Dream big and work hard. That's the River Hawk way. UMass Lowell students pursue their passion for learning in the classroom and beyond. They are each unique but are united in their drive to make a difference. Here are some of their stories.
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Music and Theatre ArtsCristian Ramos Delgado sang his way into a job with an a cappella group.
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BiologyMateo Rull Garza immersed himself in research – and published in a leading scientific journal.
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PhysicsPhysics Ph.D. student Christian Burns got accepted to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research program.
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Exercise ScienceA serious knee injury gave women’s soccer player Halle Anderson the chance to explore her artistic interests.
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Plastics EngineeringYrvanie Joseph is grateful for alumni scholarships because they confirm the value of her hard work and academic achievements.
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English, Spanish and Italian & EducationRoberto Rivera combined a B.A. in English literature and Spanish and Italian with a master’s degree in education to become an ESL teacher in the Lawrence schools.
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Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric SciencesEarth System Science Ph.D. student Ericka Boudreau is on her way to becoming a triple River Hawk.
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Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineering major Arielle Joasil discovered a gold mine of opportunities at UML, including a co-op at Thermo Fisher Scientific, a fellowship at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and a research assistant role at UML’s Center for Advanced Computation and Telecommunications.