News
- Feb 12, 2025
Assumption University Names Jeffrey Gillooly Vice President for University Advancement
Assumption University is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Gillooly has been appointed Vice President for University Advancement. Gillooly will officially join the University community as a member of the President’s Cabinet and leader of the Office of University Advancement in early March. ...
- Feb 06, 2025
- Olivia Boudreau
Assumption Hosts Community and the Company of Friends Event
To reaffirm shared values and reflect upon the true meaning of community, Assumption hosted an event titled “Community and the Company of Friends,” inviting all members of the community to share in a recommitment to Assumption’s shared purpose. Fr. Dennis Gallagher, A.A, Vice P...
- Feb 01, 2025
- Olivia Boudreau
Chief Rebecca Gagne Officially Sworn in as Assumption University Chief of Police
In an official swearing-in ceremony held on January 27, Chief Rebecca Gagne was officially named and pinned as the Chief of Police of the Assumption University Campus Police Department. Gagne has worked in Assumption’s Campus Police Department since 2012, having served as a Police ...
- Jan 29, 2025
Assumption Students Recognized for Academic Excellence with the Fall 2024 Dean’s List
Assumption University has announced those students named to the University’s Dean’s List for the fall 2024 semester. Students named to the Dean’s List must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 for a minimum of a five-class, 15-credit semester to be included on the prestigious list. The Dean...
- Jan 24, 2025
- Assumption Athletics
Assumption Football Alumnus Ashton Grant '19, named New England Patriots Quarterbacks Coach
The New England Patriots of the National Football League have hired Assumption University Alumnus Ashton Grant '19 as the team's Quarterbacks Coach, first reported by Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports Thursday evening. Grant played wide receiver for four seasons at Assumption in Worcester, where he ...
- Jan 21, 2025
Assumption Hosts 40th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast
On Monday, Assumption University and Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) co-hosted Worcester County’s annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast in the Plourde Recreation Center. Organized by the Worcester Community Breakfast Committee, the breakfast – which celebrated its ...
- Jan 13, 2025
- Olivia Boudreau
Assumption Officially Welcomes First Physician Assistant Class with White Coat Ceremony
Assumption University officially welcomed its first cohort of physician assistant students on Friday, January 3, with a White Coat Ceremony. The first cohort consists of 40 students and is set to graduate in May 2027. The director of the PA studies program, Christopher Ferreira, PA-C, ope...
- Jan 13, 2025
- Olivia Boudreau
Lindsey Kuniewich ’25 Receives 2024 Outstanding Student in Human Services Award
Lindsey Kuniewich ’25, was recently awarded the 2024 National Organization for Human Services (NOHS) Outstanding Student in Human Services Award. Kuniewich is a human services major with a concentration in communication sciences and disorders, which prepares students to work with patients in the...
- Jan 13, 2025
- Olivia Boudreau
Professor Lisa D’Souza and Taylor Cirone ’24 Collaborate on Research to Help Make Elementary Students Historians
In July, Lisa D’Souza, Professor of Education, alongside Taylor Cirone ’24, an elementary education and English double major, published research titled “Weighing the Evidence: Historians-in-training in the Elementary Classroom,” in academic journal The Social Studies. This resea...
- Jan 13, 2025
- Olivia Boudreau
Assumption Public Safety Awarded Continued VAWA STOP Grant Funds
Assumption University’s Department of Public Safety has been awarded continuation funding for a third year from the Massachusetts Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Services, Training, Officers, Prosecutors (STOP) Formula Grant program to help develop and strengthen initiatives for the prevention ...
- Dec 12, 2024
- Olivia Boudreau
Professor Cinzia Pica Appointed Visiting Scholar at Harvard University
Starting January 1, 2025, Cinzia Pica, Professor of Human Services, will be working as a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Immigration Initiative and Graduate School of Education during her sabbatical for the spring semester. “One fourth of the children in our schools, in ...
- Dec 09, 2024
- Olivia Boudreau
How a Love of New England and a Love of Sports Led Alex Dumais '24 to Assumption – and the Worcester Red Sox
Despite being born and raised in Houston, Texas, Alexandra (Alex) Dumais '24, who currently works for the Worcester Red Sox (WooSox) as Coordinator of Administration and Fan Services, has had a connection to Assumption her entire life. “Both of my parents are graduates of Assumption. Every...
- Dec 09, 2024
Assumption University Board of Trustees Reappoints President Greg Weiner
The Board of Trustees of Assumption University is pleased to announce the reappointment of President Greg Weiner, Ph.D., for a 5-year term through May 2030. This decision reflects the Board’s deep confidence in his leadership and the compelling vision he has crafted for a thriving Assumption-a vi...
- Dec 04, 2024
Assumption Professor Michele Lemons Receives $496,000 NSF Grant to Help Grow STEM Workforce
Assumption University’s Dr. Michele Lemons, a professor of biology, has been awarded a $496,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Lemons, who serves as co-Principal Investigator, is collaborating with Dr. Sarah Cavanagh, Principal Investigator and Senior Associate Director for Tea...
- Dec 03, 2024
- Olivia Boudreau
CDIC Launches Career Closet Initiative
Assumption’s Career Development and Internship Center (CDIC) has recently launched its Career Closet initiative, which will help to provide free professional attire to students regardless of financial circumstance. The initiative began when CDIC staff members heard from Assumption studen...
- Dec 03, 2024
- Olivia Boudreau
President Greg Weiner Announces 2024 Presidential Award Winners
The annual Presidential Awards and Employee Appreciation Ceremony was held in the Tsotsis Family Academic Center Ballroom on November 21. During the ceremony, six faculty and staff members were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Assumption community. “Today, we are pau...
- Nov 22, 2024
- Assumption University Athletics
Assumption Earns NCAA Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence for 14th Straight Year
Assumption is one of seven schools in Division II to win the award for all 14 years of the award For the 14th straight year, the Assumption University athletic department has received the NCAA Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence. A week after releasing the Academic Success Rate (ASR) ...
- Nov 19, 2024
Assumption University Named a Best College for Women in STEM and Mathematics
Assumption University has been named a Best College for Women in STEM, specifically in the subject of mathematics, by Washington Monthly. The Best Colleges for Women in STEM rankings were based on the percentage of recent female graduates by program, the percentage of the student body that is fema...
- Nov 19, 2024
- Olivia Boudreau
CDIC Hosts Alumni Career Networking Night
Assumption University’s Career Development and Internship Center (CDIC) hosted its Alumni Career Networking Night on November 5. This event, cosponsored by the Office of University Advancement and the ASPIRE (Alumni and Student Partnerships in Reflective Engagement) Program, connects students wi...
- Nov 15, 2024
- Elena Ralph '25
Field Hockey to Host First Round of NCAA Playoffs
The Assumption Greyhounds field hockey team is set to begin play in their fifth-straight NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship tournament on Saturday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. at Brian Kelly ’83 Stadium. The Greyhounds will face off against Saint Anselm, who they defeated in a shutout last w...
- Nov 13, 2024
Assumption University Names E. Jane Clapp Chief Financial Officer
Assumption University is pleased to announce that E. Jane Clapp, CPA has been appointed Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Clapp will officially join the University community as a member of the President’s Cabinet on January 2. “I am excited to welco...
- Nov 12, 2024
- Olivia Boudreau
Center for Civic Friendship Hosts Inaugural Event Featuring Panelists from New England Colleges
On November 7, in the wake of the 2024 presidential election, Assumption University’s Center for Civic Friendship hosted its inaugural event, a panel discussion titled “The Prospects for Civic Friendship Today”. The participants examined the challenges and imperatives to civil discourse in th...
- Nov 12, 2024
- Assumption University Athletics
Field Hockey Heading Back to NCAA Tournament, For Fifth-Straight Season
This story originally appeared on assumptiongreyhounds.com. The nationally-ranked Assumption University field hockey team was selected to participate in the 2024 NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship, earning the second seed in the field of eight.Assumption University (18-3, 13-0 NE10) defe...
- Nov 11, 2024
- Olivia Boudreau
Assumption Launches New Post-Bachelor's Accelerated Cybersecurity Track
Assumption University has announced a new Post-Bachelor's Accelerated Track in Cybersecurity, with the first cohort of students beginning in the spring 2025 semester. This program enables those who have already obtained a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education to ear...
