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On the Wall ~ Lowell’s Stoklosa School
I was taken by this “flag” and its mate on either side of the stage at Lowell’s Stoklosa School… hands and faces… an interesting backdrop to the celebration of Lowell school volunteers.
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UMass Lowell’s Platform
I was thinking about UMass Lowell’s Commencement the day after and made myself step back from the scene I was in to get a better sense of what was going on. The Tsongas Center on Saturday was a magnificent setting. When the pipes and drums started up, everyone in the…
Read More »UML Commencement ~ Graduate Into the Future
Last Saturday morning the Tsongas Center resounded with “Pomp and Circumstance” bringing a record 3, 478 UMass Lowell students into the future. A dozen members of the Class of 1964 – seven from Lowell State – led the Class of 2014 into the Center to the applause, cheers, whistles and…
Read More »Bill Nye the Science Guy: UMass Lowell
Bill Nye the Science Guy at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center last night (Image courtesy of Facebook page of Chancellor Marty Meehan). This is Commencement Day at UMass Lowell, and it’s wet out there. The grizzled and frizzed-hair ink-stained scribes of the media world will use all their…
Read More »Doors Open & Photography Weekend
News from the Doors Open Lowell organizers: Looking forward to a fantastic Doors Open Lowell weekend, so come on out and discover some great historic buildings and architecture as you help celebrate National Preservation Month. Head towww.doorsopenlowell.org for a complete schedule of events. If you missed the program guide in Wednesday’s Lowell Sun,…
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Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »CTI “Bridge Builder” Honorees
Here are the “Bridge Builder” honorees from this evening’s Community Teamwork (CTI) “Building Bridges to Independence” event at the UML/ICC. A great event with worthy honorees… David McLean representing the Demoulas Family and Market Basket (nutrition); Bruce Robinson, VP of Fred C. Church (extraordinary volunteer); CTI ED Karen Frederick; Michael Durkin,…
Read More »Lowell Historical Society ~ Among the Artifacts: The Wooden Stake
This is a another cross-post from the Lowell Historical Society blog site… Lowell Historical Society curator Ryan Owen continues his search for those “forgotten finds” in the archives and he shares them with us. (You can learn more about the Lowell Historical Society by visiting the website.) Among the Artifacts: The Wooden…
Read More »Memories from 50 Years Ago ~ Class of 1964 Commencement at Massachusetts State College at Lowell
May 12, 2014
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Marie
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Fifty years ago on a Sunday afternoon June 7, 1964, 90 Elementary Education Majors, 13 Secondary Education Majors, 27 Music Majors and 2 English Majors received their degrees from the Massachusetts State College at Lowell. With words of wisdom from the Rt. Reverend George Casey, Editor of the Archdiocese of…
Read More »Happy Mother’s Day
Maybe Lowell should be doing more with the Mother’s Day celebration, since we have a claim on one of the most familiar mothers of all mothers . . .
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