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UMPI hosts “The Heart of Aroostook” event

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The University of Maine at Presque Isle will host a special evening in three parts as two County writers help to celebrate this singular place called home during The Heart of Aroostook: A Book Reading & Auditorium Naming event, which takes place on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Campus Center.

UMPI sees 10% increase in enrollment

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The University of Maine at Presque Isle is bucking many state and national enrollment trends in the wake of the pandemic, welcoming more than 1,200 students to the Fall 2022 semester, or a 10% increase over last year.

UMPI presents Homecoming 2022

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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!

UMPI alum working for the Boston Red Sox

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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.

UMPI pilots RLE program

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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.

McCartney completes second Fulbright

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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.