Orono, Maine — The University of Maine celebrated three of its top advocates at the Stillwater Society Dinner May 21. The annual event in Orono honors UMaine’s most generous philanthropists. Currently, there are 1,541 members in the society, including 270 new members inducted and 197 members who advanced in their membership level at the event. […]
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University of Maine System President Joan Ferrini-Mundy served as a panelist on the Maine Public show “Maine Calling” for an episode about how colleges and universities find innovative approaches to higher education.
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy will join Unity College President Melik Peter Khoury and Maine Community College System Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Janet Sortor for a Maine Public Radio “Maine Calling” segment, “Innovations in Higher Education.” The program, focused on the new, creative approaches to education by Maine colleges and universities, airs at […]
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The 12-member circulation staff of Fogler Library at the University of Maine are the recipients of the 2022 Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact. UMaine established the Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact in 2021 to recognize the performance excellence of an individual or group. Such positive impact is “deep, significant and lasting,” and is […]
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This week on The Bottom Line podcast, co-hosts Dana Connors of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and John Williams of Williams Broadcasting are joined by President Joan Ferrini-Mundy to discuss the university’s recent R1 designation and what it means for Maine. The episode will air Thursday, April 28 at 10 a.m.
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Maine Day of Giving on April 27, the time when University of Maine alumni and friends near and far unite in support of the College of Our Hearts Always as a way to participate in the traditional annual Maine Day of service, is setting fundraising records. More than $2.5 million in donations lead off this […]
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The University of Maine will award an honorary doctorate to JoAnn Fritsche, UMaine’s first director of equal opportunity and also director of the Women’s Development Program, whose vision and leadership transformed the university’s curricula to be more inclusive, and led to the creation of a women’s studies program. Fritsche, of University Place, Washington, a longtime […]
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This year’s University of Maine Presidential Awards recognize outstanding achievement in teaching in Earth and climate sciences, research in the biophysics of flow-related biological and physiological functions in humans and animals, and impactful community engagement in nursing, particularly during the past two years of the pandemic. Karl Kreutz, director and professor of the School of […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy was interviewed by Newsradio WGAN (AM 560/FM 98.5) about Maine Impact Week. Maine Impact Week is a week-long experience occurring in April of every year, culminating in the UMaine Student Symposium held on Friday. Events are hosted by groups all over campus and featured on the Maine Impact Week […]
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In 2018, Joan Ferrini-Mundy became the 21st president of the University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias. In 2021, she was appointed vice chancellor for research and innovation for the University of Maine System. Among her many leadership initiatives: the appointment of the President’s Council on Diversity Equity and […]
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