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8/10/20 – Message from Dick Gardiner to campus

UMPI Students, Faculty and Staff, To prepare Gentile Hall for a safe reopening, we have worked to keep the health and safety of our students, employees, and community members as our highest priority. Gentile Hall will open to current UMPI students, faculty, and staff on Monday, August 10.  We are not opening to our community…

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7/20/20 – Message from President Rice to campus

To the UMPI Community, After months of planning on the best way forward, the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Athletics Program  is announcing today the plans for a safe return to all fall athletics and the intention to continue to plan for limited external competition. These decisions have been made following the Program’s close…

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7/16/2020 – Message from President Rice to students

Dear UMPI Students, Over the past several weeks, your faculty have worked to ensure that UMPI is able to provide the range of courses in the form and delivery modes which you have indicated you need.  These decisions were based both upon our dedication to providing a safe learning environment (with social distancing guidelines in…

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6/26/2020 – Message from President Rice to campus

Dear UMPI students, We have been busy with planning and preparations for your safe return to campus by the time the fall semester starts on Aug. 31. I’ll be sharing more information with you about that planning next week, but please know that we’re taking everything into account to ensure your health and safety–from hybrid…

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4/21/2020 – Message from President Rice to campus

Dear UMPI Community, I am including the message that came out just this morning from the Chancellor in regards to plans at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and across the Maine System to be prepared to open our campuses this Fall 2020 as planned in our academic calendars.  This means that “normal” classes would commence,…

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4/15/2020 – Message from President Rice to campus

Dear UMPI Community, Just wanted to share with you this evening some words of both encouragement and compassion from our own Ralph McPherson, LCSW, and UMPI’s professional counselor.  You can view it here or through the video attached with this email.  As Ralph says, “All of us can reflect on what’s important in life and…

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4/10/2020 – Message from President Rice to campus

Dear UMPI Students, I’m very pleased to share with you plans we’re putting in place for this year’s Commencement Exercises. As you know, our charge has been to prepare for a virtual commencement on May 9 as no “live, in-person” commencements will be taking place next month in the University of Maine System. Here is…

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