UMaine Machias News

Congrats to UMM students Josie Griffin and Wyatt Roy! Both are participating in the 2018 Maine Government Summer Internship Program. Griffin is an agricultural technical services assistant with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry. Roy is a vehicle emissions program assistant with the Department of Environmental Protection. The internship program “opened its 2018 session […]

MACHIAS, Maine — Maine EPSCoR’s Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) is funding two projects in Washington County to better understand the effects of environmental change and management policies on soft-shell clams and Atlantic sea scallops. Sustainable aquaculture presents opportunities for economic development and growth in Down East Maine’s coastal communities. “As interest in this industry […]

Juvenile soft-shell “steamer” clams are not surviving to adulthood due to high levels of predation extensive field research shows. The research, led by Dr. Brian Beal, a professor of marine ecology at the University of Maine at Machias and Director of Science at the non-profit Downeast Institute, partnered with the Maine Clammers Association to conduct […]

Ponuwon Wocuhsis Brodeur, a junior at UMM, is turning tragedy into action. During the fall 2017 semester, four members of Brodeur’s family died for reasons related to mental health. Her response? Work harder. Now, a national foundation has taken notice. The 35-year-old junior is one of only 50 people in the United States to be […]

University of Maine at Machias to Hold 107th Annual Commencement MACHIAS, Maine — The University of Maine at Machias will hold its 107th Commencement Ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13 in the Reynolds Center gymnasium. One hundred and three students will graduate with degrees or program certificates. The commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient […]

UMM Presents over $71,000 in Scholarship Awards at Honors Convocation The University of Maine at Machias held its annual Honors Convocation on April 25 and presented more than $71,000 in scholarships and awards. The event was held in the campus Performing Arts Center and featured a welcome message from Susan Hunter, President of University of […]

The University of Maine at Machias will hold its annual Celebrate UMM Day on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. This event celebrates the work of students in the areas of academics and community service, and includes student presentations, displays, videos, music and much more. The event will take place from 11 am to 1 pm in […]

The University of Maine at Machias will hold two events for April’s Sexual Assault Awareness month. In partnership with Atlantic Mental Health Center’s Sexual Assault Services, and the Next Step Domestic Violence Project, the university is hosting a Take Back the Night March and Rally and a display of the Clothesline Project. The Take Back […]

Join us for Live at the PAC on Friday, April 13 at 8 pm for The Gothard Sisters! The Gothard Sisters are a dynamic group of three sisters, whose impressive array of talents have set them apart as one of the most refreshing and compelling acts in Celtic-roots music today.  The sisters’ unpredictable and theatrical flair […]

April 10, 2018 Dr. Ferrini-Mundy, the chief operating officer of the $7.8 billion National Science Foundation and a New Hampshire native, has provided campus-based academic leadership as an associate dean, and served as professor of mathematics at two land grant universities.Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy will be the 21st president of the University of Maine and the […]