To the UMPI Community, Friday’s decision by the United State Supreme Court to overturn 50 years of legal precedent in Roe v. Wade was experienced by individuals locally, nationally, and across the world with exceptional polarity—from relief and celebration to … Read More
This Sunday, we celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), civil rights legislation that mandated the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life. The Act includes five … Read More
On June 19th, 1865, Union forces landed at Galveston, Texas with the news that the Civil War had ended and that all of those who had been enslaved were now free. This news, of course, came two and a half … Read More
June is Pride Month, and a time for all of us at the University of Maine at Presque Isle to celebrate and support the LGBTQIA+ community. It is just as importantly a time for us to recognize the impact that the LGBTQIA+ … Read More
Dear UMPI Community, The University of Maine at Presque Isle stands with those across higher education in our unequivocal condemnation of Russia’s invasion of the democratic nation of Ukraine. As a public institution, our mission and values are grounded, first … Read More
Dear UMPI Community: President’s Day is observed annually on the third Monday in February. Since 1971, it has been part of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, established in 1968 by an Act of Congress to create a series of three … Read More
Dear UMPI Community, This February, the University of Maine at Presque Isle celebrates Black History Month and honors the contributions and sacrifices African Americans have made to and for society, as well as their inspirational impact upon this nation and … Read More
Dear UMPI Community, On Monday, we honor the achievements and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an extraordinary civil rights leader, voting rights champion, and Nobel Prize-winning peace and justice advocate, whose legacy serves as an enduring inspiration to … Read More
Dear UMPI Community, On September 11, 2001, I was doing what a number of faculty and staff who are still here at UMPI, these twenty years later, were doing that very day—teaching class, at work in our offices and around … Read More
Dear UMPI Community, On March 31, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stated: “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.” Yesterday, April 20, 2021, a diverse jury in Minneapolis, comprised of … Read More