2022 Generosity Highlights
2022 Generosity Highlights
July 1, 2021–June 30, 2022
Faculty, Staff Prove Vital to UMassGives 2022
In addition to contributing 716 gifts during the 2022 UMassGives, faculty and staff members were active participants in UMassGives this year.
Seniors Make a Big Impact This Spring!
This year, the class of 2022 was able to have a great night—and benefit their fellow students by attending the Commencement Ball.
UMassGives and Gives—and Keeps Giving
In just two days, more than 9,400 UMass students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends gave in support of over 150 groups on campus—raising $1.7 million.
Women Investing in Women
As a doctoral candidate in the College of Engineering, Wystan Carswell ’12MS, ’15PhD was all too familiar with the struggles women face in STEM.
Two Amazing Days of UMassGives
UMass Amherst momentum and pride reached new heights during the seventh annual online fundraising campaign UMassGives 2019.
Christian Appia Pays It Forward
When Christian Appia ’18 won a Dean’s Merit Award, he didn’t see the scholarship as something simply for him, he saw it as part of something bigger.
Shannon Roberts Is Making Car Travel Safer Than Ever
“This support,” Roberts affirms, “makes an interdisciplinary, long-range study with real-world impact a reality.”
Lessons in Philanthropy: Hall of Famer Paul Wennik '62
In the years following graduation, he has quietly been working on one of the longest official records of giving to the university.
Acclaimed Actors Create Scholarship
The fund will honor the exemplary teaching career of Ed Golden by recognizing and fostering students with exceptional acting talent through scholarships.