The University of Massachusetts announced today that it will receive a cash gift of $50 million from Robert J. and Donna Manning. The gift, the largest of any kind in the university’s history, is aimed at increasing access and opportunity across the five-campus university system.
The first distribution of the $50 million will be $15 million to endow the UMass Boston nursing program, which will become the Robert and Donna Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences. The funds will be focused on supporting student diversity and ensuring that the new cohort of nursing professionals are champions of equitable patient care.
In the coming months, the Mannings plan to announce distributions from the overall gift to improve access and opportunity on the other UMass campuses in Amherst, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester.
The $50 million gift from the Mannings is a transformational moment for University of Massachusetts system, and would represent the largest-ever commitment received by the university even if it were not an up-front, cash gift.
Learn more about the gift and the announcement: www.massachusetts.edu/news/50...