Hey everyone!

If you are an incoming freshman at UML, this letter is directed towards you. Don’t miss out on this opportunity!

Dear UMass Lowell Student:

The University of Massachusetts Lowell and Inflexxion, Inc. are conducting a research study to assess the health education program, MyStudentBody.

You are being asked to participate in this research study because you are an incoming freshmen enrolled at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Every incoming freshman will be asked to participate, but enrollment in the research study is voluntary. If you decide not to participate you will be required to take the MyStudentBody program at a later time, but not as part of a study.

If you agree to participate you will be asked to complete all testing online. you will be asked to either complete some questionnaires on the MyStudentBody site or a different online program called Vovici.

Upon completion of all study tasks you will be entered into a lottery to win a prize. All participants have the opportunity to win one of the 40 – $50.00 bookstore gift certificates.

If you are interested please click on the link to learn more:
www.inflexxion.com/researchstudies

Have a great Monday!
~Alanna

Hello there all you guys and guyettes!

My name is James Ham, and this is my introductory blog! THIS IS MY DEBUT, MY TIME TO SHINE, MY TIME TO LIVE IN THE MOMENT. MY TIME TO… BLOG. And I mean who doesn’t like to talk about themselves? Come on…. you all know you love to do it!

Who am I you ask? Well I’m James as previously mentioned. I’m a music education major and I’m also a senior. I was a transfer student from MCC (Middlesex Community College), I transfered here to UML spring semester of my freshman year… and been here ever since! (and loving it by the way!). I like to play COD a lot.. I’ve recently got into ZOMBIES, and I have been dominating. I made an A Cappella group: HAWKAPELLA, and I won’t let anyone forget it. I love singing. It is the greatest thing in this world. Everyone has a voice, remember that. I am also an orientation leader. I give great hugs.

I would like to piggy pack off of what Meg said earlier. If you have any questions about anything, please don’t be shy! ASK AWAY! Especially music questions! I know a bunch about everything music here. I pride myself in knowing it… SO ASK! And non music questions too! Legit, I can help! I’ve been around long enough 🙂

HERE ARE SOME THINGS I LIKE.

FAVORITE CAKE: BOSTON CREAM PIE (its not a pie.. mind blown right?)
FAVORITE T.V. SHOW: SCRUBS
FAVORITE BAND(S) : THE BEATLES, MAROON 5, BARENAKED LADIES
FAVORITE SPORT: CURLING
FAVORITE CHORD: MAJOR WITH A 9TH ON TOP (geeking out)
FAVORITE THING TO DO: SING. I DO IT EVERYWHERE. SHOWER, IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS, ON MY WAY TO MY LOCKER, IN MY SLEEP (no joke).

That’s me in a nutshell!

~James (Zombie Slayer) Ham

Of course you all missed us! I hope you all enjoyed your summer and are ready to have a fanstatic semester (: For those of you who don’t understand what the Ambassador Program is, here is a little overview:

The Ambassador Program aims to keep in contact with new students as they transition to the UMass Lowell campus and community. We are here to give you helpful tips and tools to get you through your first year at UML. We are always willing to answer questions that you have or adresses issues that you want to learn more about/find important. Basically, we are here for you! So ask all your questions, vent to us about your bad day, or come to the events we promote because we just want you to have a super fantastic year!!

And part of the process of feeling like you can trust our advice and tips, is by getting to know us. So here is a little bit about me!

My name is Meg Reid and I am a third year Exercise Physiology major, with minors in Nutrition and Disability Studies (I am VERY busy!). I live in the ICC with my 2 best girls. On campus I am Secretary of the Glee Club, an Orientation Leader, and this is my second year as an Orientation Ambassor. I was a competitive dancer for 15 years and miss it soo much. I am obessed with coffee and tootsie pops (super yummy)! When I’m not working or in class, I love being outside or at the gym. I am a huge gym rat so feel free to say HI if you see me there!

Favorite Movies: Grease, Nick&Nora’s Infite Playlist, and 50 First Dates
Favorite Food: Yogurt with granola and strawberries!!
Favorite Band: The Beatles and Dave Matthews Band
Favorite Hockey Team: Bruins (I’m in love with Tyler Seguin)
Favorite Basketball Teams: Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics
… I don’t watch Football or Baseball enough to have favorites
Favorite On Campus thing to do: Hockey games at the Tsongas Center

Enjoy your week everyone!
–Meg

Hey all!!!

If you haven’t read already I am a Junior in Community Health. It is a small major that consist of about 100 students and 9  faculty members. It is a growing major and it involves a lot of interactions with professors.

The major was told a few days ago that it would be moving to the Pinanski Energy Center this summer. For those of you who don’t know where the Pinanski Energy Center is, it is the nuclear reactor building on north campus. The students and professors were not happy to hear that they would have to travel and teach back and forth to south every day.

You ALL should have been to the awesome concert this past Friday. I don’t care WHAT you were doing. There was music, there was dancing, there was DISNEY. To me, that is just a trifecta of awesomeness.

The groups that performed were:

And UML Hawkapella

All of the groups were absolutely amazing and put on a show that blew the crowd away. The audience loved the different renditions of Disney songs (such as the Lion King and Mulan), 90s ballads, top 40 hits, and a Michael Jackson medley.

Here’s a video of UML Hawkapella performing “This Love” by Maroon Five. Shawn Marengo (a freshman) is the soloist.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYY_vFRnz9o

 These groups DEFINITELY deserve our support. If you ever have a chance to check any of them out, I do suggest you do so. I hope you all had a brilliant spring carnival and you have a wonderful week!

Daisy

With only 8 days of classes left there are only a few things on everyone’s mind: Spring Carnival, finals, and SUMMER! So I am going to dedicate my lovely, weekly blog to those three fabulous topics.

What is Spring Carnival?!
It is the highlight of Spring Semeter and it marks the end of another completed year of college! There are a lot of activities that start today and go until next Tuesday, the Wiz Khalifa concert. To get a list of all of the Spring Carnival events, check out this link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=165626790157203&index=1. It has all the essentials that you need to know.

But on a more serious note, Spring Carnival is known to be the biggest party on college campuses. So be smart about what actions you take this weekend. Remember that you are not allowed to have alcohol in your room in the Resident Halls unless you are 21 years old. And that there is to be no drugs in the Resident Halls either. There will be extra security in each of the Resident Halls starting on Thursday, they are there to make sure everyone is safe through the weekend. If you have any questions on these rules please speak with your Resident Advisor. The RAs would have no problem explaining the rules, in more detail, to you.

Finals. Finals. Finals.
As all of you know, finals are approaching fast and it’s time to start studying. If you don’t know your final schedule yet, you can log into ISIS and there is a Quick Link (the Student Center page) to your exam schedule. Make sure you go to all of your classes following up to finals because your professor’s will be giving you information that will be helpful on the exam and they might even tell you information that you don’t need to study (which saves you a lot of time!).

SUMMER!!!!!
Summer is so close it’s hard to stay focused in class and when you are studying. But do your best because before you know it, you will be at the beach getting a tan. Look though the old blogs that we have posted for some extra study tips.

Good luck in your last few days of classes!!
-Meg (:

Favorite Store: Target. Like…it has EVERYTHING.

ASK ME QUESTIONS. <3 KBYE

-Daisy

Hey All!!!

This week is one of those weeks that the University likes to throw a curve ball at students. THIS Thursday instead of it being a  normal Thursday schedule it’s going to be a FRIDAY schedule because Friday we have NO school!! Woot WOOT. Thus meaning it’s spring carnival weekend!!!!!!!!! Here’s what’s going on:

Wednesday:
Rowdy’s RoadHouse BBQ
11:00AM – 2:00 PM
@ South Campus Quad
***BBQ, MUSIC, + Lots of FUN!!!****

Thursday:
EASTFEST!!!!
5:00PM – MIDNIGHT
@ CRC Lawn
***BBQ, DJ, NOVELTIES, OUTDOOR MOVIE!!!!****
FREE FOR EVERYONE!!!

TOURNAMENTS AND CONTESTS:
 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Corn Toss & Ladder Golf Tournaments!
 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Pong & 9-Ball Tournaments!
Friday:
SPRING CARNIVAL!!!!!!!!!!
Theme: MONSTERS, HEROES and VILLAINS!!
11:00AM – 3:00PM
@ Lester Cushing Field!
Club BOOTHS! Novelties, Music anddd……BATTLE OF THE BANDS FINAL!!!
*Students free, Public $3
FIRST ANNUAL STEP SHOW!
7:00 PM @ Cumnock
Saturday:
Dave & Busters Trip!!!!!!!!!
2:00 PM-8:30 PM
@ Dave and Busters, Bus leaves Fox at 2PM, and leaves D&B at 7 PM!
Price $5!

DON’T MISS OUT!!!!!! This years theme SUPER HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy this short week 10 days left of classes!!!!!!!!

~Stef

Yup. Pretty much. So my name is James Ham and I am a junior here at UML. My major is Music education, so basically one day I want to be a music teacher! Right now my life pretty much revolves around music, but we will get to that in a little bit! So I am an Orientation leader during the summer, and during the school year I am an Ambassador for UML (obviously you already know that).

SO MUSIC YEAH. I would say that it’s a bit cliche to go on and talk about how I pretty much breathe music at this point, but it really is true! I take an absurd amount of classes (11 this semester, 14 last), which also means a stupid amount of credits as well. Since most of these classes are music classes, I live in the music building (Durgin Hall). I go in at around 9am every morning and I’m in and out (mostly in) until 9-11 at night. I have also fallen asleep in one of the practice rooms and woke up very confused around 3am, but that is a story for another time.

When I first got here to UML, I was in my second semester of my freshman year. I transferred here from Middlesex Community College. Not something I’m exactly proud of coming from, but it makes for a great inspirational story. Basically my grades were not the best in High School. I wasn’t exactly the greatest student you have ever seen, so MCC was my only choice for college. I was in a program called the “connections program” at MCC and they told me that if my grades were good and I could get above a 2.5, they would transfer me over in a year. I went above and beyond and got a 3.7, so they decided to transfer me over in a semester instead of a year. I have been to UML ever since and I absolutely LOVE it here!

So during my first semester here at UML, I was appalled at the fact that there was no acapella group here. Pretty much EVERY college has an acapella group, it’s just one of those things! So I decided to make the very first acapella group (from what I gather) to ever be established and continue to be established at this college. So acapella music is pretty much my jam. It is my favorite style of music, I think that it is one of the most clever things ever created. Taking instruments out of the equation completely and just singing guitar parts instead? BRILLIANT. The best part is that everyone can do it. If you think you cant, talk to me sometime. You can. Now sounding really good, that is a whole new ball game.. but the main point is to be having FUN.

JAMES’ FAVORITE LISTS OF FAVORITE THINGS
Favorite quote: “This is a pie chart describing my favorite bars. And this is a bar graph describing my favorite pies.”
Favorite Food: Chicken Parm Sub
Favorite Band: TIE between the Beatles and the Barenaked Ladies
Favorite Movie: Mr. Holland’s Opus
Favorite Animal: PENGUINS
Favorite Meal: Lunch
Favorite T.V Show: SCRUBS (I’m obsessed)
Favorite Game console: N64
Favorite Childhood Game: Mouse Trap
Favorite Childhood Movie: THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER
Favorite Snack: Goldfish
Favorite Sport to play: Tennis

Well there you have it… who I am in a few paragraphs! Have a great long weekend!

~James (Gotta get down on friday)