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Dance Program
The Richard Jones Scholarship:


The UMASS Dance Program uses this scholarship to increase the diversity of our student body. It is given to UMASS Dance Majors who show exceptional skill and promise in the field of dance studies. 

This scholarship was created in Memory of Richard Jones. He was appointed to the staff of the University of Massachusetts on September 1, 1973, and remained with the department until his death in 1991. While at the University, Jones was the founding artistic director of the Amdans Theater and was the artistic director of the University Dancers from 1979 to 1991. 

He brought international performing and teaching experience to the dance program for 18 years.

The UMass Dance Program is at the forefront of educating the contemporary dance major through physical, creative, and theoretical scholarship. The program supports this by creating an environment that embraces inquiry, rigor, and risk; providing a robust and relevant curriculum; engaging the wider, diverse regional community, and supporting a faculty that brings to the classroom/studio the benefits of national and international creative and scholarly research.


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Power Hour #1
The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the Power Hour from 10 am-11am EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $2,000 Student Alumni Association 50
2 $500 Center for Student Businesses 32
3 $500 Transfer Student Scholarship Fund 28
4 Student Care & Emergency Response Fund 18
5 UMass Women into Leadership 15
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Power Hour #2
The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the Power Hour from noon-1:00 PM EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $2,000 University Without Walls 135
2 $500 Alpine Ski Team 42
3 $500 McCormack Department of Sport Management 40
4 Autism Awareness 28
5 College of Nursing 25
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The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the Power Hour from 3:00-4:00 PM EDT on April 29 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $2,000 Minuteman Marching Band 141
2 $500 Hannah Frilot Memorial Scholarship Fund 79
3 $500 Women's Ice Hockey 58
4 Oxford Summer Seminar 48
5 Colleges Against Cancer 39
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Power Hour #4
The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the Power Hour from 11 AM-noon EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $2,000 Protect Our Breasts 140
2 $500 Spanish and Portuguese Studies 106
3 $500 Women’s Rugby Football Club 46
4 Club Gymnastics 45
5 Cape Cod Alumni Network 34
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Power Hour #5
The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the Power Hour from 1-2 PM EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $2,000 Men's Club Rowing 180
2 $500 Stonewall Center 127
3 $500 UMass ALTITUDE 99
4 Women for UMass Amherst 41
5 Engineers Without Borders 19
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The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the Power Hour from 2-3 PM EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $2,000 Transit Services 64
2 $500 Department of English 58
3 $500 Men's Club Soccer 37
4 Water Polo 28
5 Men's Ultimate Frisbee 14
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The area of campus with the most gifts at the end of the Power Hour #7 from 8-9 PM EDT on April 30 will win a $2,000 bonus!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $2,000 Student Care & Emergency Response Fund 151
2 $500 Women's Ultimate Frisbee 137
3 $500 Minutemen Racing 78
4 CHAARG 64
5 S#arp Attitude 61
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