WVII (Channel 7) interviewed University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy about efforts to connect Maine’s high school students with Maine colleges and to help them navigate the application process through a new statewide “On Track for College” program. WABI (Channel 5), Maine Public, Centralmaine.com, the Portland Press Herald and News Center Maine also reported on […]
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In recognition of Martin Luther King Day, a free online public webinar, “Being Black in Maine: Lived Experience and the Prospect for Change,” will be livestreamed on YouTube on Jan. 18 from 5 to 6:15 p.m. The webinar, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Alumni Association, will include […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the role of the University of Maine System in planning for and distributing COVID-19 vaccines, sharing a statement from University of Maine president Joan Ferrini-Mundy. “In the new year, Maine’s research university will be working with UMS institutions and public educators across the state to create awareness about the efficacy […]
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Maine Public and WVII (Channel 7) reported that University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy has been tapped to chair the University of Maine System Vaccine Planning and Partnership Task Force. The task force is charged with advancing public awareness about the safety and efficacy of FDA-approved vaccines, and will assist with vaccine distribution and recommending […]
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The Maine Climate Council released its four-year plan for climate action Tuesday, the same day 60-mph wind gusts were battering the state. As Council member Ivan Fernandez remarked during the public release of the report that the five hottest years in Earth’s recorded history were the last five, the temperature in a number of communities […]
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President of the University of Maine and the University of Maine Machias Joan Ferrini-Mundy was interviewed by News Center Maine to mark the conclusion of in-person learning last week. “We had a fantastic plan and so many people worked all the way through the semester, and I think it went really, very, very well,” Ferrini-Mundy […]
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An anonymous donor has made a $100,000 gift to create the Wabanaki Student Development and Success Fund at the University of Maine Foundation. The fund will assist Native American students pursuing University of Maine degrees “so that they can graduate as tomorrow’s leaders of their communities.” John Bear Mitchell, Wabanaki Center outreach and student development […]
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Innovation, entrepreneurship and talent development and attraction are key to growing Maine’s economy, according to the second and final report of Gov. Janet Mills’ Economic Recovery Committee. Those also are the strengths of the University of Maine System and the state’s research university, the University of Maine — Maine’s public higher education institutions that are […]
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University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy participated in a recent “Maine Calling” episode about the $500 million gift to higher education and research institutions in Maine from the Harold Alfond Foundation.
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A Public Voice, the newsletter of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), reported that University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy delivered the Seaman A. Knapp Memorial Lecture online on Oct. 28. The President’s address, “Positives in Pandemics: The Increased Need and Importance of Extension During Times of Crisis,” focused on UMaine Cooperative Extension […]
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