UMaine Machias News

This Alumni Spotlight shines this week on Shannon Garland from Robbinston, Maine, who graduated from the University of Maine at Machias in 2016 with a major in outdoor recreation management with a concentration in sports and fitness management. She currently attends graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina. Alongside her graduate assistantship, she holds two-part time […]

Four UMM students enrolled in a research methods class are working with the Community Caring Collaborative to help identify local people willing to serve as mentors. It’s another example of the hands-on experiences UMM students enjoy in their coursework. The survey also helps determine areas of interest, levels of availability, and training needs. Washington County residents […]

University of Maine at Machias’ student activities organization, SAIL, will host two showings of a double feature. The films will be Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and IT. SAIL stands for Student Activities Involvement and Leadership, and the organization hosts events throughout the academic year for students and community members. On Friday, December 1, Guardians […]

“Teaching,” says long-time University of Maine Music music instructor, Gene Nichols, “is mostly planting seeds and not knowing when or where they might sprout.”   One of Nichols’ seeds was planted in the mind of Jeff Shaw, a UMM alum who graduated in 2000 with a IFA/BA with a music concentration. “Over seventeen years ago, Gene Nichols and […]

Four finalists have been named for the position of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Head of Campus at the University of Maine at Machias (UMM). Between Nov. 16 and Dec. 6, the candidates will visit both the University of Maine at Machias and the University of Maine campuses. The search, which has been under way […]

Theme: Life at UMM Send us your smiling faces! We want quality pictures of you and your friends enjoying all that UMM has to offer. In the lab. On the beach. In the book arts studio. In the classroom. In the community. In the residence hall. Wherever life at UMM happens! Contest will be judged […]

The second in the annual Roque Island series of lectures on Environmental Conservation will be presented on Wednesday, November 15th at the University of Maine at Machias.  Dr. Nicholas Fisichelli will present a lecture “Seeing the Future Forest Through the Trees: Potential Changes and Management Responses.”  The lecture, sponsored by the Eastern Maine Conservation Initiative […]