This week\u2019s Alumni Spotlight shines on Dana Colwill of Farmingdale, a 1983 Recreation Management graduate of UMM, who is now the director of the Augusta Civic Center.<\/p>\n
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As Director, I oversee the entire operation of the civic center including a 2.6 million dollar budget, staff development, financial oversight and contracting events with clients. \u00a0This is my 19th\u00a0year at the Augusta Civic Center. \u00a0I spent the first 8 years as the Assistant Director and the last 11 years as Director.<\/p>\n
The importance of social skills. \u00a0Nothing that can really be taught from a book but one must be able to deal with all sorts of personalities when running a business or in life in general. \u00a0Personalities of staff, customers and contractors differ enormously and being able to bring people to the table to work cooperatively to accomplish a common goal is an important skill. \u00a0Whether in the classroom, dormitory, club meetings or on the basketball court, I think college in general helps one to build this skill.<\/p>\n
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Apply yourself now and it will pay off in the future. \u00a0Having a college degree is so important today. \u00a0I think it doesn\u2019t matter what the degree is necessarily, just the fact one has at least a 4 year college degree opens doors. Have a positive attitude. \u00a0A good attitude will take you a long way. \u00a0When I\u2019m in the hiring process, I look for a person who has a good attitude and can get along with people and work as a team member. \u00a0You can\u2019t teach attitude but you can teach skills. \u00a0I \u201chire attitude and train skills\u201d.<\/p>\n
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UMM gave me the foundation to be successful in life. \u00a0Success has many definitions but, to me, it means being happy, enjoying what you do for a career and the ability to do the things you want in life. \u00a0Having that degree has afforded me a comfortable living and the ability to have the material things I want.<\/p>\n
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I met my future wife Suzanne number one. \u00a0I still have very fond memories of my time at UMM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This week\u2019s Alumni Spotlight shines on Dana Colwill of Farmingdale, a 1983 Recreation Management graduate of UMM, who is now the director of the Augusta Civic Center. Tell us a little bit about what you are doing now: As Director, I oversee the entire operation of the civic center including a 2.6 million dollar budget, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"academic-area":[],"umaine-feed":[876],"region":[],"class_list":["post-3980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-news","umaine-feed-rtm-alumni"],"yoast_head":"\n