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  • UMPI hosts dedication of new GIS lab

    The University of Maine at Presque Isle hosted a dedication ceremony for its new GIS laboratory, the Geospatial Information Technology Center, during World GIS Day on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. ...
  • UMPI to host GPS workshop, dedication of new GIS lab

    The University of Maine at Presque Isle will dedicate its new GIS laboratory, the Geospatial Information Technology Center this November, and host a GPS workshop in the same day. Both the GPS workshop and the lab dedication will take place on Wednesday, ...
  • Composer Samuel Hazo to speak on music advocacy

    The University of Maine at Presque Isle brings to campus a musical composer whose work has been performed with Brooke Shields and James Earl Jones when it hosts Samuel Hazo as its third Distinguished Lecturer of the 2009-2010 academic year. Mr. Hazo will...
  • UMPI Professor honors veterans with trips to Saipan, Guadalcanal

    A professor at the University of Maine at Presque Isle has found a unique way to honor the veterans of World War II and ensure that their service to their country is never forgotten. Each year without fail, Professor Anderson Giles makes at least one pil...
  • Braden Theater to host official film premiere on UMPI’s Wind Project

    The University of Maine at Presque Isle's wind project will appear on the big screen for one night only when the Braden Theater hosts the official film premiere of Wind 101: The University of Maine at Presque Isle Builds a Wind Turbine on Thursday, Nov. 1...
  • UMPI to offer energy courses starting this spring

    With its wind turbine spinning and lots of questions about renewable energy, the environment, climate change and sustainability in the air, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will offer during the Spring 2010 semester the first of many energy courses...
  • Koks honored during November reception

    The University of Maine at Presque Isle hosted a special reception on Nov. 3 - including the surprise unveiling of a granite table and benches in front of Wieden Hall - to honor two long-time members of the UMPI community for their decades of service. Ja...
  • GIS Mapping project underway at Fairmont Cemetery

    Officials with the University of Maine at Presque Isle and the Fairmont Cemetery Association are partnering on a unique project that is helping to preserve important information about a local cemetery for future generations. Drs. Michael Sonntag, Lynn El...
  • Jim Carter holds book signing at UMPI Bookstore

    A long-time local educator and coach who wrote a book chronicling Presque Isle High School's basketball history from 1950 to the present paid a visit to the University of Maine at Presque Isle Bookstore for a book signing event on Nov. 4. Jim Carter, a 1...
  • University hires Project Compass Director

    The University of Maine at Presque Isle is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Eddy A. Ruiz as its Project Compass director, completing an effort that has been underway since the summer to establish a three-member retention team for the initiative....
  • UMPI recognizes Maine Community Foundation, local donors during Nordic event

    Officials with the University of Maine at Presque Isle recognized the Maine Community Foundation and local donors who have given a combined total of more than $50,000 in support over the next two years to the University's new NCAA Division I Nordic Ski pr...
  • Campus, community create Wabanaki Heritage Project garden

    Members of the campus and community are working together to create a new garden for the University that is tied to the local region and Native American culture. Professors Alice Sheppard and Dave Putnam received a 2009 Project Compass Educational Mini-Gr...
  • Three at UMPI achieve scholarly distinction

    VPAA article on RateMyProfessors.com publishedUMPI Vice President of Academic Affairs Michael Sonntag has had an article he co-authored about the website RateMyProfessors.com published in the most recent issue of the peer-reviewed journal Assessment & Eva...
  • Art class releases projects on Aroostook River

    Students in Art Professor Renee Felini's ceramics class headed to the Aroostook River on Sept. 30 for a special class project that helped them to understand more fully the organic nature of the art form they're learning about. Felini and her class gather...
  • Students host 10th Fit and Fun Day

    Local kids will unknowingly be getting exercise while taking part in fun activities during the 10th semi-annual Fit and Fun Day, to be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31 in Gentile Hall and sponsored by the University of Maine at Presque Isl...