The University of Maine at Presque Isle is welcoming 7 new staff members this Spring 2022 semester.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Campus Engagement Office will host Spoken Word Artist Asia Samson, of the Asia Project, on Tuesday, March 8, at 8 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Campus Center.

After a long, long wait, University of Maine at Presque Isle Geology Professor Kevin McCartney soon will be departing for his second Fulbright research trip, this time to India to continue his nearly four decades of research in the field of micropaleontology.

Four hundred and forty-eight students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester, according to Dr. Ray Rice, UMPI President and Provost.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Employer U program will host the first session in its four-workshop series Mental Health for “Wealth”, which focuses on workforce mental health and wellbeing in rural communities.

Dr. Kimberly Sebold, University of Maine at Presque Isle Professor of History, has received a $50,000 grant from the Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation to help preserve the cemeteries and history of central Aroostook County.

As part of a Rural Health and Wellbeing Grand Challenge Grant, the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Employer U program will host a series of workshops this spring focused on workforce mental health and wellbeing in rural communities. The series, Mental Health for “Wealth”, kicks off on Thursday, Jan. 20 with a presentation by special guest Dr. Errol Rodriguez, Assistant Dean of Psychology at Adelphi University.

A new alternative energy project is underway at the University of Maine at Presque Isle—a $1.2 million “middle sized” solar array field that is estimated to save the campus about $42,000 in electricity costs per year and generate about 460,000 kWh of electricity annually.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Art Gallery will present People & Places: Figurative and Landscape Art from the University Collections between Dec. 3, 2021 and Feb. 18, 2022. The public is invited to view the exhibition throughout the show’s run and attend the Opening Reception on Friday, Dec. 3, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

This fall, the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Houlton Higher Education Center marks two decades of serving the community and providing a wide range of educational opportunities to the region. While an in-person celebration was not able to take place in September due to health and safety precautions, officials are still finding ways to celebrate the milestone.