LaRocque elected to UPCEA board of directors

Monique LaRocque, associate provost of the Division of Lifelong Learning at the University of Maine, has been elected to a two-year term on the Board of Directors for the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA).

LaRocque will be installed March 20 at the Annual Conference in Boston. 

LaRocque has served as associate provost of UMaine’s Division of Lifelong Learning since 2014. In partnership with the Graduate School, she’s leading the UMaineGOLD initiative, an innovative approach to developing and offering new graduate professional degree programs online.

UPCEA, established in 1915, is a nonprofit association for professional, continuing, and online higher education. It has more than 400 member institutions. Based in Washington, D.C., UPCEA builds greater awareness of the link between contemporary learners and public policy issues.