Springfield Satellite Center:

A First System-wide Center for UMass

Robert L. Caret

 

Dear Friends of UMass:

 

As we begin a New Year, I'm pleased to share with you the news that 2014 will bring a new UMass satellite center to downtown Springfield - one that will significantly expand the University's presence in western Massachusetts and unlock degree opportunities to students of all ages, tailored to the meet the region's workforce needs. This satellite center represents a new chapter in the longstanding relationship between the University of Massachusetts and the city of Springfield, and I am pleased that we were able to find suitable space to enable the University to expand its presence and provide residents of the city and region with the type of high quality, affordable public higher education option that has come to define a UMass degree. We expect it to be operational by fall 2014, in Tower Square at 1500 Main St., where it will become the first satellite center to offer degrees and courses from across the campuses of the University of Massachusetts system.

 

We look forward to the center complementing UMass Amherst's already-active involvement in the Springfield area, where faculty and staff are engaged in more than 120 initiatives in health, fine arts and the creative economy, natural sciences, engineering, green industries, management, sports and education. Examples include the Amherst campus's New England Public Radio network moving to a new, 17,000-square-foot downtown Springfield facility scheduled to open in the spring, and the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute, a partnership between UMass Amherst and Springfield's Baystate Medical Center, beginning work on establishing a Health Informatics and Technology Innovation Center after receiving a $5.5 million grant from the Mass. Life Sciences Center last summer.

 

We also look forward to working closely with the federal, state, and local government, and corporate leaders to make this unique project a long-term success that will strengthen the economic and educational engagement between UMass and the region.

 

Sincerely,

 

Robert L. Caret

President

  

 

 

Gov. Deval Patrick and UMass President Robert L. Caret announced a new UMass satellite center located in the Tower Square office tower in downtown Springfield to unlock a range of degree opportunities to students of all ages that will be tailored to the meet the region's workforce needs:

• UMass picks downtown site for new Springfield center - Boston Globe
• Downtown Springfield merchants, local leaders praise plans for UMass satellite campus at Tower Square - Springfield Republican
• Viewpoint: UMass presence in Springfield a natural fit - Springfield Republican
• Opportunity for UMass and Tower Square - Business West

   

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