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Houlton Center student thriving during hard times

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By Melanee Terry As an active student at UMPI’s Houlton Center, Tim Youngfellow has found himself busier than ever this semester, with school, work, community service, and the global pandemic to balance. A third-year student studying Elementary Education with aRead More

PTA student adapting to education changes

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As a second-year student, Jonathan Ouellette is one of the many students at UMPI who has been dealing with changes in his education since the pandemic hit. A student in the Physical Therapist Assistant program, he has been adjusting toRead More

UMPI students return home to finish semester

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By Melanee Terry This past week, UMPI students travelled back home to finish the remainder of the fall semester fully online, including senior Ines Ngoga. Ines, a Biology major, moved out of the dorms and headed home to Portland toRead More

A #SafeReturn back home for students

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By Melanee Terry Students living on campus at the University of Maine at Presque Isle will be adapting to another change in their lives as they travel back home for the holidays. Halle Garner, a sophomore Education Major will beRead More

A virtual #SafeReturn for Canadian Emily Miller

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This school year has been difficult for every college student, especially UMPI Post-Baccalaureate student Emily Miller, who is adapting to online learning from outside of the country in Canada. Emily is from Nova Scotia and is in her first yearRead More

A Different Kind of New Beginning for Freshmen

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By Melanee Terry College students across the country are experiencing a very different kind of fall semester because of COVID-19. For freshman students in particular, like UMPI Criminal Justice major Wyatt Nadeau, this is especially true as they are simultaneouslyRead More

A #SafeReturn in the MLT Labs

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By Melanee Terry Medical Laboratory Technology program students Bryiana Mooers and Liz Ward are making the best of this pandemic in the laboratory and in their lives. Both women are navigating their current reality despite changes in the classroom, inRead More

#SafeReturn: Education in Challenging Times

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By Melanee Terry College students across the country, including Marge Dickinson, have spent the last months adapting to a new style of education due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a senior Education Major with a concentration in Special Education, MargeRead More

#SafeReturn: How to adapt to a global pandemic

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By Melanee Terry While many students living on campus are adapting to changes because of COVID-19, commuter students like Justin Ouellette are also facing challenges as they come to campus. Students from across the country attend UMPI, but much ofRead More

Adapting to Life Far Away From Home

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By Melanee Terry Zening Ye, from Nanning City, China, is one of the few international students who has not been able to go home during the pandemic. In fact, he hasn’t been able to get home to China since JanuaryRead More