Resources

Michael Venetti '20

Peace and Conflict Studies

Marine Corps reservist Michael Venetti says the Peace and Conflict Studies master鈥檚 program helped him win a Presidential Management Fellowship to work at the U.S. State Department.

You could study high-level things like diplomacy, but you could also study person-to-person, on the ground situations and how you could bring peaceful solutions to them.

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Jamie Smorczewski '09, '21

History, Security Studies

2021 Student Commencement Speaker Jamie Smorczewski knows what it means to persevere, over injury, health issues, the pandemic and life鈥檚 curveballs.

I鈥檓 from a blue-collar family and there wasn鈥檛 a ton of money for me to attend college, so I found my own way.

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Brendon Aylaian '21

Business Management

Army Rangers veteran Brendon Aylaian is working as a financial specialist for the Air Force.

I can鈥檛 say enough good things about working for the Air Force.

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Daryle LaMonica '21

Biology

Marine Corps veteran Daryle LaMonica is on the fast track to becoming a doctor through the UMass Medical School Baccalaureate to M.D. Pathway Program.

I have a new appreciation for arts and the humanities.

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Tyler Davis '19

Political Science

For Tyler Davis, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, the dream of being a pilot came true at UMass Lowell through Air Force ROTC Detachment 345.

UMass Lowell truly made me a better man. The faculty are amazing; they see their job as a calling, a mission.

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