March 29 inauguration address
The March 29 inauguration of President Joan Ferrini-Mundy highlighted a week of activities at the University of Maine. View the address by Ferrini-Mundy.
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March 25 installation address
Inauguration week began March 25 with an installation ceremony for Joan Ferrini-Mundy at the University of Maine at Machias, UMaine’s regional campus. View the address by Ferrini-Mundy.
Read moreCommunity message: March 15
Dear UMaine Community: It is with heavy hearts that we write today about the horror that has occurred in Christchurch, New Zealand. This sort of hatred violates every instinct we have for love and kindness. This reprehensible violence has no place in our society, and is reverberating across New Zealand and the rest of the […]
Read moreCommunity message: March 12
To members of the University of Maine community, At approximately 11 p.m. March 11, the University of Maine experienced a widespread power outage with related alarm and system failures. Our dedicated facilities management, student life, campus police and other personnel have been working in partnership with many municipalities and Emera to ensure the safety of […]
Read moreExpert Testimony on Capitol Hill, March 6
University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy provided expert testimony March 6 on Capitol Hill as part of “Inclusion in Tech: How Diversity Benefits All Americans,” a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Ferrini-Mundy discussed the opportunities at various levels of the educational chain to […]
Read moreR & D Town Hall, Feb. 25
President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and UMaine Faculty Senate President David Townsend led a town hall conversation on Monday, February 25, 2019 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in Wells Conference Center. The topic was the future of research and development at UMaine and UMaine Machias in the context of the R & D plan that is being […]
Read moreRiSE Center Colloquium, Feb. 4, 2019
The importance of education research, and the roles and challenges for government, policy, and researchers, was the focus of a presentation by University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy at the Maine Center for Research in STEM Education (RiSE Center) Colloquium on Feb. 4 on campus. View presentation PDF
Read moreThanksgiving message from President Ferrini-Mundy: Nov. 21
Dear University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias faculty, staff, students, and friends, Thank you to all for doing what you do to advance our great universities. Your commitment, energy, and ideas are what make UMaine and UMM such wonderful places to be. Rick and I thank you, too, for the very warm […]
Read moreCommunity message: Nov. 8
I want to take a moment to thank the members of the University of Maine community on campus and statewide for your support of Question 4, the University Workforce Bond. At UMaine and at the University of Maine at Machias, the investment will have a particular impact on students and faculty, and ultimately will make […]
Read moreTown 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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