NEWS & EVENTS

Members of Austin Scholars, a leadership-through-service program, are using YouTube to stay present in the lives of their community partners during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has recognized Merrimack College with their prestigious Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that indicates the institution’s commitment to community engagement. Merrimack College is one of 119 U.S. institutions selected for this important classification.

Merrimack’s community service Hands to Help program held the official grand opening of its new location at 60 Island St. in Lawrence, Massachusetts Friday, Nov. 15. It’s the second location change to accommodate the growing resource center since opening in 2015.

Merrimack College paid tribute during its annual Veterans Day ceremony at the Sakowich Campus Center’s MPR Tuesday Nov. 5, 2019 to the sacrifices service women and men make for the country.

Merrimack College’s Hands to Help handed out 300 backpacks stuffed with school supplies for students from kindergarten through high school on Aug. 12. There everything from notebooks, pencils, binders, folders and even Crayons included in the bags.

Merrimack’s Hands to Help/Manos Para Ayuda program is holding its third annual Back to School Supply Drive for underserved school children in nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts this month. Director Rosana Urbaez would like to fill 300 backpacks with almost everything students in grades 1-12 will need to start the academic year.