The University of Maine at Presque Isle will be piloting a new program this fall that provides students with hands-on, professor-guided research during their very first year of college.

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

University of Maine at Presque Isle Geology Professor Kevin McCartney has had a busy year, returning this summer from a nearly 4-month Fulbright Fellowship to the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences in Lucknow, India, and publishing what he refers to as his “grand paper” in the science journal Marine Micropaleontology. 

Georgia-based artist Henry Dean is inviting local artists and community members to collaborate with him on an expansive art project titled “Light Trace 24,” a series of artistic installations that will track the 2024 total solar eclipse.

Continuing its support of the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s athletics activities, University Credit Union (UCU) has renewed its athletic sponsorship agreement with UMPI’s Athletics Program.

UMPI Early College student Dorcas Bolese received several awards—including a first place Congressional Art Award—for work she’s done in classes with UMPI Art instructor Michelle Mishaan.

Two hundred and forty-five students graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Saturday, May 7, during the University’s 2022 Commencement Ceremony—UMPI’s first in-person graduation since 2019.

University of Maine at Presque Isle President Ray Rice has announced that former UMPI President Donald N. Zillman and first lady Linda G. Zillman will deliver a joint commencement address and receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degrees during the University’s 113th Commencement Ceremony, to be held on Saturday, May 7, 2022.