Feature Stories 2015

Oriane Pitah is an international student pursuing an MBA in accounting.

With AACSB accreditation, and a host of distinctions, Charlton College of Business is a great choice for business education

Meg Cichon MA '15 uses the skills she learned in the Professional Writing Program to write for new audiences and new purposes.

Staff from the Career Development Center share their top suggestions for how to achieve career success.

When he’s not conducting research on shark conservation or diving with great white sharks, O’Connell focuses on youth education

Casey Snook '16 travelled to Valle Las Perlas, Panama, this August as part of Engineers Without Borders' ongoing project to rehabilitate the village's water distribution center.

UMass Dartmouth offers several pathways to medical school and other health-related professional programs.

Program for first-year students engages them in campus values as they join the academic community

Engineers Without Borders President Zachary Aaronson '16 traveled with the group to Panama in an ongoing effort to provide safe drinking water to the village of Valle Las Perlas.

The $1.25 million gift of Rear Admiral Julia Plotnick (Ret.) to the College of Nursing focuses on research and innovative teaching methods to advance global health.

This summer, Emmanuel R. Fernandes Jr. interned in the Digital Technology department at Hasbro in Pawtucket, RI.

Over 100 teams of middle and high school students gathered at the Tripp Athletic Center to compete in the National SeaPerch Challenge.

Design the mechanical and electronic systems for a highly compact and highly reliable temperature measuring device that will transmit to a receiver several hundred feet away; to be installed under a firefighter’s coat to monitor body temperature and alarm on overtemp conditions.

The goal of this project is to design, fabricate and test a portable (lightweight/ compact) and inexpensive system that can provide reasonable values of the soil’s constitutive parameters, conductivity and dielectric constant, using a small handheld battery powered Vector Network Analyzer.

Designing a replacement safety alarm system for our rack storage system in our primary warehouse.

Amanda Butcher accepted her college diploma and put her undergraduate studies behind her. Now she is focused on her new job as a Senior Technology Development Program Associate, which grew out of an internship with UnitedHealth Group.

Prof. Jing Wang earned the MacDowell Fellowship, one of the highest awards in the arts.

Renee Laurencelle is one of UMassD's representatives with "Run for Krystle" in the Boston Marathon.

Jacqueline Tran: UMassD's first BaccMD student to enter UMass Medical

Keneshia Estimé spent six months studying abroad in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Aneudy Gonzalez worked at UMass Law's Immigration Law Clinic, which provides free legal services to immigrants.

Following the bar exam, Sara Cederholm JD '15 will begin work as a law clerk at the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Sapna Piracha became Pakistan’s only female to sit on a panel of design engineers for the construction of the Gandhara International Airport, which upon completion will be one of the world’s largest airports.

Heather Fatcheric was recognized as one of "29 Who Shine," an elite group of students representing the Commonwealth's 29 public colleges and universities. She also received UMass Dartmouth's Lamar E. McClinton Student Leadership award and was named a "Pillar of the Community."

Alyssa Foley held an internship with the university's Marketing and Public Affairs departments.

Zachary Kowzic held an internship with the university's Marketing and Public Affairs departments.

Part of the first UMassD class to graduate with a major in bioengineering, Shravani Kakarla researched biofuel and bio-manufacturing.

Jordan McDonald: Education is the key to success

Tejendra Patel held internships with Nextdrift Technologies and Akamai Technologies.

Jillian Bolinger's research on supernovae earned her a spot at the 2014 "Posters on the Hill" event in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research.

WecJeannie Emmanuel: Research on cross-cultural emotional perception

Nicholas Phillips: Growing bacteria to make bio-plastics

Using various media and formats, David explored different modes of observation and identity.

Matthew Crossman: Research on cybersecurity

Brittany Raposa plans to practice in family law or health and social policy law.

Genesis Barrientos received an Outstanding Student Award from the National BACCHUS Network for her work in peer health education

As part of his Community/Public Health Nursing clinical experience, Ryan Carey participated in service trips to Haiti.

For her Endeavor Scholar service project, Samantha Smith spent a week in Ghana working with Unite for Sight.

Matthew DaCosta: Holistic approach to healthcare

Ana Paula Krelling is the first first dual-degree Ph.D. graduate of UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science (SMAST) and the University of São Paulo Institute of Oceanography (IOUSP).

Carolyn McQuillan worked two summers as a graphic design intern for Liberty Mutual Insurance's Web & Communications team.

Aubrie Brault balanced a double major with internships, community service, and a position as an Admissions Ambassador.

Christopher Crogan's research, "Mind's Brains and Robots: Towards a Computational Theory of Semantics," focuses on the human mind.

Carlos Colon's research with the UMass Drone project led to internships with the International Center for Terrorism Studies and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism.

Kiley Alpaugh won the Margaret Mullaney Panos Honors Essay Contest and was awarded third place in UMassD's "Three-Minute Thesis" competition for her Honors Thesis Project: "The Impact of Therapy Dogs on College Students’ Stress Levels."

Maria Amell began a Facebook page to tell stories through photography and brief profiles.

Julia Rayberg completed an internship with ROI Corporation.

Lauren Roche completed an internship with Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley's community relations unit.

Maegan McConnell studied abroad for a semester in Prague.

Dr. Chad J. McGuire, whose research focuses on environmental law, addressed Pres. Obama's Executive Order to address climate change.

EGR 111: Introduction to Engineering and Computing provides first-year engineering students with experiences across the engineering disciplines.

Dr. Tolentino will give a lecture on “U.S. Cabo Verde Relations: The construction of a historic and strategic partnership.”

Prof. Macrine received a grant from the Qatar National Research Fund.

UMass Dartmouth's newly installed x-ray diffractometer is the only one of its kind in southeastern Massachusetts.