Dear Campus Community, As a new semester begins, I wish to highlight an especially important issue for the University of Maine at Presque Isle as well as all universities across the country: preventing sexual assault and all forms of sexual violence and discrimination. It is estimated that nationally one in five women and one in six men…
Friends and Colleagues, Under Question 4 on the November 6th ballot, the University of Maine at Presque Isle would receive $4.5 million, specifically designated for expanding or developing programs that meet our state and nation’s workforce needs and provide you with competitive jobs and salaries for years to come. These infrastructure improvements will include major renovations in both…
Dear UMPI Community, Yesterday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a gunman killed 11 worshippers within the Tree of Life synagogue while espousing virulent rhetoric toward those individuals. We have, sadly, become all too accustomed to such horrific acts, committed in our schools and universities, our places of worship, and venues of entertainment, in which violence is exercised…
Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that this Monday’s Meeting of the Finance, Facilities, and Technology Committee of the BOT will take up the resolution to establish the Dr. Robert Vinton Akeley Chair of Agricultural Science and Agribusiness at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. The Chair is made possible by a gift of…
