UML Robot

LOWELL -- Chanra Chhean likes to reach for the sky. He's a pole vaulter at Lowell High School, and some day, he would like his workplace to be high in the sky, where he could address the people behind him with, "Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be reaching a cruising altitude of about 32,000 feet..."
And Marty Meehan, the former 5th District congressman and current UMass Lowell chancellor, helped Chhean and other recent immigrants soar toward residency and citizenship. Meehan will be honored Wednesday with the Lamp of Liberty Award for his fight "for the rights of new immigrants, ensuring them access to such basic necessities as education, employment, health care and social justice."


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