President’s Messages

Town Hall with President Ferrini-Mundy

UMaine and UMM President Ferrini-Mundy and Faculty Senate President David Townsend led a town hall conversation about current and upcoming opportunities and initiatives on Oct. 30, 2018. Transcript David Townsend: Welcome, everybody, to what I believe is the first of its kind, a town hall meeting with the president of the University of Maine, our 21st president. Joan […]

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Community message: Sept. 24

It has been a wonderful experience to get to know the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias over the past few months. I am especially impressed by the warmth and commitment of all. To know an institution requires knowledge of the people who make the institution work as well as those […]

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Message from President Ferrini-Mundy: Sept. 10

It has been a wonderful experience to get to know the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias over the past few weeks. I am especially impressed by the warmth and commitment of all. To know an institution requires knowledge of the people who make the institution work, as well as those […]

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Community message: Aug. 24

August 1 was my one-month anniversary as president of the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias. It has been a rich month, filled with new insights and connecting with the loyal, committed members of the university communities. My learning comes from my interactions and observations, and what comes in daily to my in-box. […]

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Message from President Joan Ferrini-Mundy: July 24

Dear University of Maine community, It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that 18-year-old University of Maine student-athlete Darius Minor, a political science major from Locust Grove, Virginia, collapsed and died during a preseason football workout on campus today. Darius was one of 17 first-year student-athletes taking part in the three-week […]

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Community message: July 3

Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities, On this, my third day as your president, I want to take a moment to let you know how excited I am at the opportunity to collaborate with all of you to continue the wonderful work underway at the University of […]

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