Community Engagement at UMass Lowell

UMass Lowell serves the public through a large array of activities that link its resources to people, organizations, industry, institutions, and agencies beyond the campus while bringing the benefits of engagement to students, faculty and staff.

Office of Community and Cultural Affairs

The Office of Community and Cultural Affairs is managed by Paul Marion, executive director of Community and Cultural Affairs. He has a master’s degree in Community Social Psychology from UMass Lowell and has extensive experience in community revitalization strategies. He helps UMass Lowell establish and maintain partnerships in the public and private sectors that advance and fulfill the campus mission; provides support to create and sustain strategic partnerships, especially institutional partnerships; represents UMass Lowell on committees and boards of organizations; and links campus resources and services to the community while bringing the benefits of community engagement to students, faculty, and staff.  For assistance, contact the Office of Community and Cultural Affairs at 978-934-3107 or Paul Marion, executive director of Community and Cultural Affairs.  

Carnegie Designation

UMass Lowell has been recognized with a prestigious national honor as a "community-engaged" university that ranks it among the nation's top institutions in the benefits it confers to the world outside its walls.

The Carnegie Designation recognizes UMass Lowell's curricular engagement, as well as its non-academic, community outreach and partnerships.

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