Committees and Initiatives
Current Committees and Initiatives
Past Committees and Initiatives
The recommendation to rename C.C. Little Hall to Beryl Warner Williams Hall followed the work of two task forces appointed by President Ferrini-Mundy in 2020 to both study the issues of 1: whether C.C. Little Hall should be renamed and, 2: for whom should the building be named.
The charge of the Maine Day Task Force was to make recommendations to the University of Maine President and Cabinet about increasing student volunteerism and decreasing safety concerns on Maine Day.
In 2016, the University of Maine System Board of Trustees (BOT) first introduced the details of a new primary partnership between the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias (UMaine Machias).
The UMS Science Advisory Board, established by University of Maine System Chancellor Dan Malloy, was formed to stay fully abreast of fast-breaking scientific and medical developments in areas relevant for universities and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The President’s Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion was appointed in 2020 to advise campus leadership and report on institutional efforts and actions to ensure inclusive excellence. The committee concluded its works in December 2023.
Reporting to the President, the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series (CA/DLS) committee was responsible for overseeing the call for proposals and the selection of grant awards from several endowed funds, which are to be used to enhance the artistic, cultural, and intellectual life of the campus of the University of Maine and to support speaking engagements or lectures at the University of Maine at Machias.
Four faculty and staff members were named University of Maine Presidential Fellows in a 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.