Transfer News

  • UMass Lowell students line up on the South Campus lawn.

    Students Get a Head Start on Course Work and College Life

    A range of special summer programs offer a head start on college classes and campus connections for incoming first-year students, transfer students and high school students. Some even offer full scholarships.
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  • Nishi Shah at her internship as Bae Systems

    UMass Lowell Students Earn While They Learn

    UMass Lowell students, from a range of majors, share what they learned during their recent paid internships, co-ops and research experiences – and how it’s given them new perspectives on their coursework.
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  • Emily Adey on show 2

    From UMass Lowell to Netflix

    Mathematics alum Emily Adey ’15, ’18 competed in Netflix’s inaugural season of “The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge.”
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  • From left, Honors College students Kylie Encarnacao, business, Anna Barta, biochemistry, and Nicole Karp, business, attended a welcome event for new transfer students in the Transfer Alliance Program

    Transfer Alliance Program Supports New Transfer Students

    A new program aims to support transfer students so they can hit the ground running during their first semester at UML. The Transfer Alliance Program employs peer allies who are also transfer students.
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  • nuclear physics gamma detector

    Professors Look to Diversify Nuclear Science

    Funded by a U.S. Department of Energy grant, minority community college students will have an opportunity to learn about nuclear science at UMass Lowell’s Radiation Laboratory.
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  • Marshall Greenleaf, director of student and family support services at UMass Lowell, answers a parent's question at family orientation

    “College is a Family Journey”

    “College is a family journey,” says Student and Family Support Services Director Marshall Greenleaf. Over the past two years, the Office of Family Programs has expanded its services to support parents and family members – so they can support their students.
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  • Eleanora Peters, wearing a UML School of Education shirt, and Regina Peters, wearing a Kennedy College of Sciences sweatshirt, frame the statue of Joan of Arc in Coburn Hall

    Cross-Campus Sisters Graduate Together

    Two of the four Peters sisters, all UMass Lowell Honors students, are graduating together. Eleanora, an education major, has already started on her master's degree. Regina, a biology graduate, is tracking turtles.
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  • Tarlin Family

    Tarlin Triplets Thrive at UMass Lowell

    Triplets Jillian, Chloe and Sam Tarlin have carved out their own paths at UMass Lowell as they prepare to graduate together.
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  • A young woman in glasses smiles while sitting at a desk with a laptop and talking to two people

    These Students are HIP to the Honors College

    By leading enrichment activities and offering advice to newer students, Honors Informational Peers help build a stronger sense of community in the Honors College.
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  • Middlesex Community College President James Mabry, left, and UMass Lowell Honors College Dean Jim Canning

    UML and Middlesex Work Together for Transfer Success

    UMass Lowell and Middlesex Community College share a common mission: making a world-class education available to all students so that they can achieve their potential. New initiatives are bringing the two schools closer than ever – and creating a model to help all transfer students succeed.
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  • Transfer students Chantay Sewell-Jones, Nicole Morales-Taveras and Jessica D'Esposito on South Campus

    For Mount Ida Transfers, a Degree of Relief at UML

    One year after the sudden closure of their school, Mount Ida College, transfer students Nicole Morales-Taveras, Chantay Sewell and Jessica D’Esposito are graduating from UMass Lowell with bachelor’s degrees in criminal justice.
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  • UML business major Sarah McNeill is minoring in legal studies and plans to go to law school

    So You Want to Be a Lawyer?

    The Legal Studies Program helps prepare undergraduates in any major for law school success.
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  • Jessica and Jack Carroll stand on the stairs in the business school

    Carrolls Continue to Corner the Market at UML

    For siblings Jack, Jessica and Kimberly Carroll of North Andover, a UMass Lowell education is practically in their bloodlines. Their father and seven of their aunts and uncles attended the university.