Alumni

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Alumni Spotlights: Rick Lupo ’12

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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Olivia Streit '18

Alumni Spotlights: Olivia Streit ’18

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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Snow Ross

Alumni Spotlight: Snow Ross ’95

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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Polly Goddard

Alumni Spotlight: Polly Goddard ’93

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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Jo Ellen Scribner and Leigh Alley

UMM announces 2020 alumni awards

The University of Maine at Machias has recognized two alumni for outstanding professional achievement and service to the community. Leigh Alley of Jonesport is the 2020 Young Alumnus Award recipient and Jo Ellen Scribner is this year’s Distinguished Alumna.  Alley earned a bachelor’s degree in English from UMM in 2002 and has since earned four […]

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Amber Whitman

Alumni Spotlight: Amber Whitman ’09

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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Alumni Spotlight: Rhiannon Hampson ’17

Today our Alumni Spotlight shines on Rhiannon Hampson, who graduated from UMM in 2017 with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and community studies with a minor in counseling. During her time at UMM, Hampson completed a project on agricultural policy for the Maine Policy Scholars program. She currently works as district representative for […]

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Leigh Alley

Alumni Spotlight: Leigh Alley ’02

This month our Alumni Spotlight shines on Leigh Alley of Jonesport, Maine, who earned a B.A. in English from the University of Maine at Machias in 2002 and went on to earn four graduate degrees — most recently a doctorate in education from University of New England. Alley is the executive director of the Maine […]

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Aisling Farragher-Gemma poses next to a fish tank

Alumni Spotlight: Aisling Farragher-Gemma ’18

This month our Alumni Spotlight shines on Aisling Farragher-Gemma, a 2018 graduate of UMM’s marine biology program. Originally from Millis, Massachusetts, Farragher-Gemma is currently employed as a hatchery technician at Sea and Reef Aquaculture in Franklin, Maine. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now.   I breed and raise designer clownfish and […]

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Rachel Spinney

Alumni Spotlight: Rachel Spinney ’19

This month our alumni spotlight shines on Rachel Spinney, who graduated from the University of Maine at Machias in 2019 with a Bachelor of College Studies degree with a concentration in special education. Originally from Casco, Maine, Rachel currently lives in Land O’ Lakes, Florida, where she works as an EBD high school teacher at […]

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