Speeches and Presentations

Educate Maine Symposium – December 12, 2025

President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Dean of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing Giovanna Guidoboni, Associate Dean of the College of Education and Human Development Justin Dimmel, and Professional Learning Specialist at the Maine RiSE Center Jennifer Fronczak delivered a presentation at the Educate Maine Symposium on December 12th, 2025 in Bangor, ME. The presentation, titled Mathematics Success: […]

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Presidential Town Hall Meeting — October 30, 2025

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Faculty Senate President Amanda Klemmer co-hosted a Presidential Town Hall on October 30, 2025. University leadership joined the President and Klemmer to discuss strategic re-envisioning progress, FY26 performance, and an FY27 process update. A recording is available online, as well as slides from the presentation. The recording of […]

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Convocation — Aug. 29, 2025

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy delivered the 2025 Convocation address on Aug. 29. Remarks: Good afternoon. I’m Joan Ferrini-Mundy. I’m the President of the university. We are deviating from the program just a little bit because we have a special addition to the program. I’ll speak with you more formally later. Let’s give the […]

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Presidential Town Hall Meeting — March 24, 2025

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Faculty Senate President Amanda Klemmer co-hosted a Presidential Town Hall on March 24, 2025. University leadership joined the President and Klemmer to discuss university updates, including FY26 budget and the current fiscal context. The presentation slides are available here. Transcript: Joan Ferrini‑Mundy: with SRE before we go into […]

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State of the University Address — March 6, 2025

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy delivered the 2025 State of the University address on March 6 in Minsky Recital Hall. The recording of this event is available online. The slides presented at this event are available online. Full transcript of event George Kinghorn: Good afternoon. We ask that everybody be seated now. Thank you. I’m […]

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Talking about AI at the Joint Mathematics Meeting — Jan. 10, 2025

Professor of Mathematics and President Joan Ferrini-Mundy delivered an invited address at the 2025 Joint Mathematics Meeting (JMM) on Jan. 10 in Seattle, Washington. The JMM is the world’s largest gathering of mathematics professionals and enthusiasts. The talk, titled Learning Teaching, and Doing Mathematics in the Era of AI: New Challenges and Opportunities, focused on the learning, teaching, and […]

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University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias Town Hall: Strategic Re-Envisioning — Dec. 13

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Faculty Senate President Amanda Klemmer co-hosted a Strategic Re-Envisioning Town Hall on Dec. 13, 2024. Joining the President and Klemmer were EVPAA and Provost John Volin; Vice President and Chief Business Officer Kelly Sparks; SRE Project Director Sabrina DeTurk, and SRE Assistant Director James Beaupré. The presentation slides […]

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American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit — Sept. 25, 2024

President Joan Ferrini-Mundy delivered a keynote address at the 2024 American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit (AFloat) on Sept. 25 in Portland, Maine. The talk focused on the importance and role of public education research in advancing industries like floating offshore wind. UMaine has been a global leader in this space for more than 15 years in both […]

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University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias Town Hall: Strategic Re-Envisioning — Sept. 12

University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and Faculty Senate President Amanda Klemmer co-hosted a Strategic Re-Envisioning Town Hall on Sept. 12, 2024. Joining the President and Klemmer were Provost John Volin; Vice President and Chief Business Officer Kelly Sparks; SRE Project Director Sabrina DeTurk, and SRE Assistant Director James Beaupré. The presentation slides are available […]

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Fall Convocation — Aug. 30

The Fall Traditions and Convocation for the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias was held Friday, August 30, 2024 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The event featured a keynote address by President Joan Ferrini Mundy and reflections by EVPAA and Provost John Volin, Vice President for Student Life and Inclusive […]

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