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6:30 PM, Tuesday, March 17 — Live and interactive discussion focused on the University of Maine System’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, including student-focused questions Link to YouTube Live Stream Link to Facebook Live Event University of Maine students will join Chancellor Dannel Malloy, UMaine and UMM President Joan Ferrini-Mundy,… Read More about March 17 Advisory: UMaine students to join Chancellor Dannel Malloy and UMaine and UMM President Joan Ferrini-Mundy for a student-focused discussion on COVID-19 and distance instruction 

Universities remain open but the prospect of travelers returning to Maine after spring break  prompts operational and academic changes to limit exposure of COVID-19 now deemed a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Orono, Maine — The University of Maine System will transition all of its in class academic programming… Read More about COVID-19 Concerns Surrounding Spring Break Travel Prompt University of Maine System To Transition Face-to-Face Classes to Remote Instruction and Significantly Limit Occupancy of Residence Halls

No plans to close campuses but university leaders set March 23rd deadline for continuity of instruction planning and provide accommodations for faculty and employees at high risk for serious illness from COVID-19 Orono, Maine — The University of Maine System is prohibiting all university-sponsored non-essential air travel and is strongly… Read More about University of Maine System issues COVID-19 Directives, prohibiting all non-essential university air travel, opens residence halls for spring break and urges students to stay on campus

Chancellor Malloy, Presidents develop action steps for coronavirus preparations Orono, Maine — UMS Chancellor Dannel Malloy and the presidents of Maine’s public universities have developed a set of action steps for coronavirus preparations that have been shared with the university community and stakeholders. The first action item is an update… Read More about University of Maine System Planning for Continuity of Instruction

Board unanimously endorses first-in-the-nation step to accredit all of Maine’s public universities together for how well they share public resources in service to students and the state Orono, Maine — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a recommendation first brought forward by Chancellor Dannel Malloy last fall to transition… Read More about Maine’s Public Universities Take Historic Step to Unify Their Accreditations in the University of Maine System

Only 44% of first-year Maine public university students who fail a course in their first semester return for the start of the next academic year. UMS universities will be piloting an offer of a free course to promising first-year students who failed a class in the fall of 2019 and… Read More about Universities to Help Students Make the Grade with Free Course Offer

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Gov. Janet Mills released a Strategic Economic Development Plan today for Maine. Several members of the university community contributed their expertise to the planning process. This engagement was led by University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who served as the System’s representative to the Strategic Work… Read More about Economic vision for Maine promotes focus, partnership to build stronger economic future for the state

UMS Board acts to reduce non-resident graduate tuition for programs at USM’s Muskie School of Public Service; move follows decision to cut non-resident tuition for Maine MBA. Orono, Maine — The Executive Committee of the University of Maine System Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve a proposal to reduce… Read More about Advancing Tuition Strategies to Attract Resources and Talent to Maine

Chancellor Dannel Malloy and Education Commissioner Pender Makin participate in an MTOY ‘reunion’ in Orono to highlight alumni success and statewide impact of university education programs.  Twenty-two of the last 28 Maine Teachers of the Year are graduates of the University of Maine System. Orono, Maine — The University of… Read More about University of Maine System Hosts Reunion for Maine Teacher of the Year Grads

Maine public university career service offices support 1,900 Maine employers annually, connect work-ready students to thousands of interviews, job postings, and internships Portland, Maine – More than 100 Maine employers participated in the Portland-region’s largest job and internship fair today in the Sullivan Gym of the University of Maine Southern Maine’s Portland campus. … Read More about Employers Encouraged to Meet Workforce Needs Working with University System’s Career-Service Professionals