First Year Experience

Our Staff

The First Year Center:

The Assistant Director oversees the First Year Experience and runs the First Year Center.  Students and parents of students may contact the First Year Center at any time with any question or concern.

016 Androscoggin Hall (Ground Floor)
207-581-1420
Assistant Director Kelly Beers: kelly.beers@umit.maine.edu

To join our first-year parent and family e-mail list, please send an email to kelly.beers@umit.maine.edu with “Add to email list” in the subject line.  Our e-newsletter goes out about every two weeks, and includes information about important deadlines (class registration, FAFSA, housing registration), important things that are happening around campus, and we also include upcoming events that parents and families are invited to (Friends and Family Weekend, Homecoming, etc.).

Our Academic Support Coordinators:

Our Academic Support Coordinator (ASC) staff members work in the residence halls on campus to promote academic success.  Each ASC is assigned to a particular group of residence halls, and works with the CC, ACC and RAs in that area to design and run programs and initiatives to support the students in that community.  This may include opportunities for students to work on their time management or study skills, opportunities for students to explore different majors and minors, or direct outreach to students who seem to be at-risk academically.  Contact information for our Academic Support Coordinator staff will be updated this summer.

In the residence halls:

Each residence hall is supervised by a professional staff member.  Each of these staff members, called Community Coordinators (CCs), have an office and an apartment in their area of supervision.  Each CC also has an Assistant Community Coordinator (ACC) who assists them in supervision of the buildings, supervision of the RA staff, and working with students in that area.

Any time that a student has a problem, he or she is welcome to contact or stop into the office of their CC or ACC.  Students often come and see our staff for the following types of reasons:

• Questions about where something is located on campus
• Questions about the best person to talk to about a problem (academic advisor, main office for the college, professor, etc.)
• Referrals to an office for help (Counseling Center, Financial Aid, Tutor Program, etc.)
• Concerns about academics (in need of tutoring, concerns about a course load being too much, questions about a major/minor, etc.)
• Concerns about roommate or community situations (not getting along with a roommate or concern for a friend/fellow student)
• If something is wrong (something is broken in the room, a crime needs to be reported, etc.)

The contact information for the Community Coordinator (CC) and Assistant Community Coordinator (ACC) is listed below.

Somerset Oxford Complex
Office located in 122 Oxford Hall
207-581-6417

Androscoggin Knox Complex
Office located in 132 Knox Hall
207-581-8880

Cumberland Gannett Complex
Office located in 21 Gannett Hall (basement)
207-581-7870

Balentine, Colvin and Penobscot Halls (First Year Honors Housing)
Office located in 112 Penobscot Hall
207-581-8869