Many Ages of Wisdom

Foundation extends pathway to human services profession

When Laurie D’Arcy Palmer learned about the qualifications for UMass Boston’s Reentry Scholarship, she had the wisdom to know the program had “my name all over it.”

“The Osher Reentry Scholarship brought together a golden thread of my life experiences.”

Laurie Palmer '10

The program is supported by a $2.1 million grant from the Bernard Osher Foundation. |more|

Chancellor's Council

Furthers political science professor's devotion

Jack Carvalho experienced first-hand what historian Henry Brooks Adams meant by saying, “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”

“When his beloved mentor passed away in fall 2007, Carvalho decided to keep the wise influence of his former professor alive through joining the Chancellor’s Council.”

Carvalho’s political science professor, Roger Feinstein, was one such transformative teacher.  |more|