University of Maine at Presque Isle

New education mural unveiled in Downtown Presque Isle

Educators and community members gathered at the Key Bank mural building on Main Street on Sept. 29 to celebrate the installation of the first mural in Downtown Presque Isle.
Officials from the University of Maine at Presque Isle, Northern Maine Community College, SAD 1, the Presque Isle Downtown Revitalization Committee, the City of Presque Isle and Key Bank gathered at a concrete support wall next to the Key Bank building, between State and Hall streets, for the official unveiling of a 104-foot-long photo mural representing the city's three educational institutions. The mural was designed over the course of six months by Dick Harrison, the University's coordinator of graphic design, photography and website. Harrison's time and labor served as an in-kind donation from the University for the project.

Graves earns Pine Tree Award

An UMPI professor was honored recently with a prestigious award for professionals in the field of medical technology and clinical laboratory science.

Dr. Linda Graves, UMPI professor of Medical Laboratory Technology and co-director of the Medical Laboratory Program of Maine, was presented with the Pine Tree Award during the Northeast Laboratory Conference held in late October 2008. The award, presented by the American Medical Technologists, the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science of Maine, and the Clinical Laboratory Managers Association, was given in recognition of Graves' many years of professional service to the medical laboratories of the Northeast.

The organizations present the Pine Tree Award once a year to two people who have made significant contributions and had a major impact on the field of Medical Technology in the Northeast. The award can be given to educators, laboratory managers and medical technologists.