iCons Program Director honored at National Society of Leadership and Success ceremony

At the annual induction ceremony for the UMass chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success on Saturday, April 26th, iCons Program Director Scott Auerbach received an award for excellence in teaching for his work in creating the iCons Program.

Professor Auerbach was nominated for the honor by two iCons scholars. Joanne Johnson of the Second Wave serves as the Vice President of the National Society of Leadership and Success, and Erin Amato of the First Class serves on its Executive Board. iCons Second Wave scholars LeeAnn Monteverde and Debbie Tschong, who are studying abroad this semester, are also members of the Society.

Photo: UMass Chancellor Dr. Kumble R. Subbaswamy, iCons Second Wave scholar Joanne Johnson, iCons First Class scholar Erin Amato, and iCons Program Director Professor Scott Auerbach.

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UMass iCons Expands Horizons with New Policy Option: Making a Difference via Policies and Strategies for Social Change

In fall 2023, the UMass iCons Program introduced a new policy option for the 3rd-year “laboratory” requirement. In collaboration with the School of Public Policy (SPP), iCons students were eligible to take SPP 312 – Making a Difference: Policies and Strategies for Social Change. This course provided an opportunity for iCons students to explore policy and societal impact on problems related to the two iCons tracks of Biomedicine/Biosystems or Renewable Energy. This collaboration emphasizes the intersection of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) with policy, paving the way for a diverse generation of change-makers.

Story from UMass News: The UMass Amherst Energy Transition Institute (ETI) recently hosted professor and researcher Cécile Renouard, president and co-founder of the new Campus of the Transition in France, while she was on a limited tour of U.S. college campuses to build collaborations and investigate innovative ways to incorporate equity and other social issues into sustainability education and in living labs.

UMass iCons is an academic program deeply entrenched in the ethos of exploration and innovation. Therefore it should not be surprising that the inspiration for the 14th cohort's name originates from the final frontier of exploration: space.

iCons Program Director honored at National Society of Leadership and Success ceremony

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