This month our spotlight shines on Amity Katharine Libby, who earned a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Maine at Machias in 1999. Originally from the Washington County town of Talmadge, Libby is now a self-employed artist living in Dixfield, Maine. Libby also teaches online courses on botanical paper artwork, which can […]
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This month our spotlight shines on Tom Romano, a 2015 graduate of UMM’s Recreation and Tourism Management program. Originally from Ashland, Massachusetts, Romano currently serves as a coordinator of youth and family recreation programs for the Town of Lexington, Mass. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now. Throughout the year I […]
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This month’s spotlight shines on Bennett Ellis, who has been working as an aquaculture production technician at the Downeast Institute (DEI) since 2014, after completing two summer internships there as an undergraduate student. Originally from Hopedale, Mass., Ellis graduated from the marine biology program at the University of Maine at Machias in 2014 and currently […]
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This month our spotlight shines on Cara Cushing, a 2020 graduate of UMM’s college studies program. Originally from Philadelphia, Pa., she currently lives in Washington County and has stayed on at the University of Maine at Machias as a staff member in the public relations department. Tell us a little bit about what you are […]
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This month’s spotlight shines on Mandie Pepperman, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Community Studies in 2011. Originally from Farmington, Maine, Pepperman remained in the Down East region after graduation. She is currently a senior director at Sunrise Opportunities in Machias, an organization that provides resources and services to adults and children […]
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This month our spotlight shines on Rick Lupo, a 2012 graduate of the recreation and tourism management program with a concentration in sports and fitness management. Originally from Andover, Massachusetts, Lupo now lives in California, where he is a physical education teacher and basketball coach at a charter school in Hollywood. Tell us a little […]
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This month our Alumni Spotlight shines on Olivia Streit of Lancaster, New York. Streit graduated in 2018 with a double major in biology and marine biology, and went on to earn a master’s degree in marine biology at University of North Carolina (UNC) Wilmington. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now. […]
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This month our Alumni Spotlight shines on Snow Ross, who earned an elementary education degree from UMM in 1995. Ross is a third-grade teacher at the Trenton Elementary School in Trenton, Maine, where she also teaches students about gardening as part of the school’s Growing Up Green Program. This May, Ross was selected for a […]
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This month our Alumni Spotlight shines on Polly Goddard, who graduated with a degree in Outdoor Recreation Management in 1993. Originally from Kent, Connecticut, Goddard now lives in Harwich, Massachusetts, where she runs her own coaching and consulting business. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now. I’m a professional development coach […]
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This month our Alumni Spotlight shines on Amber Whitman of Sabbatus, Maine, a 2009 graduate of UMM’s behavioral sciences program (which has since been updated as the psychology and community studies program). Whitman is a clinician at NFI Massachussetts, a nonprofit organization that offers behavioral health programs for children, adolescents and families. Tell us a […]
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