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  • May 08, 2025

Dr. Jennifer Morton Appointed Dean of the Froelich School of Nursing 

Assumption University and Provost Marc Guerra are pleased to announce that Dr. Jennifer Morton has been appointed the next Dean of the Froelich School of Nursing, effective June 2025. “We are very pleased to appoint Dr. Jennifer Morton as the next Dean of the Froelich School of Nursing,” sai...

Dr. Jennifer Morton Appointed Dean of the Froelich School of Nursing 
  • May 06, 2025

2025 Alumni Award Recipients Announced

Assumption University is proud to announce the recipients of its 2025 Alumni Awards before the University's upcoming Reunion Weekend, June 6–8. This year’s honorees include a pioneering educator and coach, a nationally recognized campus minister, and an award-winning archival producer whose wor...

2025 Alumni Award Recipients Announced
  • Apr 30, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Assumption University Students Recognized for Academic Excellence at 41st Annual Honors Convocation 

On April 14, 75 Assumption students were recognized with awards at the 41st Annual Honors Convocation. Students were presented with Augustine Scholarships, Departmental Major Awards, Special Awards and Scholarships, and the Donec Formetur Christus Presidential Award during the evening. Winners...

Assumption University Students Recognized for Academic Excellence at 41st Annual Honors Convocation 
  • Apr 16, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Assumption Hosts 21st Annual Duck Day 

On April 10, Assumption University hosted its Duck Day, the beloved annual tradition where ducks are returned to the pond in front of La Maison Francaise after a cold winter.   The ducks, this year named by students Duckery Weiner, The Pond Father, Lord of the Wings, Professor Waddlin...

Assumption Hosts 21st Annual Duck Day 
  • Apr 16, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Madison Piehler ’25 and Katelyn Prive ’27 Featured in ArtsWorcester Exhibition 

Assumption students Madison Piehler ’25 and Katelyn Prive ’27 both had their art selected to be showcased in ArtsWorcester’s 21st Annual College Show. Their art, along with pieces from students at other local colleges and universities were displayed at the Davis Art Gallery from February thr...

Madison Piehler ’25 and Katelyn Prive ’27 Featured in ArtsWorcester Exhibition 
  • Apr 14, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Assumption Holds First 1904 Day of Service 

On April 7, Assumption University hosted its inaugural 1904 Day of Service, with over 1,200 students, alongside more than 100 faculty and staff, devoting a day to give back at 39 different sites in the surrounding Worcester area.  The day was a way for members of the Assumpti...

Assumption Holds First 1904 Day of Service 
  • Apr 02, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Assumption Football Team Wins 2025 Cornerstone Award for Community Service, Partners with Local Students for Big Brothers Big Sisters 

In December 2024, Assumption’s football team took part in a different kind of draft day – one where they were matched with students from Nelson Place Elementary School.   Through a partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass & Metrowest, big brothers from the foot...

Assumption Football Team Wins 2025 Cornerstone Award for Community Service, Partners with Local Students for Big Brothers Big Sisters 
  • Apr 01, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Finding Their Futures in Finance: Two Alumni Share How Assumption Led Them to Success 

Learning to Learn: Mark Carpentier ’18  Mark Carpentier ’18 was planning on a quiet night in his junior year dorm when a friend encouraged him to attend a career networking night on campus.   “I had it on my calendar, but I looked at the list and nothing particularly struc...

Finding Their Futures in Finance: Two Alumni Share How Assumption Led Them to Success 
  • Apr 01, 2025

Assumption University Announces 2025 Commencement Speakers

Assumption University today announced that Jeffrey W. Talley G’85 and Sheila M. Harrity G’92 will speak at the Undergraduate and Graduate School Commencement ceremonies in May.  “We are honored to welcome these two distinguished Assumption alumni back to campus to share their insight...

Assumption University Announces 2025 Commencement Speakers
  • Mar 27, 2025

Assumption Launches New Certificate Program in Healthcare Leadership 

Assumption University’s Grenon School of Business has announced a new Certificate in Healthcare Leadership that will launch in the fall of 2025. This program will help graduate-level students to develop skills essential to becoming effective leaders in the healthcare industry.  “Hiring mana...

Assumption Launches New Certificate Program in Healthcare Leadership 
  • Feb 24, 2025

Three Assumption Professors Granted Tenure in Spring 2025 Semester 

The following faculty members were awarded tenure:  John Bell, Assistant Professor, History  John Bell, Ph.D., has been granted tenure. Bell, who has served on the faculty since 2019, is a social and cultural historian of the United States, specializing in race, education, and the ...

Three Assumption Professors Granted Tenure in Spring 2025 Semester 
  • Feb 21, 2025
  • Matthew McDermott

Assumption University Hosts Ecumenical Worship Service

Assumption University held its third annual Ecumenical Worship Service for Black History Month in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on Thursday, February 20 co-hosted by the Cross-Cultural Center, Campus Ministry, and Division for Student Success.  The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, the ol...

Assumption University Hosts Ecumenical Worship Service
  • Feb 21, 2025

CDIC Hosts Spring Career and Internship Fair

Assumption’s Career Development and Internship Center held their annual Spring Career and Internship Fair on Thursday, February 13 in the Tsotsis Family Academic Center. Fifty companies and organizations attended the fair, giving students opportunities to speak with professionals in a variety of ...

CDIC Hosts Spring Career and Internship Fair
  • Feb 12, 2025

Assumption University Names Jeffrey Gillooly Vice President for University Advancement 

Assumption University is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Gillooly has been appointed Vice President for University Advancement. Gillooly will officially join the University community as a member of the President’s Cabinet and leader of the Office of University Advancement in early March.  ...

Assumption University Names Jeffrey Gillooly Vice President for University Advancement 
  • Feb 06, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Assumption Hosts Community and the Company of Friends Event

To reaffirm shared values and reflect upon the true meaning of community, Assumption hosted an event titled “Community and the Company of Friends,” inviting all members of the community to share in a recommitment to Assumption’s shared purpose.   Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A.A, Vice P...

Assumption Hosts Community and the Company of Friends Event
  • Feb 01, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Chief Rebecca Gagne Officially Sworn in as Assumption University Chief of Police 

In an official swearing-in ceremony held on January 27, Chief Rebecca Gagne was officially named and pinned as the Chief of Police of the Assumption University Campus Police Department.   Gagne has worked in Assumption’s Campus Police Department since 2012, having served as a Police ...

Chief Rebecca Gagne Officially Sworn in as Assumption University Chief of Police 
  • Jan 29, 2025

Assumption Students Recognized for Academic Excellence with the Fall 2024 Dean’s List

Assumption University has announced those students named to the University’s Dean’s List for the fall 2024 semester. Students named to the Dean’s List must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 for a minimum of a five-class, 15-credit semester to be included on the prestigious list. The Dean...

Assumption Students Recognized for Academic Excellence with the Fall 2024 Dean’s List
  • Jan 24, 2025
  • Assumption Athletics

Assumption Football Alumnus Ashton Grant '19, named New England Patriots Quarterbacks Coach

The New England Patriots of the National Football League have hired Assumption University Alumnus Ashton Grant '19 as the team's Quarterbacks Coach, first reported by Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports Thursday evening.  Grant played wide receiver for four seasons at Assumption in Worcester, where he ...

The New England Patriots have hired Assumption University Alumnus Ashton Grant '19 as the team's Quarterbacks Coach.
  • Jan 21, 2025

Assumption Hosts 40th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast

On Monday, Assumption University and Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) co-hosted Worcester County’s annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast in the Plourde Recreation Center. Organized by the Worcester Community Breakfast Committee, the breakfast – which celebrated its ...

Assumption University hosted Worcester County’s annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast on MLK Day 2025
  • Jan 13, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Assumption Officially Welcomes First Physician Assistant Class with White Coat Ceremony 

Assumption University officially welcomed its first cohort of physician assistant students on Friday, January 3, with a White Coat Ceremony. The first cohort consists of 40 students and is set to graduate in May 2027.   The director of the PA studies program, Christopher Ferreira, PA-C, ope...

Assumption Officially Welcomes First Physician Assistant Class with White Coat Ceremony 
  • Jan 13, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Lindsey Kuniewich ’25 Receives 2024 Outstanding Student in Human Services Award  

Lindsey Kuniewich ’25, was recently awarded the 2024 National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) Outstanding Student in Human Services Award. Kuniewich is a human services major with a concentration in communication sciences and disorders, which prepares students to work with patients in the...

Lindsey Kuniewich ’25 Receives 2024 Outstanding Student in Human Services Award  
  • Jan 13, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Professor Lisa D’Souza and Taylor Cirone ’24 Collaborate on Research to Help Make Elementary Students Historians 

In July, Lisa D’Souza, Professor of Education, alongside Taylor Cirone ’24, an elementary education and English double major, published research titled “Weighing the Evidence: Historians-in-training in the Elementary Classroom,” in academic journal The Social Studies.   This resea...

Professor Lisa D’Souza and Taylor Cirone ’24 Collaborate on Research to Help Make Elementary Students Historians 
  • Jan 13, 2025
  • Olivia Boudreau

Assumption Public Safety Awarded Continued VAWA STOP Grant Funds  

Assumption University’s Department of Public Safety has been awarded continuation funding for a third year from the Massachusetts Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors (STOP) Formula Grant program to help develop and strengthen initiatives for the prevention ...

Assumption Public Safety Awarded Continued VAWA STOP Grant Funds  
  • Dec 12, 2024
  • Olivia Boudreau

Professor Cinzia Pica Appointed Visiting Scholar at Harvard University   

Starting January 1, 2025, Cinzia Pica, Professor of Human Services, will be working as a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Immigration Initiative and Graduate School of Education during her sabbatical for the spring semester.    “One fourth of the children in our schools, in ...

Professor Cinzia Pica Appointed Visiting Scholar at Harvard University