{"id":176,"date":"2025-04-25T16:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/eac\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:17:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/eac\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af{background-image:linear-gradient(60deg,rgb(8,46,88) 47%,rgb(65,118,161) 93%);}.kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-left:0px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id176_6b9df5-af alignfull kt-row-has-bg um-UMBHHeaderNoImage wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column176_0132e1-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column176_0132e1-7e > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column176_0132e1-7e > 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_4e9994-07[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_4e9994-07\"]{padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;text-align:center;font-size:45px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Teko;text-transform:uppercase;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_4e9994-07 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_4e9994-07[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_4e9994-07\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_4e9994-07 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_4e9994-07[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_4e9994-07\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_4e9994-07, 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e\"]{font-size:32px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:Fraunces;text-transform:none;color:#003263;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e\"]{margin-top:0px;text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a09f48-4e\"><strong>History and Governance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21\"]{font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-family:'Familjen Grotesk';}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading176_a3a26d-21\">EAC incorporated formally in late 2024 as a way to recognize that two previously-formed groups, the Classified Employee Advisory Council (CEAC) and Professional Employee Advisory Council (PEAC), had much in common and could benefit from working together.  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