Greetings UMPI Owls, With the changing guidance from the State of Maine on Covid-19 restrictions, and with the various messages coming out this week from the University of Maine System, we wanted to take a moment to clarify some important points to ensure that all students, faculty, and staff are on the same page. Face … Read more
Dear UMPI Community, The Governor of the State of Maine has announced a public vaccination schedule that goes into effect on March 3. Those age 60 and older may make appointments for vaccinations on March 3; 50 and older in April; 40 and older in May; 30 and older in June; and all ages in July. You can find details of the vaccination plan here. … Read more
Greetings UMPI Community, Hope you are well on this blustery Thursday! I have just a few testing updates to share with everyone: 1) Even if you are fully vaccinated, you will still need to participate in weekly testing at this time. Please plan on attending your regular testing times for the remainder of the semester. 2) Tuesdays have … Read more
Hello Campus Community. We have been though a tough and difficult road since the start of this pandemic. The last 11-months has changed almost everything about us. Looking back at this past year, we wondered if we would ever get to a point where we could even go into a grocery store again. The every … Read more
Greetings UMPI Campus Community, Sorry for all the emails today, so much information to disperse this year! As many of you already know…anyone participating in weekly testing is receiving a different colored bracelet each week. This is to help our various campus offices identify who is allowed to be on campus. It’s important that you have … Read more
Greeting UMPI community! Monday, February 12th is President’s Day so we have a nice three day weekend to look forward to…a few notes to keep in mind related to testing and COVID-19 guidelines: Remember to let me know if you are planning to travel. All I need is the dates of travel, the location you … Read more
Dear UMPI Community, In our efforts to get you information as quickly and efficiently as possible, we’ve established a new Campus COVID-19 Dashboard on our Safe Return website to provide you with up-to-date information about our current active cases, quarantine cases, and asymptomatic tests taken. To access it, just go to www.umpi.edu/return or click the yellow Safe Return button … Read more
Dear UMPI community, We learned Friday of a positive case of COVID-19 identification in our campus community through our week-long VAULT testing process. All primary contacts have been notified. We are pleased to be able to report that the individual is in good health and remains asymptomatic. In the past three weeks alone, hundreds of VAULT tests … Read more
Greetings UMPI campus, Happy first day of February! As you know, this week is the first week of our weekly testing for those who come to campus for class, work, or activities. I wanted to share a few important details with you all regarding testing so you can feel confident as we get into this … Read more
Dear UMPI Students and Colleagues, With the greater number of courses employing distance education in some form, I write to provide additional clarity on UMPI’s policy regarding the closing of campus and its services due to inclement weather. I write this in full recognition of the increased demands upon us all in regards to teaching, … Read more