Chancellor’s Achievement Award Honors Leader of Connected Futures at UMass Boston

 

BOSTON, MA — June 2026 —

Presented by Chancellor Suárez-Orozco, this honor recognizes Morgan’s transformative work in academic advising and her visionary leadership of Connected Futures—a nationally recognized social capital and mentoring program built on years of rigorous academic research and now scaled globally through MentorPRO.

Under Morgan’s leadership, Connected Futures evolved from a specialized initiative into a high-impact, one-credit course serving hundreds of students, attracting nearly $1 million in funding, and earning national acclaim as an innovative student success model. Championing inclusive and accessible educational practices, Morgan has bridged the gap between institutional support and marginalized student populations by helping them build powerful professional networks.

During the ceremony, Chancellor Suárez-Orozco praised the honorees for perfectly exemplifying the university’s mission of advancing educational opportunity, innovation, and inclusive excellence.

From Campus Initiative to Global Scale: The MentorPRO Partnership

While Connected Futures began as a localized breakthrough, its extraordinary impact is no longer confined to a single campus. Through an exclusive partnership with MentorPRO, the complete, evidence-based Connected Futures curriculum and its digital adaptations are now widely available to higher education institutions, high schools, and non-profits globally at Academy.mentorpro.com.

MentorPRO integrates these proven social capital frameworks into its cutting-edge digital ecosystem, allowing institutions to seamlessly deploy scalable, measurable mentoring solutions that drive student retention and equity.