Accelerating UMass Amherst with the Power of Philanthropy
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Meet the 2025 UMass Alumni Honors Awardees
This year’s awardees are innovators, leaders, and changemakers whose achievements and service embody UMass excellence.
Transforming the Future
Dan Riccio Makes $50 Million Gift to Name the UMass Amherst College of Engineering
The largest gift in campus history will support scholarships, fellowships and professorships as well as funding for new initiatives.
John and Elizabeth Armstrong Commit $4 Million for Research Support at UMass Amherst
Donations from the couple contribute to the UMass Amherst Research Continuity Fund and create the Armstrong Graduate Research Grant Fund and the Armstrong Chancellor Professorships Award Fund.
UMass Amherst’s Research Mission
Research has been a cornerstone of UMass Amherst’s mission as a land-grant university for more than 160 years. Your support can ensure this essential work.
Stories of Impact
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025
Cape Community Empowers Next Generation
For 30 years, the UMass Amherst Cape Cod Alumni Network has opened doors for local students by providing them with scholarships as they embark on their UMass experience.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2025
Cooking Up a Creative Food Empire
Mike Hauke ’04 turned his Atlantic City pizza shop into a nationally recognized brand—and his latest venture, Mad Mutz, is just getting started.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2025
Serving Vulnerable Populations through Community-Partnered Research
School of Public Health and Health Sciences Professor Elizabeth Evans studies and promotes interventions to help people with substance abuse disorders.
“UMass Amherst donor scholarships have given me the means and independence to unapologetically pursue my dreams …[and have] allowed me to work impactful unpaid internships which have guided my educational path and given me meaningful global connections.”
— AJIJOLAOLUWA “JOLE” LAGUDA ’23
We’re Hiring
The UMAF is growing and we’re looking for team members who believe in our mission to propel UMass Amherst even further.