Two Social Work students from the University of Maine at Presque Isle gained the experience of a lifetime while completing their junior field work practicum at the Ushirika wa Neema Orphanage in Machame, Tanzania, Africa.
Prepare for a night of piano music with electronic beats and soaring pop hooks when Matt Beilis—one of New York’s most exciting up-and-coming singer/songwriters—comes to the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Tuesday, Feb. 13 for a performance at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center. This event is free and open to the community.
A local organization that has dedicated itself to connecting area youth with higher education opportunities in Aroostook County has found a new home with the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Aroostook Aspirations has relocated its headquarters from one end of Main Street in Presque Isle to the other, establishing its offices on the first floor of UMPI’s Normal Hall. UMPI has partnered with Aroostook Aspirations since its establishment in 2011 and the move is an expansion of UMPI’s commitment to the organization.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle and the Presque Isle Rotary Club are joining forces to host their Sixth Annual Purple Pinkie Project on Wednesday, Feb. 7 and, with the help of the Rotary Clubs in Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Limestone, Mars Hill and Washburn, this celebration three months in the making spreads throughout central Aroostook County and—new this year—into Canada. All activities raise awareness of Rotary International’s efforts to eradicate polio worldwide and raise money $1 at a time to go toward that global effort.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Art Gallery will present Unfolding, an exhibit focused on objects and memory by Jennifer Leigh Jones, from January 22 through March 16, 2018. The public is invited to view the exhibition throughout the show’s run and attend the Gallery Reception on Friday, February 2, from 5-7 p.m., which includes a talk with the artist at 5:30 p.m.; light refreshments will be served. This reception is being held in conjunction with the First Friday Art Walk. The Reed Gallery is located on the second floor of the University’s Center for Innovative Learning.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle is pleased to announce the recipient of the Donald and Linda G. Zillman Family Professorship for 2017-2019: Shirley Rush, Associate Professor of Social Work and BSW Program Director at UMPI.
Experience a night of magic and comedy as you’ve never seen it before when Ben Seidman—who has appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and served as a creative consultant for Mindfreak on A&E—takes the stage at the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Friday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Auditorium in Wieden Hall. This show is free and open to the public.
Kassidy Morin, a Social Work student at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, is taking part in a service learning project to help low/no vision students at Moshi Secondary School in Moshi, Tanzania, East Africa, gain the technology they need to reach their potential as learners.
Enjoy a night of laughs when the University of Maine at Presque Isle presents comedian Hailey Boyle—named one of New York’s top 10 funniest comics at The New York Comedy Festival—on Friday Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Auditorium in Wieden Hall. The show is free, open to the public, and is rated R.
The planet Neptune—usually located 31 astronomical units (miles) from the Sun as part of the Maine Solar System Model along Route 1 in northern Maine—is officially out of orbit. According to Kevin McCartney, Professor at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and coordinator of the model, “space tugs” transported the planet to Northern Maine Community College (NMCC), on Earth, for maintenance this winter.