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 UMass 2011 Commencement Speaker: Alan Ulichney3/31/2011 |
Student commencement speaker Alan Ulichney hails from Stow, MA, a town that boasts a population that is one-fifth the size of the 30,000 person audience expected to attend the class of 2011 commencement. You can hear the double journalism and economics major speak at McGuirk Alumni Stadium Friday, May 13th at 5pm. In this interview you’ll get a glimpse....or two.... or three of his much anticipated address.
How do you feel now that you’ve been announced as the student commencement speaker? |
 UMass Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient: Peter Trovato '053/22/2011 |
It’s no wonder that Peter Trovato received the UMass Amherst Distinguished Alumni Award. He was a triple threat throughout his undergraduate career with academic, athletic, and professional success. He double majored in journalism and political science, graduated from Commonwealth Honors College, was captain of the UMass Men’s Varsity Ice Hockey Team, and interned at the Massachusetts State House. In November of 2004, he founded the Massachusetts Soldiers Legacy Fund, which guarantees $40,000 towards college tuition to the children of fallen Massachusetts Service members. Trovato is working towards receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School, and took time between classes to speak with Her Campus UMass about why he created the fund and who is eligible to receive the honor.
Why did you create this fund? |
 CampusLIVE co-founder & CEO: Boris Revsin3/9/2011 |
Starting today, CampusLIVE, Inc. will be offering more challenges such as trips to Fort Lauderdale and Las Vegas, Kindles, iPads, iPods, iTunes gift cards, News Year Eve all-access passes and a hotel stay in Manhattan, a VIP party bus for a group of 20 friends, and more. HerCampus UMass spoke with CampusLIVE, Inc. co-founder and CEO Boris Revsin who said, “We are in the process of making sure that the best brands are visible. Our new motto is everyone wins. We don’t want this to be a lottery.” Revsin knows the students want access to travel and food, and assures them that CampusLIVE targets each campus by region. For all aspiring entrepreneurs, Revsin, who BusinessWeek Ranked on its 2008 “Best Entrepreneurs 25 and Under” list, gives advice about how and when to make your innovative idea a reality.
What is CampusLIVE, Inc.? |
 Bourbon Street, Beads, Beignets, [Po’]Boys, and Broils in the “Big Easy”3/8/2011 |
For those traveling to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, you’ve probably been told to walk down Bourbon Street, catch beads from parade floats, eat beignets, king cakes, po’boys, gumbo, and jambalaya, and attend a crawfish broil. If you’re a first-timer, you might be wondering how you can come home with a large bead collection even during a short visit and what the famous Louisiana foods are.
Activities: |
 UMass Grad & Peace Corps Volunteer - Emily Grund3/3/2011 |
After high school, Rockport, MA native Emily Grund decided to take a gap year. During the year she lived in Thailand with a host family and taught English from September to December and then interned at a New Zealand community newspaper from January to April, which sparked an interest in journalism. Emily knew that wasn’t going to be the last of her traveling or journalism escapades, and she was right.
Emily enrolled at UMass Amherst in the fall of 2006 to study journalism and came out the other end with a bang. The university selected her as the class of 2010 co-commencement speaker--the third consecutive journalism major chosen. Just three months after graduation, she began her 27 month-long United States Peace Corps journey. Emily now teaches English in a farming community in Zaragoza, Philippines, which has about 40,000 residents. |
 Daniel Stewart '12 designs UMass app for iPhone2/17/2011 |
Junior Daniel Stewart, with assistance from junior Stephanie Cheung, designed the free UMass iPhone application in the summer of 2010 primarily for new students to navigate through campus and learn the history of the academic buildings.
The application provides point-to-point directions to 130 campus buildings, over 85 images, and links to the UMass homepage, SPIRE, SPARK, athletics, Dining Services, transit schedules, and other campus-related sites. The university released an advertisement looking for someone to create the application, and Stewart responded. This allowed UMass to compete with other universities who had a similar application. |
 Valentine's Day Cards2/14/2011 |
Have you ever wondered who created the $3 thick pieces of paper with pictures and romantic words that drug stores designate an entire aisle to? Five College Consortium’s own Ester Howland (1828-1904), often referred to as “The Mother of the American Valentines”, created and popularized Valentine’s Day greeting cards in America in the 1840s. She graduated from Mount Holyoke Seminary, now Mount Holyoke College, in 1847.
Howland received a Valentine from an English friend, which inspired her to design her own. She appointed several girls to help her produce them in her home, and later established the New England Valentine Company, says a Michigan State University library source. The source also states, “Around 1880, when her father took ill, she sold her business to George C. Whitney, who expanded it into a greeting card empire.” |
 Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receiver: Jeremy Horne2/9/2011 |
Childhood was all but smooth sailing for newly signed Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jeremy Horne. Last month marked the start of a three-year contract for the former UMass Amherst football player and Albany, NY native. In and out of foster care since age five, 24-year-old Horne’s rise to success with dogged determination proves that anyone can achieve their goals. How did you think the Super Bowl went this year? |
 Collegiette™ Couture: Discount Designers Tags at Your Fingertips2/3/2011 |
For the on-the-go fashionistas or the consumers who don’t want to leave their cozy living room couch during the arctic-like Amherst winter, here’s a way to incorporate discount designer, one-of-a-kind vintage apparel and chic accessories into your wardrobe, décor into your home, and travel into your calendar all via online retail sites. Rue La La Description: Rue La La, an e-commerce invitation-only site, launched to provide higher status items at a more reasonable price in men and women’s apparel, travel, and home. The site features a wide variety of boutiques open for 48 or 72 hours, with the option of receiving an email notification when new ones begin. Rue La La refers to their brands as boutiques, which open when new designers are brought in. Designers Sold: This internet destination offers over 400 brands. Previous apparel boutiques include Tom Ford, Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Ebel, Juicy Couture, Elie Tahari, Missoni, Valentino, and Vince. Whether cruising to Costa Rica or purchasing a four-night package in a Honolulu, Hawaii hotel, Rue La La offers numerous travel deals. Home boutiques range from Michael Kors sham, duvet, sheet, and towel sets to Vermont Teddy Bears to Steiner Sports Memorabilia. Number of Members:This e-commerce site has accumulated more than 1.2 million members. |
 Madeleine Kunin: First Female Governor of Vermont & UMass grad2/2/2011 |
Madeleine Kunin, former Vermont governor, Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. ambassador to Switzerland under President Bill Clinton, and UMass Amherst class of 1956 alumna, provided political commentary endorsing President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Kunin also shared what inspired her to run for governor and her achievements during that time, the role she played in selecting Al Gore as Vice President of the United States under President Bill Clinton, and her fondest campus memories. She has written three books and is currently working on her fourth. What was your reaction to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last night? |
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