For details on how to view the ceremonies online, visit https://www.umass.edu/commencement2021/.
At 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, a graduate commencement ceremony took place at Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium on campus to honor master’s and doctoral degree recipients. Remarks were offered by Chancellor Subbaswamy, Graduate School Dean Jacqueline Urla and two student speakers.
The full slate of undergraduate ceremonies will be held as follows:
9 a.m. – Isenberg School of Management, College of Nursing and College of Information and Computer Sciences
Noon – College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Humanities and Fine Arts and College of Education
The list of colleges and universities in Boston that are mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for students returning to campus in the fall is growing. In order to have a typical full-time, in-person semester, Northeastern University, Boston College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston University, and more have all told their students, faculty, and staff that barring medical and religious exemptions full vaccinations will be required.
Officials at these universities have said that their goal is to protect the community by limiting the spread of the virus on their campuses, but we wanted to know how members of the community felt about their decision. We asked Boston.com readers if they agreed with vaccination mandates at colleges in the city, and the majority of them said yes. Of the 893 people who responded to our poll, 66 percent said they agreed with mandatory vaccination, and 34 percent said they didn’t.
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Welcome to the WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Newsletter. In this issue, PS5 delays extend into 2022, spot rates spike, who are the pipeline hackers, Nike and Postal Service settle on sneaker, and more.
Rates rocket back up
SONAR
To the moon Spot rates have shot up like “The Price Is Right” mountain climber as we’re now just a dime away from hitting a new all-time high in SONAR. The Truckstop.com dry van average continues its second consecutive week of elevation, rising 18 cents per mile this week to $3.23/mile, inclusive of fuel.
How long will they stay there? Andrew Cox reports declining tender volumes last week may be a function of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 72-hour safety blitz, a time when many drivers take off and shippers respond accordingly by pushing or pulling freight away from this week. Fewer drivers equals less capacity and higher rates. Now that those drivers are back behind the wheel, and since both volumes and outbound tender rejects
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‘People, not politics’ for Holyoke Mayoral Candidate Gloria Caballero-Roca
Updated May 11, 2021;
HOLYOKE – Gloria Caballero-Roca became the sixth and first Latina mayoral candidate for the Sept. 21 mayoral primary. The political newcomer’s campaign will focus “on people – not politics.”
She collected the necessary 250 signatures for inclusion on the Sept. 21 ballot, joining City Councilors Rebecca Lisi and Michael J. Sullivan, School Committee Member Devin Sheehan, William ‘Billy’ Glidden, and Joshua Garcia, currently Blandford’s town administrator.
In 1997, Caballero-Roca migrated to the U.S. from her native Havana, Cuba, eventually settling in Holyoke with her husband and two children in 1999. She taught Spanish at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts.