Four teams of UMass Medical School students have been awarded Martin Luther King Jr. Semester of Service Awards to implement community service programs. They will use the $500 awards to expand鈥, Developing an adult program at the Worcester Refuge Assistance Project, Project description: WRAP is an independent nonprofit that supports refugees from Burma who have resettled in the local community. Over the years, UMass Medical School has partnered with WRAP to鈥, BRAIN: Building Relationships Among our Intergenerational Neighborhood, Project description: Students will be paired with one of 30 isolated elder residents of the Tapestry Memory Unit at Beaumont Rehabilitation to participate in weekly, in-person, volunteer visits at鈥, Worcester Stops the Bleed, Project description: Stop the Bleed is a nationwide program to 鈥渂etter prepare the public to save lives by raising awareness of basic actions to stop life-threatening bleeding. Though the pandemic鈥, Establishing interpreter services at the Worcester Asylum Clinic, Project description: Greater Worcester area has long been a resettlement location for asylees and refugees, who often require forensic medical evaluations to support their legal cases seeking asylum鈥
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DARTMOUTH, Mass., -, 黑料app President Marty Meehan, today announced that, Dr. Mark Fuller, , a longtime Dean at UMass Amherst's Isenberg School of Management and currently the Vice Chancellor for Advancement at UMass Amherst, will assume the role of Interim Chancellor at the University of鈥, President Meehan, . 鈥淯Mass Dartmouth is also the heart of the South Coast region, and Mark Fuller understands the university鈥檚 economic impact on the community. I have full confidence that Mark, a longtime leader in鈥, Dr. Fuller, . 鈥淚鈥檓 inspired by UMass Dartmouth鈥檚 mission, energy, and momentum, and I鈥檓 honored to step up to serve UMass in a new capacity. I look forward to getting to know the Dartmouth community, and am鈥, UMass Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Manning., The youngest of four boys, Dr. Fuller is a first-generation college graduate. He was raised by a single mother after the death of his father when he was 5 years old. Charlotte Fuller worked to help鈥, Acting Chancellor Mark Preble, , who will assist him in the transition and will continue to serve on UMass Dartmouth鈥檚 senior leadership team. 鈥淎s a longtime member of the UMass community and a UMass Boston alumnus, I believe that鈥, Preble, . Like Preble, Dr. Fuller has been with the UMass community for more than a decade. He joined the system in 2009 and has been lauded as a strategic leader who took Isenberg to new heights. During Dr鈥, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, . 鈥淚t has been a privilege to work with Mark and watch him engage students, faculty, alumni, donors, and external partners in transforming our business school, and then in his role as Vice Chancellor鈥, UMass Trustee Stephen Karam, , a Principal of the Karam Financial Group in Fall River. 鈥淔rom my time as a student at UMass Dartmouth to my service as a member of the UMass Board of Trustees, I have seen time and again how鈥, UMass Trustee Julie Ramos Gagliardi, , a First Vice President of Corporate Giving and Community Relations at BayCoast Bank. 鈥淭he South Coast needs UMass Dartmouth to be both strong and nimble in these times of challenge, and I know鈥, UMass Trustee, Maria Furman, , a financial analyst. 鈥淚 am excited to see that Mark Fuller has the type of pedigree that will fit in quite nicely with the South Coast,鈥 said, State Rep. Christopher M. Markey, D-Dartmouth, . 鈥淗is public school experiences and his upbringing allow him to relate very closely with the people of the South Coast. Finally, his professional successes have been extraordinary. I look forward鈥, State Rep. Carole A. Fiola, D-Fall River, . 鈥淯Mass Dartmouth offers hope to students and families of the region and its full and enthusiastic engagement with our schools, non-profit organizations, businesses and communities will be critical鈥
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