Faculty and Staff: Want to be a Star?

We are currently recruiting UMass Lowell Faculty and Staff for our Third Annual Dancing With the UML Stars, to be held April 28, 2010.

Maybe you received a nomination email telling you to come to this website for more information. Maybe you heard about the show from your department, or a friend. However you heard about it, you have come to the right place! Click "Read More" to get all the information!

No dance experience is needed!



About the Show

Dancing With the UML Stars is a program run by the Ballroom Dance Club where we pair up UML faculty (the "Stars") with members of the club to learn and perform a ballroom routine. The proceeds go to charity. Last year we donated over a thousand dollars to the Relay For Life. The show is a lot of fun, and a tremendous experience for all the participants.

This show is open to all faculty and staff to be Stars at UMass Lowell. All it takes is an email to get your foot in the door.

New for this year! We are accepting prominent students as stars. We're looking for students who are well known to the whole student body, like a sports team member, or that RA everyone on campus loves. Send us an email and we'll get started.

Check out previous shows

This is going to be our third annual show. Wow! We have videos from all the previous stars online, so you can watch them right here in your browser.

Here's the video from last year's show, on a youtube playlist.

Here's the video from the 2008 show, on a vimeo playlist.

The videos pretty much speak for themselves. If you want to read more about the programs, click the links on the left menu for "DWTS 2008" and "DWTS 2009."

Sound good?

Ready to join in? Or at least see what's involved for you to?
We even have a simple rundown of everything you need to know on the Stars Expectations Page

This is a great opportunity for anyone at UMass Lowell. The best part is that No Dance Experience is Necessary!

Ready to join? Email Mark Sherman, msherman@umlballroom.org

Join the Ranks

It is our goal to have every department at the University involved in Dancing With the UML Stars. So far, here are the Stars we've been lucky to have, and the departments they come from.

Shaun Sullivan Accounts Payable 2009 Cha Cha

Erin Crouse Admissions 2008 Waltz

Steven Rogers University Advancement 2008 Cha Cha

Melissa Gardner Athletics 2008 Cha Cha

Victoria Drakoulakos Chancellor's Office 2008 Swing

Michael Carter Economics 2008 Foxtrot

Jay Weitzen Electrical & Computer Engineering 2009 VWaltz

Alison Harriman English 2009 Waltz

Larisa Kradinova English 2009 Foxtrot

Christopher Carlsmith History 2008 Paso Doble

Susan Koczarski Library 2009 Mambo

Trish Dunleavy Management 2008 Foxtrot

Paula Telesco Music 2008 VWaltz

Alan Williams Music 2008 Tango

Joanne Dupuis Nursing 2009 Hustle

Afrim Alimeti Physics 2009 Tango

Steve Johnston Plastics Engineering 2009 Lindy/Swing

Nicholas Piscitello Res Life 2008 Swing

Christyn Toomey Res Life 2008 Tango

Susan Pulido Student Health Services 2008 Rumba

Have we convinced you yet? Email Mark Sherman, msherman@umlballroom.org to get started.

Thank you very much for your consideration!

The University of Massachusetts at Lowell