The University of Massachusetts Boston is a public research university in Boston,Massachusetts,United States. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. UMass Boston is the third most diverse university in the United States.
Westfield is a city in Hampden County,in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts,United States. Westfield was first settled by Europeans in 1660. It is part of the Springfield,Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 40,834 at the 2020 census.
The University of Hawaiʻi System is a public college and university system. The system confers associate,bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degrees through three universities,seven community colleges,an employment training center,three university centers,four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the state of Hawaii in the United States. All schools of the University of Hawaiʻi system are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The UH system's main administrative offices are located on the property of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu CDP.
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill,Massachusetts. Founded in 1863,the university has more than 15,000 total students. Although Boston College is classified as a research university,it still uses the word "college" in its name to reflect its historical position as a small liberal arts college.
The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses,a satellite campus in Springfield and also 25 campuses throughout California and Washington with the University of Massachusetts Global.
Martin Thomas Meehan is an American academic administrator,politician,and attorney. Since July 2015,Meehan has served as the President of the University of Massachusetts after serving as Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell since September 2007.
The University of Houston is a public research university in Houston,Texas. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College,one of multiple junior college institutions formed in the first decades of the 20th century. In 1934,HJC was restructured as a four-year degree-granting institution and renamed as the University of Houston. Today,Houston is the fourth-largest university in Texas,awarding 11,156 degrees in 2023. It has a worldwide alumni base of nearly 200,000.
Jane Maria Swift is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and,concurrently,as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She was the first woman to perform the duties of governor of Massachusetts. At the time she became acting governor,Swift was 36 years old,making her the youngest female governor or acting governor in U.S. history.
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa,a neighborhood of Honolulu,Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offices of the system. Most of the campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of Mānoa Valley,with the John A. Burns School of Medicine located adjacent to the Kakaʻako Waterfront Park.
The University of Houston System is a public university system in the U.S. state of Texas,comprising four separate and distinct universities. It also owns and holds broadcasting licenses to a public television station (KUHT) and a public radio station (KUHF).
Framingham State University(Framingham State or FSU) is a public university in Framingham,Massachusetts. The university,then known as the Normal School in Lexington was founded in 1839 as the first state-supported normal school in the United States before becoming a full-fledged university. It offers undergraduate programs as well as graduate programs,including MBA,MEd,and MS.
The University of Massachusetts School of Law is a public law school in Dartmouth,Massachusetts. The only public law school in Massachusetts,it is the successor to Southern New England School of Law,a private law school that donated its campus and its assets to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and part of the University of Massachusetts system.
The Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) is a private,Christian college in Quincy,Massachusetts. Established as a holiness college in Quincy,Massachusetts,in 1900,the college moved to Rhode Island for several years. With its expansion to a four-year curriculum,it relocated to Wollaston Park in 1919. It has expanded to additional sites in Quincy and,since the late 20th century,to satellite sites across the state. Its academic programs are primarily undergraduate,with some professional graduate education offered.
Deval Laurdine Patrick is an American politician,author,businessman,and former civil rights lawyer who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2015. He was the first African-American Governor of Massachusetts and the first Democratic Governor of the state since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He was briefly a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Wheelock College was a private college in Boston,Massachusetts,United States from 1888 to 2018. The college was founded in 1888 as the Miss Wheelock's Kindergarten Training School and was merged into Boston University as part of the university's Wheelock College of Education and Human Development in 2018.
Middlesex Community College is a public community college with two campuses in Massachusetts,one in Lowell and the other in Bedford.
Robert Laurent Caret is an American academic and the former chancellor of the University System of Maryland. He became chancellor on July 1,2015. Caret,a native of New England,became chancellor of the University System of Maryland after completing presidencies at San Jose State University,Towson University and the University of Massachusetts.
The 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Massachusetts,concurrently with the election of Massachusetts' Class II U.S. Senate seat,and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
John Hanson Twombly was a Methodist minister and the fourth president of the University of Wisconsin. He was known as an advocate for co-education and women's education,which led to tensions with the university regents and,ultimately,his ouster.
