President Hunter, Provost Hecker speak with WLBZ about out-of-state enrollment

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Thursday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

September 13, 2016 UMaine in the News

University of Maine President Susan J. Hunter and Jeffrey Hecker, UMaine’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, spoke with WLBZ (Channel 2) about UMaine’s increase in out-of-state enrollment. “For the economic future of the state, we really need a vibrant, younger population to grow into a workforce, and that workforce is going to have to be increasingly educated,” President Hunter said. Provost Hecker said new innovative partnerships at UMaine are providing opportunities to bring more students into the state and to build relationships with other campuses to increase the overall enrollment in the University of Maine System. “We know that 15 to 20 percent of the out-of-state students who come here and get a degree stay in Maine for a job, so if we grow that number, it adds to the workforce of the future,” President Hunter said. “We see our growing out-of-state population as really a big piece of what we can contribute to Maine and the future. A way to strengthen the state, to strengthen its economic base and to actually add people to our communities that are educated and engaged and want to be here.”