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  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Announces Two Fulbright Scholarship Awards

Two Assumption students have recently been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships. Cerilenne Menendez Mendoza ’11, who is majoring in accounting and Latin American studies with a minor in political science, will spend a year taking business classes at Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de...

Assumption Announces Two Fulbright Scholarship Awards
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

NECHE Commission Reaccredits Assumption

Assumption has been re-accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) (formerly NEASC), through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education. Assumption’s next comprehensive re-accreditation visit will occur in spring 2021. “Assumption’s re-accreditation is a tes...

NECHE Commission Reaccredits Assumption
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Partners on Doctoral Program with Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Assumption has established an articulation agreement with the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), which will provide access for graduates of Assumption’s counseling psychology program to enter the doctoral program in clinical psychology at PCOM.  “Doctoral programs in cl...

Assumption Partners on Doctoral Program with Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Announces Rome Campus

Assumption President Francesco Cesareo signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Italy on March 7 with the Augustinians of the Assumption to establish a Rome campus, with classes to begin in spring 2013. The agreement is the culmination of three years of exploration and discussions t...

Assumption Announces Rome Campus
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Dedicates Tinsley Campus Ministry Center

The Assumption community officially dedicated the new – and vital – Tinsley Campus Ministry Center on April 27. The Center is connected to the Chapel of the Holy Spirit. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the 8,800-square-foot building, and it was attended by generous donors, campus a...

Assumption Dedicates Tinsley Campus Ministry Center
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Two Fulbright Scholarships Awarded to Assumption Students

Two Assumption students have been awarded prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships. Stephanie Bouley ’12 of North Smithfield, R.I., who is a a double major in biotechnology and chemistry, will conduct research on the BK Virus under the supervision of Professor Thilo Ste...

Two Fulbright Scholarships Awarded to Assumption Students
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Brian Kelly ’83 Delivers Keynote Address to 653 Graduates at Assumption's 95th Commencement

In his Commencement address on May 12 to the 653 students graduating from Assumption, Brian Kelly, head football coach for the University of Notre Dame and philanthropist, remembered being in the collegians’ shoes at his own Commencement from Assumption in 1983 and wondering to himself: “Wh...

Brian Kelly ’83 Delivers Keynote Address to 653 Graduates at Assumption's 95th Commencement
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Brian Kelly ’83 Endows Football Scholarship

At Assumption’s 95th Commencement on May 12 it was announced that Brian Kelly ’83, head football coach at the University of Notre Dame, has established a $250,000 endowed scholarship for football players at his alma mater.  The first scholarship will be awarded this fall. Assumption...

Brian Kelly ’83 Endows Football Scholarship
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Introduces Sophomore-focused Initiative

Assumption has launched a special initiative for sophomores that will encourage them to find a deeper connection between their spiritual and religious commitments and their personal and professional lives. SOPHIA (SOPHomore Initiative at Assumption) was introduced in December to the 600 memb...

Assumption Introduces Sophomore-focused Initiative
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Opens Rome Campus

Assumption students and those from other colleges and universities now have the opportunity to pursue liberal arts studies in the heart of Rome at Assumption’s new campus. Seven Assumption students are studying in Rome this semester with two Assumption faculty members, and the campus can acco...

Assumption Opens Rome Campus
  • Jan 07, 2019
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Richard DesLauriers ’82 Delivers Keynote Address to 605 Graduates at Assumption's 96th Commencement

In his Commencement address on May 11 to the 605 students graduating from Assumption, Richard DesLauriers ’82, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Boston Field Division, said that his own Assumption education furnished him with skills that have helped...

Richard DesLauriers ’82 Delivers Keynote Address to 605 Graduates at Assumption's 96th Commencement
  • Jan 07, 2019
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Center for Teaching Excellence Opens at Assumption

The Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption recently opened to advance the quality of teaching in higher education. Under its director, English Professor James Lang, the Center’s goal is to supply faculty with resources to enhance the rich tradition of teaching excellence ...

Center for Teaching Excellence Opens at Assumption
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption, Alumni Establish Colleen Ritzer ’11 Memorial Scholarship

Assumption and members of its Class of 2011 have established an endowed scholarship in the memory of Colleen Ritzer ’11, whose life tragically ended in October 2013. The scholarship recognizes her two lifelong passions: teaching and math. Ritzer was a math teacher at Danvers High School in Danvers...

Assumption, Alumni Establish Colleen Ritzer ’11 Memorial Scholarship
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Remembers Kenneth Moynihan, Professor Emeritus of History

Kenneth J. Moynihan AP'62, Ph.D., professor emeritus of history at Assumption, passed away Friday, Jan. 10, 2014; he was 69. To commemorate his life and contributions to the institution and Worcester community, Assumption will hold a memorial service at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in the Ch...

Assumption Remembers Kenneth Moynihan, Professor Emeritus of History
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Assumption Launches New Majors in Criminology, Education

Assumption is pleased to announce three additions to its classic liberal arts curriculum through the introduction of B.A. degrees in criminology and education and an expanded health professions advisory program for the 2014-2015 academic year. The new, four-year undergraduate programs in criminology...

Assumption Launches New Majors in Criminology, Education
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Trustees Unanimously Extend Assumption President’s Contract, Citing Bold Leadership and Strength of Academic Programs

The Assumption Board of Trustees announced that it has extended the contract of Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D., to remain in his position as president of the institution for an additional five years, beginning July 1, 2015. Cesareo, who was installed as Assumption;\'s 16th president in summer 2007, wil...

Trustees Unanimously Extend Assumption President’s Contract, Citing Bold Leadership and Strength of Academic Programs
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Students Probe Relationship between AMC TV Show 'Breaking Bad' and Classic Authors

AMC's hit TV crime drama Breaking Bad may have wrapped up last year, but a senior seminar at Assumption called "Reading Bad" has spent the past semester peeling back the layers of the award-winning series and exploring its incorporation of classic literary references and the show’s ...

Students Probe Relationship between AMC TV Show 'Breaking Bad' and Classic Authors
  • Jan 07, 2019
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Assumption MBA Students Develop Strategic Plan for Be Like Brit Foundation, Orphanage in Haiti

Leonard "Len" and Cherylann Gengel of Rutland, Mass., lost their daughter Britney four years ago in a massive earthquake that hit Haiti. Vowing that her death would not be in vain, the couple—along with sons Bernie and Richie—have kept alive Britney’s dream to help the poor island nation’s c...

Assumption MBA Students Develop Strategic Plan for Be Like Brit Foundation, Orphanage in Haiti
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Prestigious d’Alzon Medal Awarded to Assumption President

During evening prayer June 4, 2014, in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, the Augustinians of the Assumptionists, the sponsoring order of Assumption, conferred upon President Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D. the Emmanuel d’Alzon Medal in recognition of his efforts to exemplify the vision and guiding p...

Prestigious d’Alzon Medal Awarded to Assumption President
  • Jan 07, 2019
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E.U.-based Companies Benefit from Assumption MBA Students’ Expertise

Eight Assumption MBA students traveled to Poland for three weeks recently to work with  business owners, helping them to develop strategic business plans—and, in doing so, gaining valuable insight into the European Union business world. The collaboration was part of the Assu...

E.U.-based Companies Benefit from Assumption MBA Students’ Expertise
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Fulbright Scholarship Awarded to Assumption Alumna

Assumption alumna Katherine Vachawski ’14 of Coventry, R.I., has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship. Vachawski will conduct research in Lithuania during the 2014-2015 academic year on how and whether the shared experience of Catholicism works to integrate the Pol...

Fulbright Scholarship Awarded to Assumption Alumna
  • Jan 07, 2019
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Assumption Students Partner with Science Faculty on Laboratory Research

This summer, Assumption students collaborated with faculty on innovative scientific research. Through this enriching experience, the students discovered how they can apply their scientific skills to make a difference in society—and take their place as the next generation of scholars and scientists...

Assumption Students Partner with Science Faculty on Laboratory Research
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Endowment Growth, Sound Management Contribute to Assumption's ‘A-’ Standard and Poor’s Rating

Assumption has maintained its “A-” Standard & Poor’s (S&P) rating. The strong rating—based on the institution's solid balance sheet, growing endowment, low debt, responsible budgeting and operating surplus—demonstrates effective management of the College’s finances and allow...

Endowment Growth, Sound Management Contribute to Assumption's ‘A-’ Standard and Poor’s Rating
  • Jan 07, 2019
  • Office of Communications

Restored Stained-glass Windows from Former Assumption Prep Campus Dedicated

On Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, Assumption dedicated four additional stained-glass windows that were once part of the College and Preparatory School’s Greendale campus chapel, which was damaged 61 years ago by a tornado. They join three other stained-glass windows—one of which is called “The Torn...

Restored Stained-glass Windows from Former Assumption Prep Campus Dedicated