Kait was recently named Girl Scouts of Maine Volunteer of the Month. We wanted to congratulate her and share about her time here at UMaine Machias that led to the life she has now. Home Town: Fairfield, ME Graduation Year: 2011 Major: Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Please tell us a little about what you are doing […]
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Home Town: Lakeville, MA Graduation Year: 2000 Degree: Recreation Management Job Position: Program Coordinator, Town of Sharon, MA Council on Aging Please tell us a little bit about what you are doing now. I work for the Town of Sharon, which is about 22 miles southwest of Boston. I am the Program Coordinator for the […]
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Meet Philip Kauppinen! Originally from Sidney, Maine, Philip now resides in Lockport, New York. He graduated from UMM in 2002, earning a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in marketing. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now. On June 14th, Flag Day, 2012 I launched my online retail business […]
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This month our spotlight shines on Heather (Crouthamel) McCollum from Virginia. Since her graduation from UMM’s biology program in 1993, McCollum worked in drug development for fourteen years before finally realizing and following her dream in writing full time. Now Heather is a successful published author with 22 novels she has published to date. Heather […]
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This month our spotlight shines on Katerina Graham of East Machias. Since her graduation from UMM’s college studies program with a concentration in special education in 2018, Graham has served as a special education teacher in two local schools, teaching students in kindergarten through the eighth grade. Tell us a little bit about what you […]
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The University of Maine at Machias has recognized two alumni for outstanding professional achievement and service to the community. Krystyn Ransom of Enosburg Falls, Vermont is the 2021 Young Alumna Award recipient and Pablo Roberto Jarrin Yepez of Ibarra, Ecuador is this year’s Distinguished Alumnus. Both are UMM Class of 2015 graduates. Ransom earned bachelor’s […]
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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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