The core mission of the Office of Government Relations is to build and maintain excellent relationships between the university and elected and appointed officials in municipal, state and the federal government.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides the funding for approximately 24 percent of the UMass Lowell budget. Government Relations places a special emphasis on regularly communicating the university’s stewardship of those funds to state officials and legislators.

The Government Relations Office responds to inquiries from government officials and communicates UMass Lowell’s institutional priorities in a number of ways, including on-campus briefings, periodic memos and meetings. The Government Relations Office helps set UMass Lowell’s state government priorities by keeping senior administration informed of the Legislature’s and governor’s agendas and by serving as a liaison with the UMass President’s Office, which sets the system’s priorities.

Through legislation, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has provided the university with significant funding, in addition to the monies allocated in the state budget.

For more information, contact Executive Director of Government & Community Relations DJ Corcoran by phone: 978-934-3328 or email: DJ_Corcoran@uml.edu.