The University of Maine at Presque Isle and the Alumni Association will present six awards of distinction during the upcoming Homecoming 2022 activities.

The University of Maine at Presque Isle will present Homecoming 2022: Spirit Week + Alumni, Friends, and Family Weekend from Sept. 19 to 25, featuring sporting events, the Snowy Owl Marketplace, a concert by Star City Syndicate, the Alumni Awards Gala, and lots more!

The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Art Gallery will present For the Love of Art: Selections from the Carl and Alice (Graves) Hitchcock Collection through September 2022.

When Carlos Villoria was playing baseball for the University of Maine at Presque Isle, he didn’t know he’d someday work in Major League Baseball, he just knew he always wanted the sport to be part of his life.

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.