Month: March 2024

One-time Congressionally Directed Spending awards will be invested statewide in public university infrastructure and programming that directly address critical workforce shortages in the state and advance economic and community growth ORONO, Maine — Funding in the federal budget package passed this weekend will enable the University of Maine System (UMS)… Read More about University of Maine System to accelerate workforce and small business development with federal funding secured by Sens. Collins and King

The four-year public System remains the most affordable in New England with the price of tuition and mandatory fees actually falling over the past five years when adjusted for inflation, despite a modest increase proposed for next year. ORONO, Maine — University of Maine System (UMS) leaders are proposing an… Read More about University of Maine System proposes balanced budget for FY25

ORONO, Maine — The six-bill federal budget package passed by Congress last week and signed by President Biden on Saturday will invest $40.8 million in University of Maine System (UMS) infrastructure and innovation to strengthen student opportunity and the state’s economy and local communities. Much of the one-time Congressionally Directed… Read More about Federal funding secured by Senators Collins and King will accelerate University of Maine System-led economic and community development 

ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) is mourning the loss of Patricia Collins, of Caribou, who died Tuesday at the age of 96. Collins has been closely connected to Maine’s public universities for more than 75 years, having come to Maine from her native New York to… Read More about University of Maine System remembers Pat Collins, former chair of Board of Trustees and ‘a force in our community’

McDonnell, who joined the University of Maine System in 2011, is widely credited with initiating a turnaround of the western Maine university in the two years since he was appointed its interim leader and has been called ‘the right person for this important job’ FARMINGTON, Maine — With the strong… Read More about University of Maine at Farmington interim president Joseph McDonnell appointed as president

SANFORD, Maine — University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor Dannel Malloy and Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation and University of Maine (UMaine) President Joan Ferrini-Mundy joined industry, education and government leaders today for the launch of the Maine Defense Industry Alliance (MDIA) (External Site). UMS is a founding partner of… Read More about University of Maine System leaders help launch Maine Defense Industry Alliance