Free Event is Open to the Public
03/28/2023
Media contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations, Emily_GowdeyBackus@uml.edu, and Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations, Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu
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WHAT: Boston Police Superintendent Nora Baston, a UMass Lowell graduate, will discuss her career and share memories of her time on campus at the Alumni Showcase. The event is free and open to the public.
Baston leads the Boston Police Department’s Bureau of Professional Development, which provides training to all department personnel. The bureau includes the Academy Division, the Student Officers Group, the Firearms Training Unit and the Police Cadet Unit. Prior to her current role with the BPD, Baston served as the founding superintendent of the department’s Bureau of Community Engagement, which works to strengthen community policing in the city.
Last year, the RFK Community Alliance honored Baston with the agency’s Embracing the Legacy award. The honor pays tribute to individuals who raise awareness, fight against social injustice and advocate for others in need, exemplifying the ideals embraced by the late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.
Baston grew up in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood and graduated from Boston Latin School before enrolling in UMass Lowell’s criminal justice program, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in 1995 and master’s degree in 2000.
She will talk about her upbringing, her professional journey, which began in the BPD in 1996, and how her time as a student-athlete on the UMass Lowell women’s basketball team helped transform life.
Members of the public who would like to attend, either online or on campus, should register here.
WHEN and WHERE: Wednesday, April 5, 5:30 p.m. UMass Lowell O’Leary Library, Room 222, South Campus, 61 Wilder St., Lowell. Members of the media who would like to attend should contact UMass Lowell media relations for directions and parking information.