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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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EVPAA and Provost Candidate #3 Open Forum — Nov. 3, 2025

Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities, Executive vice president for academic affairs and provost finalist Dr. Karen J.L. Burg will give an open-campus presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session, Monday, November 3, from 9-10 a.m. Location: Bangor Room, Memorial Union Zoom Link: https://maine.zoom.us/j/85938954616 The candidate will be responding to […]

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EVPAA and Provost Candidate #2 Open Forum — Oct. 30, 2025

Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities,Executive vice president for academic affairs and provost finalist Dr. Heather L. Servaty-Seib will give an open-campus presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session, tomorrow, October 30, from 9-10 a.m. Location: Bangor Room, Memorial Union The candidate will be responding to the following prompt: […]

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EVPAA and Provost Candidate #1 Open Forum — Oct. 28, 2025

Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities,Executive vice president for academic affairs and provost finalist Dr. Carissa Slotterback will give an open-campus presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session, tomorrow from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Location: Bangor Room, Memorial Union The candidate will be responding to the following prompt: As EVPAA and […]

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Save the Date: EVPAA and Provost Candidate Open Forums — Oct. 27, 2025

Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities,The search committee and I are pleased to announce that four finalists for the position of executive vice president for academic affairs and provost will be visiting campus this week and next.Please save the following dates and times of the open forums, […]

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Caring for Our Community — Sept. 11. 2025

Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities, I wanted to call your attention to Chancellor Malloy’s important message sent this afternoon with the subject line “Violence has no place in our universities or our democracy.” Like the Chancellor, I am deeply disturbed by the act of violence yesterday at a fellow public […]

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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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Remembering Linda Zillman — Sept. 5, 2025

Dear University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities, Today, we pause to remember and honor the life of Linda Zillman, whose passing yesterday afternoon is a profound loss for the University of Maine and for our state. Together with her husband, Don, Linda was a transformative supporter of public higher education and […]

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Welcome back Black Bears — Sept. 2, 2025

Dear Black Bears, Welcome, especially to those joining our University of Maine community for the first time. A new academic year brings excitement and possibility, a time to connect and reconnect, and look ahead to the blue horizons before us. As we mark UMaine’s 160th year, there is much cause for optimism. Faculty are securing […]

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Appointment of Dr. Gabriel Paquette as UMaine Interim Executive VPAA and Provost — July 2, 2025

Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Gabriel Paquette to a 12-month term as the University of Maine’s interim executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, effective July 1, 2025. Dr. Paquette has served as senior associate provost and acting associate vice president […]

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