Being Black in Maine to livestream on Martin Luther King Day
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In recognition of Martin Luther King Day, a free online public webinar, “Being Black in Maine: Lived Experience and the Prospect for Change,” will be livestreamed on YouTube on Monday, Jan. 18, from 5 to 6:15 p.m.
The webinar, co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor Area Branch NAACP and the University of Maine Alumni Association, will include a sustained panel discussion, relevant short presentations and a special announcement of a new civil rights speaker series.
The YouTube event can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/zQlUVca2ReM.
Spring 2021
Health and safety update for university community members
Welcome to this weekâs Friday Futurecast
These updates are archived on the UMaine Spring â21 website. The University of Maine at Machias also has a Spring â21 website.
Message from President Joan Ferrini-Mundy:
Dear members of the UMaine and UMM communities,
Welcome to the start of a new year and our ramp-up to the spring â21 semester. For all members of our communities, the Black Bears Care and Clippers Care principles and pacts remain in effect. Whether you are on or off campus, in Maine or beyond, our guidance for protecting yourself and others, and the communities where we learn, work and live, is as relevant and important as it was last fall.
January 8, 2021 News
All people of good conscience who call this country home, or whoâve come here in search of the fruits of its liberties, were surely shocked by yesterdayâs events in Washington, D.C.
For the first time in modern history, a lawless mob attacked our nationâs Capitol building to thwart our representatives from confirming a lawful election to peacefully transfer the U.S. presidency from one citizen to another, as our Constitution requires. Equally horrific was the sight of a flag of a racist past waved in the present, carried by the mob through our halls of government.
Dear members of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities,
Greetings from Orono, where the campus is peaceful and beautiful with a light covering of snow. I hope that everyone â the staff and faculty who kept learning going this past semester, the students who took responsibility for continuing their educational journeys and for taking care of our community, and the community members and supporters who committed to helping all of us through this semester â will be able now to relax, safely, and enjoy this holiday season and break.
In his On Track for Maine message earlier today, Chancellor Dannel Malloy noted the importance of returning to in-person and on-site teaching, learning and research at our public universities. And doing it safely, together.
Free course for first-year University of Maine System students who failed a class during first semester Mon, 12/21/2020 - 4:00pm
Marking the end of final exams for the Fall 2020 semester, the University of Maine System will again be offering a free college course to promising first-year students who failed a class during their first semester. Chancellor Malloy launched the Make the Grade Student Success Initiative in December of 2019 as a pilot project to support students struggling to make the transition from high school to college with the resources and support they need to stay on track to success.
The first-to-second year retention rate increased 5 percentage points in the first year of the Make the Grade initiative, according to UMS, in a news release. More than 150 students who failed a first semester course applied for the tuition waiver before the start of their second semester. The Make the Grade initiative is part of a larger student success and retention f