They’ve already started planning where to place the new teleconferencing equipment. And if all goes as planned, an additional seven rooms at University of Maine at Presque Isle and one in Houlton will be equipped to include students from remote locations in live classrooms by the fall semester.
With a novel approach to advancing careers, the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s new master’s-level program in organizational leadership offers students an opportunity to advance at their own pace.
Two University of Maine at Presque Isle students are the first to receive scholarship funds from the faculty-supported George Floyd Memorial Scholarship.
When college students are looking for hands-on career experiences, they often do not realize the opportunities that exist close to home. Likewise, businesses and organizations might not know where to begin when starting an internship program or trying to connect with students.
Students returning to the University of Maine at Presque Isle and University of Maine at Fort Kent this fall will likely experience a semester closer to pre-pandemic times than the past year, according to college officials.
It was just a few sessions into last year’s Young Professionals Institute when the pandemic shuttered businesses and altered gatherings. And even though organizers thought the institute could pick back up in a few months, it was obvious a new online format was necessary, Kim Jones, University of Maine at Presque Isle director of Employer U, said.
Perhaps it is the pull of the great beyond, that place of stars, moons and planets that draws them closer, draws them to Maine for a chance to travel from Jupiter to Mars to Pluto. And for the most adventurous, the journey through the solar system can be completed in a day, maybe two, especially if taking in a few dwarf planets as well.
Sometimes it is in the music that a voice is heard. Sometimes it is in the beat of a poem that the heart responds. And sometimes it is in the chanted words that change begins.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Dr. Jacqui Lowman, associate professor of professional communication and journalism, was honored recently by the Association for Business Communication with the 2020 Bernadine P. Branchaw Spirit of ABC Award.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle is presenting this year’s Robert Wanbaugh Memorial Art Award to Brianna Gerrish of Presque Isle. Her glazed stoneware sculpture “Brux” will be added to the University’s permanent art collection.
