Summer is time to kick college search into gear, Amherst College admission director says

July 26, 2010

Contact: Peter Rooney
Director of Public Affairs
413-542-8452

AMHERST, Mass. – Especially for rising high school seniors and their parents, carving out time this summer for the college search and application process will mean less worry later on, according to Katharine Fretwell, Amherst College’s director of admission.

Moody’s gives Amherst College its highest possible debt rating

July 6, 2010

AMHERST, Mass.—In its most recent periodic review, Moody’s Investors Service, whose ratings of the fiscal health of colleges and universities determines the interest rates those institutions pay when they issue bonds, has restored Amherst College to the highest possible rating and outlook that Moody’s gives to colleges.  

Mead Art Museum at Amherst College to Reopen with Fresh Look July 3

June 22, 2010
Contact: Karen Cardinal
Accounting, Web and Marketing Manager
413/542 2551

AMHERST, Mass.—On Saturday, July 3, the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College will unveil the first in a series of new displays that promise to refresh every gallery in the museum before the start of the 2010-11 academic year.image

Amherst College’s Buckley Chamber Players to Perform Rarely Heard Music for Soprano and Winds July 10

June 22, 2010
Contact: Sara R. Leonard
Concert and Production Manager
413/542-2195

AMHERST, Mass.—Amherst College’s Buckley Chamber Players will present Summer Songs, a concert of rarely heard music for soprano, flute, clarinet and piano on Saturday, July 10, at 8 p.m. in Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music Center.