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The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has received and reviewed the University of Maine at Augusta Faculty Senate resolutions adopted on May 11, 2022. This is a matter of utmost urgency and importance to the integrity of the University of Maine System and its universities. The Board acknowledges… Read More about University of Maine System Board Executive Committee public statement regarding University of Maine at Augusta Faculty Senate resolutions

Late yesterday, after meetings with both Dr. Michael Laliberte and me, the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) Faculty Senate passed resolutions demanding that the recently concluded presidential search that resulted in the appointment of Dr. Laliberte be failed and expressing no confidence in me as chancellor. I take this… Read More about University of Maine System public statement by Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy regarding University of Maine at Augusta Faculty Senate resolutions

The University of Maine System (UMS) recently concluded a national search for president for the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA). The UMS Board of Trustees approved my recommendation to hire Michael Laliberte, who is currently the President of the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi… Read More about University of Maine System public statement by Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy regarding University of Maine at Augusta president search

McDonnell, who serves on the faculty of the University of Southern Maine’s Muskie School and previously served as USM provost and a dean, is charged with continuing strategic plan implementation and fiscal stability during a two-year transitional leadership term; a national search for a new president will occur next year… Read More about Joseph McDonnell to serve as interim president of University of Maine at Farmington

Supplemental funding provided by the Maine Legislature and Governor Mills will allow Maine’s public universities to hold in-state tuition flat for the seventh time in a decade, and many Maine students will have their tuition and fees fully covered Augusta, Maine — Maine students attending the state’s public universities will… Read More about University of Maine System to hold tuition flat for Maine students, thanks to state support

Laliberte, who is currently President of the State University of New York at Delhi, will assume the UMA leadership post on Aug. 1 and has signed a three-year contract Augusta, Maine — Following the unanimous approval of the University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees, Chancellor Dannel Malloy today… Read More about Michael Laliberte named next president of the University of Maine at Augusta

University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor Dannel Malloy will begin his Spring 2022 campus tours on Wednesday, March 30 at the University of Maine School of Law (Maine Law). The chancellor visits all System universities and Maine Law every semester, and joins their respective leaders on tours and meetings with… Read More about Chancellor Malloy kicks off Spring 2022 campus tours at Maine Law

Editor’s note: This story was updated March 29, 2022.  The University of Maine System (UMS) Board of Trustees approved the new collective bargaining agreements with two faculty unions and tenure for several faculty members on March 28 at the University of Maine. Chancellor Dannel Malloy will execute agreements for the… Read More about System Board approves collective bargaining agreements, tenure for faculty

New face covering guidance follows latest vaccine protocols requiring students to be up to date with COVID-19 and state-mandated immunizations to study in-person in the summer and fall  Orono, Maine — The University of Maine System is making face coverings optional for students, faculty, staff and visitors in its non-classroom… Read More about With COVID currently in decline across UMS campuses and Maine, University of Maine System moves to face coverings optional for non-classroom facilities starting March 26

Immunizations for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), tetanus/diphtheria, and COVID-19 must be up to date for students to participate in in-person programming at Maine’s public universities this summer and fall Orono, Maine — The University of Maine System is extending its indoor face coverings requirement through April 1 to maintain… Read More about University of Maine System to review masking policies before April 1, requiring up-to-date immunizations for summer and fall in-person enrollment