Two hundred and 27 students graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle during the 2020-21 academic year. On Saturday, May 8, during the University’s 112th Commencement and second-ever virtual Commencement ceremony, President Rice conferred degrees upon the graduating students.
Kevin McCartney, professor of geology at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, will depart for a year of research — first on the other side of the country and later on the other side of the world — at the beginning of September.
As the University of Maine at Presque Isle prepares for the fall return of its faculty, staff and students to campus, and the effort to keep campus safely open to the public, officials want the public to know the latest health and safety measures.
Most students attending colleges in Presque Isle this fall can expect a return to mostly in-person classes, though campuses are still preparing themselves for a COVID-19 situation as uncertain as it was in fall 2020.
Former UMPI baseball player Ghazaleh “Oz” Sailors returns to the Hall of Fame in July. This time Sailors, a California native, brought her Little League baseball team, the Foster City Vipers, to visit the Hall of Fame and surprise them with their coach’s fame.
After being closed to the public for 16 months, the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Art Gallery is proud to present ACHROMATIC – A Celebration of Black-and-White Art. The show will be on display through Sept. 17.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle has announced the recipient of the Donald and Linda G. Zillman Family Professorship for 2021-23 is Dr. Kimberly Sebold, professor of history.
Four hundred and sixteen 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.
Work is underway at Beaulieu’s Garage in Caribou to give the Maine Solar System Model planet Saturn a “face lift.”
After collaborating since 2014 to offer the city’s aquatics program at the Gentile Hall pool, the City of Presque Isle and the University of Maine at Presque Isle have established a new pool partnership meant to increase efficiencies and cost savings while providing more access to the central Aroostook region.
