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Our Students Shined on Academic Achievement Day!

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Academic Achievement Day (AAD) is a ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ tradition. Now in its 12th year, AAD is a daylong celebration of the entire community.

The event kicked off in the morning with a rousing musical greeting of the day in Blake Dining Commons for students, faculty, and staff, while our alumni and friends gathered in Empsall Hall for a breakfast coordinated by our Advancement team to celebrate the successful completion of the Vision Forward fundraising effort.  Every hour forward was packed with presentations, lectures, and events. Here are some of the highlights of the day…

  •  For over 25 years, Eileen Stern has been a dedicated member of our ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ community. Eileen’s passion for ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ has evolved over a lifetime.  Influenced by her father Henry Stern’s love of ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ Institute, from which he graduated in 1939, Eileen has been supporting our University since 1999. In 2014, she established the Eileen C. Stern Science Research Endowment Fund. And over the years, her generosity has enhanced our science programs in inestimable ways.  On AAD, as a result of Eileen’s support, the University had a ribbon cutting for two renovated science spaces:  Carr 209 and Carr 2013.  But the real joy was on Eileen’s face as she gathered with her Stern Scholars as part of the event.
  • Dr. Diane Hall’s Domestic Violence class was front and center with their Clothesline Project.  The class partnered with Holyoke-based Alianza DV Services and worked with ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ alumna Emily  Pelletier Skoczylas ’11, the Education and Outreach Coordinator of the organization. Alianza is a nonprofit that assists and empowers those whose lives are impacted by domestic abuse.  As part of the Clothesline Project, each student in Dr. Hall’s class expressed their own thoughts and feelings about domestic violence on a T-shirt that was then displayed in the Blake Student Commons.  It was a powerful statement on women supporting women and keeping one of our most important societal issues at the forefront.
  • And over 115 ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ students presented sessions on campus and online throughout the day.
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