Dear UMPI Community, One of the cornerstones of a college’s ability to provide an education to individuals and their families is to offer education within a civil and safe environment. More than anything else, UMPI has an obligation to provide such an environment to all of its students and extended community members as well as…

The events that have unfolded in our country in the past year—from Charlottesville to the mass shooting in Las Vegas—are a stark reminder to us all of the vital role that public institutions of higher education play in this nation in delineating norms of civility, inclusion, and democracy. The intolerance, racism, and bigotry that have…