Maine Public spoke with University of Maine at Machias lecturer Alan Kryszak about his recent documentary, “Who Made You In America?” The film explores political viewpoints as they relate to immigration, according to the report. Kryszak made the film with UMM students, who discovered that their own assumptions about the ideological divides between rural and […]
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Mainebiz, WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported that the Promise Initiative announced last October has already produced 300 financial aid awards that would completely cover the cost of tuition and standard fees for Maine students attending four University of Maine System institutions in fall 2018. Presidents of the campuses in Augusta, Fort Kent, […]
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The Portland Press Herald published the opinion piece, “What about free speech? Or, how I got banned by the Portland Press Herald,” by Jon Reisman, an associate professor of economics and public policy at the University of Maine at Machias.
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The University of Maine at Machias has received a $200,000 Davis Educational Foundation grant to improve student retention and academic performance. The funds will be used to expand the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program, which has been offered at the university in STEM subjects since 2015. The grant will allow the program to include courses in […]
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Four finalists have been named for the presidency of the University of Maine and will be in the state for campus visits between Feb. 20 and March 2. The finalists are: Amit Chakma, president and vice chancellor of the University of Western Ontario; Joan Ferrini-Mundy, chief operating officer of the National Science Foundation; Sally Reis, […]
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MaineToday Magazine published an article about a film created by University of Maine at Machias students in interdisciplinary fine arts professor Alan Kryszak’s Down East documentary class. The semester-long film project, “Who Made You in America?,” focuses on the current state of the immigration debate in Maine and elsewhere, according to the article. Since a […]
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Education initiatives involving the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias were mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “Maine awards $4.6M in latest push to spur schools to collaborate.” Maine is handing out 11 more grants aimed at encouraging new, creative models of school consolidation, according to the article. The Maine Department […]
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Machias Valley News Observer reported the University of Maine at Machias’ Student Engagement and Inclusion organization has launched a monthly concert series. “Tunes at Noon” will feature a different musical artist each month from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Kilburn Commons. Students, staff, faculty and community members all are welcome to attend for no […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Andrew Egan will be vice president for academic affairs and head of campus at the University of Maine at Machias beginning in mid-August. Egan, who is in Liberia on a Peace Corps forestry training assignment, was an associate professor of forest resources and program coordinator in forest engineering at […]
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Andrew Egan has been named vice president for academic affairs and head of campus at the University of Maine at Machias (UMM), effective Aug. 13. Egan was one of four finalists in the national search for the next leader of the regional campus of the University of Maine. As UMM vice president and head of […]
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