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Mya Neary volunteers at Mill City Grows' largest urban farming site
Mya Neary '20
Entrepreneurship & Management

Mya Neary won an honors fellowship to learn more about running an urban farming nonprofit. Now she’s volunteering with Mill City Grows while developing her own business plan.

UMass Lowell has let me spread myself out so I can try new things, and that’s helped me figure out what I want to do.
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UMass Lowell business major Jeurys Santiago stands with a group holding a banner with the name of his networking and marketing company, Minds With Purpose
Jeurys Santiago '22
Business

Jeurys Santiago credits his entrepreneurship classes and experiences with helping him launch his networking and marketing company, Minds With Purpose.

I started learning more about entrepreneurship and networking so I could create opportunities for small businesses and creatives to connect.
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Neeti Kothari
Neeti Kothari
Business Analytics

Neeti Kothari left a job at Big Four accounting firm Deloitte in her native India to pursue a Master of Science in business analytics at UMass Lowell. Despite the pandemic, she landed a summer internship at software company PTC in Boston.

(My professor and the dean) have been there since the start of my journey, keeping me motivated.
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Andre Ragel sits in a classroom in the Pulichino Tong Business Center
Andre Ragel '21
Management

Ever since moving to Lowell from the Philippines with his mom as a child, Andre Ragel has embraced a sink-or-swim attitude – one that carried the business administration major through a busy first year on campus.

We moved here to seek better opportunities, and I feel that’s something we have accomplished. I’m definitely in a better place and on the right track.
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Hope Zouzas poses for photo outside of the Manning School of Business.
Hope Zouzas '25
Accounting and Management Information Systems

With faculty support, Hope Zouzas won a prestigious $15,000 scholarship and has lined up a post-graduation accounting internship at PwC.

My professors have made a huge difference in my studies.
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    Marketing Mindset Carries Manning Alum to CEO Role

    Manning School of Business alum David Farmer ’06, ’10 returned to UMass Lowell to share how his marketing foundation helped propel him into leadership roles in the consumer goods industry, from iRobot to his current position as CEO of North America for Versuni.
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    Brothers in Arms: Gennells Flex Their Business Muscle

    Brothers Caleb ’26 and Josiah Gennell ’22, ’24 turned a pandemic workout routine into The Natty Bros, a growing YouTube brand and live-event series that’s promoting professional arm wrestling across New England.
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    When Your Former Intern Becomes Your Boss

    Jake Burke ’90, ’92 tapped his UMass Lowell network for a job at StratusPointIT, where he works for his former intern, Eric Correnti ’98, and alongside Charley Boudreau ’92.
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