Four faculty and staff members have been named University of Maine Presidential Fellows in a new leadership program launched by President Joan Ferrini-Mundy to advance three themes tied to UMaine’s strategic plan — fostering learner success and research learning; research-practice partnerships; and telling the UMaine story. The themes for 2019–20 are designed to engender universitywide […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and the Bangor Daily News reported on student enrollment for the fall 2020 semester at the University of Maine. More than 2,200 students will attend UMaine in the fall, according to the reports. More than 1,100 out-of-state students enrolled, a 15% uptick from last year, according to WABI. “We are very pleased […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will host an online recognition event at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 8 for the 2020 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. The competition invites undergraduate students to submit an 8- to 10-page essay that focuses on ethics, broadly construed. This year’s theme was “ethics and food […]
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WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), Mainebiz and the Associated Press reported on the groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Maine’s new Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center, which was held online at 1 p.m. April 28. The $78 million center will give engineering students hands-on education with state of the art laboratories. Construction of […]
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Today, donors, architects, builders, alumni, friends and colleagues will celebrate the official groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Maine Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center. Due to coronavirus pandemic protocols, the previously planned in-person event is virtual and available online. Construction of the 105,000-square-foot facility will begin in May, with workers following appropriate COVID-19 health […]
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Daniel Qualls has been appointed vice president for academic affairs and head of campus at the University of Maine at Machias for a three-year term. Qualls, an associate professor of education, has served in an interim capacity since August 2019. Qualls joined the UMM community in 2008 and holds a Ph.D. from the University of […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WVOM‘s “George Hale and Ric Tyler Show” interviewed University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy about plans to reopen UMaine’s campus in the fall. The largely rural locations of public universities in Maine and social distancing rules Gov. Janet Mills enacted in response to COVID-19 have informed plans to reopen to […]
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A University of Maine and Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Maine MEP) innovation team developing solutions to COVID-19-related health care challenges has worked with in-state hospitals and manufacturing partners to build, test and start production of two variations of an “aerosol box” meant to protect frontline medical staff as they intubate or transport patients who may […]
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To help meet the health care needs of the state of Maine during the COVID-19 pandemic, 38 undergraduate students in the University of Maine School of Nursing will graduate April 28 — two weeks early. Early graduation allows them to pursue their licensure sooner and, ultimately, expedite their entry into the workforce. “The class of […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5) and Mainebiz reported the University of Maine’s art museum in Bangor has received a $1.3 million naming gift from longtime education leaders and arts supporters Donald and Linda Zillman. The museum is now the Linda G. and Donald N. Zillman Art Museum – […]
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