Season’s Greetings from President Ferrini-Mundy
SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
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Best wishes for the holiday season
To students at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias: With the end of the fall semester, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your successes and hard work, and to wish you the best for finals week. I appreciate that this is a stressful time with project […]
Read moreBest wishes for the Thanksgiving holiday
Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities, Best wishes to all for a wonderful Thanksgiving. I hope that you have the opportunity to enjoy time with your friends and families, and to reflect and relax. I am grateful to be a part of such committed and caring communities. […]
Read moreCall for Nominations and Applications: University of Maine Presidential Fellows
Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues at the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias, As I enter my second year as president, my excitement grows about the outstanding education, discovery, partnership work, and public service underway on our campuses. Collectively, we are making a difference — for our students, our state, the […]
Read moreCommunity Message: October 7
To the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities: We are writing to provide the University of Maine position on recent Facebook posts by the UMaine College Republicans on their private Facebook page. The positions reflected and reposted on that page are neither supported by nor reflective of the University of Maine’s […]
Read moreKeynote speech for Maine Development Foundation
“How Innovation in Education is Preparing Maine’s Workforce of the Future,” keynote address, Maine Development Foundation “Maine-Ovation” Celebration, Sept. 27, 2019 View the talk on the Maine Development Foundation YouTube Channel
Read moreCommunity Message: September 3
Welcome and welcome back to all who are part of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities. Welcome to those joining us for the first time and to those who are returning for their second — or fifty-second — year. Welcome to whichever of UMaine’s 333 buildings across the state is […]
Read moreUniversity of Maine System Research and Development Plan Update
Dear university communities, At the end of the spring semester, the University of Maine System Research and Development Plan was received by the Board of Trustees and is now available online. I was charged by the Board and former Chancellor Page to lead this initiative. It was developed with input from faculty, staff, students and […]
Read moreExpert testimony in Augusta, June 17
Testimony in Support of LD 111, An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and Development and Commercialization, and LD 1836, An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Infrastructure, Economic Development, Workforce Development and Energy and Environment Investment Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, President, University of Maine June 17, 2019 Good […]
Read moreCommunity message: May 7
Dear University Community: What an incredible nine months for the University of Maine, both in Orono and Machias. With Commencement this weekend, the intensity and activity at our two campuses is transforming, according to the long-standing rhythm of higher education. It is a moment for reflecting, resetting, and, maybe, reinventing. Graduating students face a beginning, […]
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