UMass Event Calendar

April 5, 2018 2:00 pm May 3, 2018 2:00 pm June 7, 2018 2:00 pm Drupal is the open-source content management system widely used to build websites around UMass. This meeting is open to newcomers and not limited to members of the UMass community. We welcome questions from absolute beginners and are happy to hear from developers and designers who wish to share their latest discoveries.

October 5—December 7, 2017, Thursdays 2:15 pm-4:15 pm January 25—April 26, 2018, Thursdays 2:15 pm-4:15 pm This event does NOT occur on: November 23, March 15 Come see a financial aid counselor to address your FAFSA concerns. Non-traditional students and families can come in for advising and FAFSA help.

January 23—April 29, 2018, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm January 27—April 29, 2018, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm This event does NOT occur on: March 10—March 18 Exhibition extended through April 29 Continuing a tradition of hosting challenging, exploratory exhibitions organized by student curatorial teams, this year’s team of graduate students have curated an exhibition of African art drawn from the collection of Charles Derby, a UMass alumnus who has been collecting African art since the 1970s, in tandem with an exhibition of Flags of Africa by the renowned African-American artist Fred Wilson. The five curators come from a variety of disciplines and contribute a multiplicity of viewpoints to the curatorial process. Working with a private collection, a collector, and a contemporary artist, this project offers a new model in exhibition curation, particularly in the way the conversation about African art is shared among the various disciplines on our campus, and how an artist can participate and inform the project in an innovative way.

January 25, 2018 4:00 pm-5:00 pm February 6, 2018 4:00 pm-5:00 pm February 21, 2018 4:00 pm-5:00 pm March 9, 2018 4:00 pm-5:00 pm March 22, 2018 4:00 pm-5:00 pm April 2, 2018 4:00 pm-5:00 pm April 18, 2018 4:00 pm-5:00 pm May 1, 2018 4:00 pm-5:00 pm International Coffee Hour. Join us to enjoy great conversation over free coffee, tea and tasty snacks. Co-sponsored by International Programs Office and Student Affairs and Campus Life

January 26—April 29, 2018, Sun/Fri 8:00 pm-10:00 pm February 23, 2018 8:00 pm-10:00 pm This event does NOT occur on: February 16—February 18, March 9—March 18, April 13—April 15 Come watch some of today's latest films not yet released on DVD for free while enjoying complimentary popcorn and refreshments.

February 5—May 11, 2018 This event does NOT occur on: March 10—March 11, March 17—March 18 An exhibition of images from the International Programs Office's annual photo contest for students studying abroad. Reception: Mar. 6, 4-6 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Science and Engineering Library and the International Programs Office.

February 6—April 26, 2018, Tue/Wed/Thu This event does NOT occur on: February 27—March 1, April 17 In 2007, the Marriott Center for Hospitality Management opened for its first active semester. After 18 months under construction, the 11th floor of the Campus Center was reinvented into a 200-seat dining facility named in honor of J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott. The $6.3 million facility encompasses two state-of-the-art commercial production and demonstration kitchen classrooms. Each week, students alternate roles within the “classroom” participating in every aspect of the restaurant business. Students attend one lecture each week that pulls together information from all core hospitality classes. Students learn high-quality standards of guest service, staffing, ordering and receiving, food costs and accounting, and overall operations techniques to running a full service restaurant. Students rotate through different positions teaching them hands on about sanitary codes, food preparation techniques, and proper serving temperatures. The students change roles within the establishment from dishwasher to food prep to serving to actually managing the operation. Marriott Meals gives Hospitality and Tourism Management students  a competitive advantage within this experiential learning class. This restaurant operations course allows students to make real life mistakes and correct those mistakes in a professional, hospitable manner. This class is not a simulation and is open to the public during meal hours. Not only is this class teaching the future leaders of hospitality about food preparation and operations, but how to think as a leader on their feet in the moment. This class is about real students becoming real leaders to the public on our very own campus.

February 12—April 30, 2018, Mondays 12:15 pm-1:30 pm This event does NOT occur on: March 12, April 16 Come talk to Derek about classes, student-issues/concerns, Student Government Association, local/national news, sports or just about anything else in between. You are welcome to email Derek at ddunlea@umass.edu with any questions as well.

February 14—May 2, 2018, Wednesdays 4:45 pm-5:45 pm February 15—May 4, 2018, Thu/Fri 2:30 pm-3:30 pm This event does NOT occur on: March 14—March 16 Experience the vast educational, cultural and environmental diversity of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands for a semester or year. Students must attend an information session to receive application.