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1 THIS IS UMASS

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3 DESCRIPTION The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a coeducational, nationally ranked research institution located in a beautiful, culturally rich New England town surrounded by hills, forests, lakes and meadows, just a few hours from Boston and New York City. UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITY UMass is a public land-grant university that was founded in 1863 and is assisted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its size, diversity, and the richness of its academic and extracurricular offerings, provide almost unlimited possibilities for personal growth and professional development. A distinctive feature of UMass is the opportunity for u n d e rgraduates to become directly involved in research, and get hands-on experience in numerous areas through internships or field experience. UMass also offers a wide range of service learning and v o l u n t e e r opportunities. ENROLLMENT Each year about 18,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students attend UMass from all 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. Students can earn bachelor s degrees in nearly 100 areas, associate s degrees in six, master s degrees in 68, and doctorates in 50, within the University s 10 undergraduate schools and colleges, and the Graduate School. TOP FACULTY In recent years, UMass faculty members have won an impressive array of the world s most prestigious awards, including: the Nobel Prize; the Pulitzer Prize; the National Book Award for Poetry; the Tanner Prize for Poetry; the American Book Award for Fiction; the Draper Award in Engineering; and numerous MacArthur, Guggenheim, Sloan, Woodrow Wilson, and Fulbright Fellowships. Faculty member Lynn Margulis has been named one of the 100 most influential scientists in history for her work on symbiosis theory. And the UMass faculty love to teach. In any given year, about 90 percent of regular faculty do some teaching of undergraduate students. The student/faculty ratio is 18:1. FORMER STUDENTS UMass alumni have achieved distinction in virtually every field and are an impressive and diverse group. They include: Jack Welch, former president of General Electric Co., and Jack Smith, president of General Motors; entertainer Bill Cosby; actors Richard Gere, Bill Pullman and Tsidii Le Loka; singer Natalie Cole; authors Wi l l i a m M a n c h e s t e r, Paul Theroux, Valerie Martin, and Brett Lott; former Boston Celtics head coach Rick Pitino; and Olympians Briana Scurry (soccer) and Danielle Henderson (softball). Many graduates also continue their education at some of the most prestigious graduate and professional schools in the world.

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10 New England s premiere on-campus athletic and arts center, the William D. Mullins Center, opened Feb. 4, 1993 with a thrilling overtime win by the Minuteman basketball team over West Virginia. The multi-purpose facility opened for college hockey eight years ago when the re-born University of Massachusetts hockey team hosted Villanova on Oct. 30. Former Massachusetts governor William Weld was on hand to drop the first puck and help the Minutemen celebrate their 9-1 victory over the Wildcats. In eight and a half years of operation, the building has played host to two Boston Bruins Black & White exhibition games, a Hartford Whalers/New York Islanders preseason game, select Wo r l d Junior Championship games and a Team USA against Team Russia exhibition hockey game. The Mullins Center has also hosted concerts by major artists such as Metallica, Stone Temple Pilots, Barenaked Ladies, Creed, Smashing Pumpkins, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Korn, Aerosmith, Elton John, the Dave Matthews Band, Live, Phish and the Black Crowes. Quite simply, the Mullins Center has no equal among college hockey facilities. It has helped the hockey tradition to build quickly at UMass. The Minutemen regularly play in front of large crowds in the Mullins Center and have averaged nearly 3,000 fans per game for the past eight years.

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12 Jeff Blanchard (ECHL) Rob Bonneau (AHL) Dean Campanale (ECHL) Brian Corcoran (AHL) Chris Fawcett (CHL) Bryan Fitzgerald (AHL) Ryan Furness (ECHL) Mike Gaffney (AHL) Markus Helanen (Finland) Dan Juden (ECHL) Bryan Kennedy (CHL) Tim Lovell (2.GBun) Steve MacKinnon (IHL) Sal Maganaro (ECHL) Warren Norris (BISL) Brad Norton (NHL) Keith O Connell (AHL) Tom Perry (WCHL) Brian Regan (UHL) Jaynen Rissling (WPHL) Nathan Sell (ECHL) Matt Smith (AHL) Dean Stork (ECHL) Kevin Tucker (ECHL) Jeff Turner (Austria) Dennis Wright (AHL) *Through season.