UMass Lowell

As Sarah Nickerson headed off to college in Boston in the fall of 2008, she wasn’t really sure what she wanted to do with her life — or if college was even for her.

If you are thinking about what you want to study in college and you’re considering psychology as a major, you might be wondering about what kind of jobs you can get with a psychology degree. You’ll need a doctoral degree if you’re interested in becoming a psychologist.

With nearly two decades of work as a certified public accountant (CPA) under her belt, Pennsylvania resident Rusty Williams was looking to the future. She loved the work she did as a CPA, but it required a demanding work schedule with long hours that she just couldn't see herself maintaining for the remainder of her career.

Are you one of the 36 million adults nationwide¹ who have some college credit but no degree?

To say the past year has been unprecedented would be an understatement. From moving an entire workforce online to record-breaking unemployment throughout the United States due to COVID-19, these unprecedented times have forced many to reevaluate what the future holds for them.

The University of Massachusetts has a longstanding track record of academic excellence – featuring faculty who are Nobel Pulitzer Prize winners and Laureates as well as being a pioneer in online learning for the past two decades.

Before the “romantic” days of swiping left or right to find that special someone on your phone, the “old school” way of meeting people through friends, colleagues or while attending college was really the only option.

Celebrating all things romance and love, we are taking you back 20 years – sharing a UMass love story about one of our very own.

Meet Som Seng, UMassOnline Director of Marketing, who shares how she met her now-husband and forever #MCM, Jay, 20 years ago while they were both undergraduate students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.