Alumna Jacquie Moloney is the First Woman to Lead University
10/19/2015
Media contacts: Christine Gillette, 978-934-2209 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu and Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu
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Thursday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m.
(Media check-in: 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.)
WHAT: UMass Lowell will celebrate the inauguration of Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, the first woman to lead the university in its 121-year history.
More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the inauguration ceremony, which will open with a dramatic procession of approximately 100 UMass Lowell student performers leading faculty and administrators in full academic regalia.
The theme of the inauguration is “Making a Difference Together, Leading through Innovation,” which describes the entrepreneurial and inclusive leadership style Moloney has established over her three decades at UMass Lowell. Most recently executive vice chancellor, Moloney previously served in roles including dean of UMass Lowell’s award-winning Division of Online and Continuing Education, where she founded one of the first programs in the country to offer online courses and degrees nearly 20 years ago.
During her eight years as executive vice chancellor, Moloney spearheaded the development and execution of the university’s 10-year strategic plan, “UMass Lowell 2020,” which has guided the institution through its greatest period of growth, including a 50 percent increase in enrollment and the opening of 11 new buildings.
The inauguration ceremony and a gala that evening at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center will raise funds for the new Jacqueline F. Moloney Endowed Scholarship.
In addition to Moloney, speakers at the inauguration ceremony are scheduled to include: Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, prominent tech entrepreneur, who founded the Merrimack Valley Sandbox (now known as E for All) and the annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education with UMass Lowell; John Pulichino, a UMass Lowell graduate and successful entrepreneur for whom the university’s new business school building is being named; and Prof. Susan Braunhut, a nationally recognized expert on cancer diagnosis and treatment, limb restoration and regeneration, and biosensors for use in counter-terrorism efforts.
Other participants will include UMass President Marty Meehan, who Moloney succeeds as chancellor of UMass Lowell; Victor Woolridge, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees; Marcellette Williams, UMass senior vice president for academic and student affairs and international relations; state Sen. Eileen Donoghue; Lowell Mayor Rodney Elliott; City Manager Kevin Murphy; Patricia McCafferty, vice chancellor of university relations; Joanne Yestramski, vice chancellor for finance and operations; UMass Lowell Provost Donald Pierson; UMass Lowell Student Trustee Amanda Robinson, a business administration major from Hingham; Student Government Association President James Christopher, a political science and philosophy major from Peabody; and Imogene Stulken, campus minister.
WHERE: Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Lowell. Contact UMass Lowell media relations for directions and parking information.