The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s very own Caleb Ward will serve as the next speaker in the 2015-2016 Distinguished Lecturer Series on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m., in the Campus Center. Ward, who is the third UMPI student ever to serve as a student Distinguished Lecturer, will deliver his talk Mongolia: The Research Trip of a Lifetime. His talk is free and the public is encouraged to attend the event.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Pullen Art Gallery will host a special open exhibition in February that pays homage to the feline—The Art of Meow will be on display from Feb. 5 to 26, with an opening reception on Friday, Feb. 5 from 6-8 p.m. during the February First Friday Art Walk. All are invited to attend this free event.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s transition to proficiency-based education was featured by CompetencyWorks, an online resource supported by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and dedicated to providing information and knowledge about competency education primarily in the K-12 education system. CompetencyWorks included three posts about the University’s efforts. Read on to learn more: University of…
The University of Maine at Presque Isle will host the 10th Annual Junior Achievement of Maine Titan Challenge in the Campus Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24 from 8:15 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.The event brings area high school students to campus to compete against their peers across the state on business finance and marketing simulations. All…
UMPI and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a free Soil and Agronomy Workshop with Dr. Lakesh Sharma, UMPI Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture and Assistant Extension Professor for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Presque Isle, on Monday, Feb. 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Campus Center Multi-Purpose…
Graduates from high schools in western New Brunswick will be able to take advantage of a unique, tuition-saving opportunity at the University of Maine at Presque Isle beginning in Fall 2016, when the University begins offering its Good Neighbor Grants program. University and New Brunswick school officials—including the Superintendent for the Anglophone West School District David McTimoney—were on hand for a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (11 a.m. Atlantic Time) in the UMPI Admissions Office, to officially announce the new program and share details about it.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Reed Art Gallery is proud to present By the Numbers: Multiplicity, Meaning and Art by Dr. Owen F. Smith, Correll Professor of New Media at the University of Maine, from Tuesday, Jan. 19 through Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. The public is invited to view the exhibition throughout the show’s run and attend the Gallery Reception on Friday, Feb. 5 from 5-7 p.m., which is being held in conjunction with the First Friday Art Walk. Smith will conduct an Artist Talk during the reception at 5:30 p.m.
The University of Maine Presque Isle’s Student Organization of Social Workers will host graduate school representatives from the University of New England and the University of Maine at their regular meeting times during the spring semester.
MMG Insurance and the University of Maine at Presque Isle are pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the ninth annual Young Professionals Institute, running this year on Tuesdays from March 1 to April 12. The online nomination/application form is available at www.umpi.edu/ypi. The nomination deadline is Friday, Jan. 15.
The Maine Department of Education featured the University in a story it posted on its website about a Maine FFA Association all-day leadership workshop that brought together more than 100 middle and high school agricultural and natural resources students and teachers. The University was pleased to serve as host for the event. To read the…
