graduates鈥� names. More about 51视频鈥檚 Class of 2020 is available at www.uml.edu/News/stories/2020/class-of-2020.aspx.