#UMassGives 2017
Help the Libraries Set Textbooks Free
UMass Amherst students spend roughly $1,200 per year on textbooks, often adding to their already considerable debt. The Libraries are on a mission to save UMass Amherst students from costly textbooks by encouraging UMass faculty to swap traditional texts for online, printable resources already available through the Libraries.
The Libraries have awarded $100,000 in grants to 60 faculty to convert their course materials, saving UMass Amherst students $1.6M in textbook costs in the last six years. Nearly 90 percent of students surveyed found the quality of the low or no-cost materials to be the same or better than materials used in other courses.
Your gift to the Library Annual Fund during #UMassGives will help the Libraries continue to reduce the cost of textbooks for students while supporting their academic success! Thank you.
To see all the ways the Libraries support students and faculty, read Bookmark, the inaugural magazine of the UMass Amherst Libraries.
Rank | Area of Campus | Gifts |
---|---|---|
1 | Athletics | 879 |
2 | Minuteman Marching Band | 390 |
3 | Lady Zoo (Women's Ultimate Frisbee) | 282 |
4 | Asian American Student Association | 270 |
5 | Student Care and Emergency Response Fund | 229 |
6 | UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL) | 189 |
7 | McCormack Department of Sport Management | 172 |
8 | Isenberg School of Management | 146 |
9 | CHAARG | 141 |
10 | Student Alumni Association | 138 |
11 | College of Education | 137 |
12 | University Without Walls | 128 |
13 | College of Information & Computer Sciences | 117 |
14 | Jubilat | 111 |
15 | Association for Women in Science | 100 |
Rank | Prize | Area of Campus | Gifts |
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1 | $2,000 | UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL) | 147 |
2 | Student Care and Emergency Response Fund | 138 | |
3 | College of Information & Computer Sciences | 77 | |
4 | Psychological & Brain Sciences Dept. | 66 | |
5 | Athletics | 34 | |
6 | Student Affairs and Campus Life | 13 | |
7 | Dance Program | 13 | |
8 | Minuteman Marching Band | 9 | |
9 | College of Education | 9 | |
10 | College of Social & Behavioral Sciences | 8 | |
11 | Isenberg School of Management | 8 | |
12 | Protect Our Breasts | 6 | |
13 | Other | 6 | |
14 | McCormack Department of Sport Management | 5 | |
15 | UMass Amherst's Greatest Needs | 4 |
Rank | Prize | Area of Campus | Gifts |
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1 | $2,000 | Sailing Club Team | 69 |
2 | Theater- Ed Golden Acting Scholarship | 54 | |
3 | UMass Club Paintball Team | 32 | |
4 | Mark H. McCormack Dept of Sport Mngmt Leaders Club | 29 | |
5 | Athletics | 25 | |
6 | Commonwealth Honors College | 22 | |
7 | UMass DECA | 14 | |
8 | Isenberg School of Management | 10 | |
9 | McCormack Department of Sport Management | 10 | |
10 | College of Education | 10 | |
11 | Other | 8 | |
12 | Western Mass Bouldering Club | 8 | |
13 | College of Social & Behavioral Sciences | 5 | |
14 | UMass Amherst's Greatest Needs | 4 | |
15 | College of Natural Sciences | 4 |
Rank | Area of Campus | Gifts |
---|---|---|
1 | Lady Zoo (Women's Ultimate Frisbee) | 206 |
2 | Women for UMass Amherst | 53 |
3 | UMass Belly Dance Club | 47 |
4 | Athletics | 37 |
5 | Association for Women in Science | 24 |
6 | UMass Habitat for Humanity | 22 |
7 | College of Social & Behavioral Sciences | 6 |
8 | McCormack Department of Sport Management | 5 |
9 | Other | 5 |
10 | Isenberg School of Management | 5 |
11 | UMass Amherst's Greatest Needs | 5 |
12 | Asian American Student Association | 5 |
13 | College of Humanities & Fine Arts | 4 |
14 | School of Public Health & Health Sciences | 3 |
15 | College of Natural Sciences | 3 |
Rank | Area of Campus | Gifts |
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1 | Student Alumni Association | 111 |
2 | University Without Walls | 102 |
3 | Autism Speaks | 44 |
4 | Athletics | 34 |
5 | Association for Women in Science | 20 |
6 | Alumni Association | 19 |
7 | Center for Research on Families | 15 |
8 | College of Natural Sciences | 9 |
9 | Isenberg School of Management | 7 |
10 | McCormack Department of Sport Management | 7 |
11 | Asian American Student Association | 7 |
12 | UMass Belly Dance Club | 7 |
13 | Lady Zoo (Women's Ultimate Frisbee) | 6 |
14 | Student Care and Emergency Response Fund | 5 |
15 | UMass Outing Club | 4 |
Rank | Area of Campus | Gifts |
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1 | Minuteman Marching Band | 254 |
2 | CHAARG | 112 |
3 | Asian American Student Association | 92 |
4 | Engineers Without Borders | 60 |
5 | UMass Men's Club Ultimate Frisbee (Zoo Disc) | 53 |
6 | Jubilat | 38 |
7 | Athletics | 33 |
8 | UMass Figure Skating Club | 29 |
9 | Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority | 24 |
10 | Western Massachusetts Writing Project | 22 |
11 | Student Care and Emergency Response Fund | 9 |
12 | College of Social & Behavioral Sciences | 5 |
13 | College of Nursing | 5 |
14 | Isenberg School of Management | 4 |
15 | McCormack Department of Sport Management | 4 |