Congratulations to the Class of 2025

In Spring 2025, the UMass Lowell History Department celebrated the graduation of twenty-one students. On Friday, May 16, two received their Master of Arts (M.A.) in History. On Saturday, May 17, nineteen received their Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in History.

Seven of the History students to graduate this academic year (Jackson Lewis, Dylan Stein, Alex Joseph, Tommy Perliger, Evan Laplante, Aldwin Gonzalez-Leonardo, and Campbell Tacey) are in the picture below, together with friends.

9 UMass Lowell students at 2025 Commencement graduation.

Meet Our Students and Alumni

Rory Luddy poses in front of a trolley
Rory Luddy '22
History

Internships on and off campus gave Rory Luddy museum experience.

The dream is to have a job as a museum curator.
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UMass Lowell history student Jaden Belizaire
Jaden Belizaire '22
History

A class in archival methods and a directed study, working in the Lawrence History Center, led Jaden Belizaire to pursue graduate schools for archiving.

My experience in that class made me look more into archiving as a viable career.
Read More About Jaden Belizaire 
Thomas Baldwin plays Connect 4 with a child at the Boys & Girls Club
Thomas Baldwin '19
History

Thomas Baldwin is pursuing a history degree while planning a career in law.

I’ve never met a professor unwilling to help a student out.
Read More About Thomas Baldwin 
Maritza Grooms interviews UMass Lowell Prof. Robert Forrant and Emerging Scholar Sophie Combs about research being done on immigration topics on an episode of History in Lowell
Sophie Combs '20
History

Sophie Combs knows her research is going somewhere: into the online Library of New England Immigration.

Small class sizes and getting to know my professors personally was important to me.
Read More About Sophie Combs 
Bradley Sherwood helps a child weave on a loom at summer camp at the Tsongas Industrial History Center
Bradley Sherwood '20
History

Bradley Sherwood explains history to school children and adults at the Tsongas Industrial History Center, an educational partnership between the university and Lowell National Historical Park.

The city appealed to me. There’s a lot to do here.
Read More About Bradley Sherwood 

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