Support UMass Journalism during this two-day campaign!
We are excited to offer opportunities that give students access to numerous career-focused classes, events, workshops, and invaluable hands-on experiences. With your help, a new generation of students can learn to elevate and sharpen their skills to make journalism and public relations more equitable and just for the future of democracy.
Your support provides students with annual scholarships, access to events with high-profile alumni and speakers and offer stipends for unpaid internships. This gives them the financial freedom to pursue their passions for producing, editing, reporting, writing, public relations, sports, photography, video and design.
This year, we are also creating a new account to help fund student memberships in professional societies like the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ), and the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC). We’ve seen firsthand how much students get out of participating in these societies, and no student should ever be turned away for lack of funds. Your donations will go directly towards providing a student’s membership fees so that they can access the resources, community and professional mentorship opportunities that each society provides.
Your gifts will also help fund equipment upgrades for our students. Investing in these resources allows us to offer collaborative spaces for students to refine their craft and use their voices for reporting, storytelling and strengthening civic relationships.
Journalism and public relations are critical to our democratic society.
Your support ensures our students continue to gain the professional skills and experiential learning opportunities that are vital to their success in a competitive job market. It also ensures our communities’ stories will continue to get told and that we’re able to uphold democratic values, informed civic engagement and the watchdogs needed for representative self-governance to function as it should.
Please consider supporting us during #UMassGives with a gift.
Give in any amount - $5, $50, $500, or more. Your donation will directly impact the students working hard to advance their careers as well-rounded and skilled journalists and public relations professionals.
Our POWER HOUR is from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. on April 29: Make an even bigger impact by donating during this hour to assist us in winning an extra $2,000!
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Thank you!
The UMass Journalism Department
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Student Alumni Association | 128 |
| 2 | $1,000 | UMass Women into Leadership | 112 |
| 3 | $500 | Dept. of Food Science | 90 |
| 4 | $500 | Golf Club | 53 |
| 5 | $500 | iCons | 40 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Women's Club Ice Hockey | 180 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Women's Rugby | 95 |
| 3 | $500 | Department of Polymer Science and Engineering. | 71 |
| 4 | $500 | UWW Completion Fund | 57 |
| 5 | $500 | PRSSA | 51 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Men's Rugby | 175 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Field Hockey | 102 |
| 3 | $500 | Women's Lacrosse | 96 |
| 4 | $500 | New2 U | 78 |
| 5 | $500 | Baseball | 54 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Women's Ultimate Frisbee | 153 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Club Water Polo | 131 |
| 3 | $500 | S#arp Attitude | 117 |
| 4 | $500 | Doo Wop Shop | 98 |
| 5 | $500 | Choral Dilemma | 70 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Stonewall Center | 196 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Club Swim | 127 |
| 3 | $500 | Minutemen Racing | 97 |
| 4 | $500 | Comparative Literature Program | 56 |
| 5 | $500 | Film Studies Program | 50 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Minuteman Marching | 193 |
| 2 | $1,000 | Women's Rowing | 106 |
| 3 | $500 | Center for Women and Community | 78 |
| 4 | $500 | WMUA | 63 |
| 5 | $500 | Board of Student Businesses | 61 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Men's Club Rowing | 268 |
| 2 | $1,000 | The Massachusetts Daily Collegian | 189 |
| 3 | $500 | CLACLS | 62 |
| 4 | $500 | Men's Club Volleyball | 48 |
| 5 | $500 | Fencing Club | 39 |
| Rank | Prize | Department/Group/RSO/Fund | Donors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000 | Duly Noted | 259 |
| 2 | $1,000 | UMass EMS | 118 |
| 3 | $500 | Vietnamese Student Association | 109 |
| 4 | $500 | Mock Trial Team | 96 |
| 5 | $500 | InterVarsity Christian Fellowship | 90 |
