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Orono, Maine — The Board of Trustees for the University of Maine System (UMS) will meet in Orono on Monday, Jan. 29.  The public meeting will begin with public comment at 9 a.m. in the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine and is expected to end by 2:30… Read More about University of Maine System Board of Trustees to meet in Orono on Jan. 29

Since centralizing procurement a decade ago, the University of Maine System has strengthened its purchasing power and positive impact on local Maine businesses and workforce Orono, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) invested more than $630 million directly into the Maine economy last fiscal year through payroll and… Read More about Maine’s public universities directly invested more than 0 million in the Maine economy in FY23

The University of Maine at Augusta has an agreement to sell the four-acre parcel on Sunset Avenue to BangorHousing. Bangor, Maine — Amid a critical affordable housing shortage in the state, a University of Maine System Board of Trustees committee today unanimously approved the sale of campus property in Bangor… Read More about University of Maine System Trustees recommend sale of land for Bangor affordable senior housing

Diane Dunn has served in the UMaine/UMM President’s Office for the past two years, and is an alumna of the flagship and a former faculty member ORONO —  University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy are applauding… Read More about University of Maine System leaders salute Governor Mills’ nomination of General Dunn to head Maine National Guard

As requested by Gov. Mills, the University of Maine System will ensure the cost of college is not a barrier for those directly impacted by the tragedy by providing free tuition and establishing a fund to support other postsecondary educational expenses  LEWISTON — Those who were physically injured and surviving… Read More about Maine’s public universities will provide free tuition to Lewiston mass shooting victims

At a Board of Trustees meeting today in Presque Isle, System leaders shared how new online degree programs like University of Maine at Presque Isle’s YourPace that are designed to upskill working adults are meeting state employer needs and helping the System maintain enrollment despite demographic declines and free college… Read More about Growth in online degree programs stabilizes University of Maine System enrollment

Seth Goodall of Richmond, Maine has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Maine Center Ventures which includes serving as the Executive Director of the University of Maine System’s Graduate and Professional Center (“The Maine Center”). In these roles, Goodall is responsible for leading The Maine Center and Maine Center Ventures,… Read More about University of Maine System Welcomes Seth Goodall as CEO Maine Center Ventures and Executive Director of the Graduate and Professional Center

For decades, the University of Maine System has seriously underinvested in its statewide physical plant. More than half of academic spaces and three-quarters of residence halls have not undergone real renovation since students used slide rules. Classrooms are unconducive to 21st-century workforce preparation. Research labs lack capacity to meet industry… Read More about University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy: Maine cannot afford to not invest now in its public university infrastructure

Members of the University of Maine System community are mourning the passing of Richard Cost, former president of the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Cost died over the weekend. He was 81. Cost served the System in many capacities over two decades beginning in 2002, as president of UMFK.… Read More about University of Maine System Mourns the passing of former UMFK president Richard Cost

Bangor, Maine — September 28, 2023 — The University of Maine System (UMS) has been awarded the 2023 President’s Award by the Maine Development Foundation (MDF). MDF cited UMS’  “exemplary leadership” toward improving Mainers’ lives.  “The University of Maine System is leading actionable and scalable efforts that help drive systemic change… Read More about University of Maine System Honored with Maine Development Foundation Award