University of Massachusetts Boston - Beacon Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Accredilatinnmam PfHiS0S U UO al G 5, Ei 31 :r at im. 3. .gr g. Q. N 1 3. E. Zi. gh. EJ 3 9.10 The Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England .Association of Schools and Colleges voted recently to continue its accredita- tion of UMass!Boston and to extend the accreditation to the doctoral degree- granting level. Dr. Edward J. Kormondy. vice presi- dent for academic affairs at California State University, Los Angeles. WHS chairperson of an eight-person evalua- Football Beacons Shine Congratulations to the l 'Nlass Boston frtir,Tt,.,tli.ill team on their lirg 'am a ll tt' 0 victory over Stonehill College Rumor' has it that loothall in the riear future will bet orrre part of the regular athlerit pro gram rather than a sportsoreti at tit irx ot the Student Actix ities fforiimrtter- r Skill or tion fa pe 3 Z cu '5 H . a-1 Q2 'O 3 Q cu i as W .Q CD To graduation as director of cr trvities. Since then. I haxt opportunity to play a role 1 rrient ol student services at Boston as director ot st tion services. rn which my adrriitirstratrori as Association presi- dent, l shall endeavor to serve the alum- nr as an on-campus resource. leader. and friend. l invite you to contact me with GLOBE THURSDAY, APRIL 24, i E'- Q2 ig :TS umper Stickers l .X riext r orisigrirrie-tit ol the l'rir'.e-rsit s k rular txveritretli aririrxercarx hurririer it liters has arr rw-tl lhert: is ritz ln-Hn hx IN ll, PO fl trrrr if-ror tri xrrtir liar it ttrrrrioxs Btirriper Nwitrnotli-gilt toitrirm ilit-tit iv llrdtf t ill 1 xotir tree' Slllkt'l he n Inn Qaluhe WILLIAM O. TAYLOR. Chairman tjthc Board and Publisher JOHN P. GIUGGK1 President MARTIN F. NOLAN. Editor. Edltorlni Fhgo RICHARD C. OCKERBLOOM. Exec. V.P. A Gen. Mgr. DAVID STANGER. Sentor V.P.. Bustnem Manager ARTHUR KINGSBURY. V.P.. Treasurer MlU.ARD G. OWEN. V.P. Marketing A Sales .KJHN S. DRBLXJLL. Executltz Editor X I THOMAS F. MULVOY JR., Managing Editor ALFRED S. LARKIN JR.. Deputy Managing Editor HELEN W. DONOVAN. Deputy Managing Editor H. D. S. GRLENWAY. Assoctam llduor ROBERT L. HEALY, Aslodalt Edllor 1 Publishers I CHARLES H. TAYLOR. 1873-1922 WILLJAM 0. TAYLOR. 11186 WM. DAVE TAYLOR. 1561977 5 President Editor may I JOHN 1. TAYLOR. 1531975 L. L. WINSHIP. 156125 THOMAS WINSHIPIIE-134 1 college that's 'hot' , A few years back Brown University was ac- as one of the hot colleges. Last year. University of Vermont won recognition as of the public Iv1es. Now UMassfBoston been nominated as a hot college onthe nomination as one of nine fast-rising ambitious institutions fthat are now l the nation's elite schools comes Time magazine. and is well-deserved. be sure, the school has benefited from accidents of geography. lt has attracted young Harvard faculty who want to re In the Boston area las Time notes, tt has Harvard PhDs on its faculty than any Massachusetts college except Harvard it- It h as also capitalized on its location on Bay to develop an urban harbors area the same dedication to service, research and teaching which the 19th century statd, universities brought to rural areas. , With that mission in mind. UMass!Bostor.l has man to create a program which su 118011 cmsfully balances research and spectaltzjil scholarship with the needs of 12,500 commutii er students whose average age ls 27 - and al for a tuition of 81.296 a year. The weak points which Tlme's editors not ed - crowded lab facilities. lack of the usual collegiate amenities - can easily be remedlecr by money. The school's budget requests der serve full support from Gov. Dukaklsi and thi Legislative. Those who have watched UMass!Bostor over the fhalf-dozen years - students ag well as edgac-ation lnslders - had figured that 1 ofNu1smg Masters degree Beyond that, however, is the sense of mls- which Chancellor Robert A. Corrigan de- an a modern version of the old land- phllolophy - bringing into an urban was onl a matter df time before the SCYIQQ as ' model for an urban university. To be reeog ntzed now as one ofthe nation s hot colleges' was worth waiting for.

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UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT BOSTON Ll VMAS 4 'v f A an U9 ' 1.f!5'1 c 7, ,Tj 8 M, C, 1363 HARBOR CAMPUS DOWNTOWN CAMPUS MORRISEY BLVD PARK SQUARE BOSTON MA 02125 BOSTON MA 021 '16 1987 YEARBOOK-VOL '14