Dan Rae, the reporter and broadcaster best known for his WBZ radio show NightSide, has made a “substantial” gift to UMass Boston to “renovate and endow the weight room” in the Clark Athletic Center. Rea is a 1970 graduate of Boston State College, which later merged with UMass Boston, and a member of the university’s Hall of Fame.The 3,300-square-foot space on the Dorchester
This year marks the 50th Anniversary of The WIBX Slocum-Dickson Heart Radiothon to raise money for the American Heart Association. Donating to the cause may look a little different this year, but the need remains the same.
Traditionally, this Radiothon would take place in the busy, bustling Clark Athletic Center at Utica College as people set-up for and eventually attend the Heart Health Expo, ahead of America s Greatest Heart Run & Walk. This event last year was one of the final public events to be held before COVID-19 changed our way of life.
Ralph Allinger - Photo Courtesy of American Heart Association
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The new facility, which will be located behind the Clark Athletic Center adjacent to Gaetano Stadium and the baseball field, will include lighting for evening events and bleacher seating for 200 spectators.
In a world where so much seems to have slowed down this past year, Utica College continues to move full steam ahead with more innovative construction projects, continuing its growth with a multi-million dollar expansion to its dynamic and ever-bustling athletic facilities.
The College has received a $2 million gift commitment to expand facilities for its nearly 700 student-athletes. Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring on a new multipurpose, synthetic turf athletic field and eight-lane outdoor track.