The trustees of the Higher Education Assistance Foundation (HEAF) have awarded a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to Christopher Morley, a University of Maine at Presque Isle junior who is studying Business with a concentration in Accounting. Morley is a graduate of Thornton Academy.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Bio-Med Club, through its partnership with the Maine-based, non-profit organization Partners for World Health [PWH], is working at the local level to make a global impact. The Bio-Med Club has asked local medical facilities for donations of medical supplies that the club will transfer to PWH so the organization can distribute them to developing countries.
Kevin McCartney, Professor of Geology at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, has recently published his latest paper in the international paleontology journal, Marine Micropaleontology. McCartney’s paper, which is titled Silicoflagellate double skeletons in the geologic record and serves as the cover story for the issue, results from research during the past six years on silicoflagellate double skeletons, and in particular from a Trustees Professorship in Japan last year.
Members of the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Fall 2015 Drawing II class have been filling small sketchbooks with all kinds of art this semester as they participate in the Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project. Before their finished sketchbooks are submitted to the Project, however, the class will be giving the campus and community a special sneak peek at their work by hosting a show on Friday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Pullen Art Gallery as part of the First Friday Art Walk.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle is welcoming 9 new employees in the first part of the 2015-2016 academic year, including new professors and professional staffers.
The University Players will bring Christopher Durang’s Off-Broadway hit comedy, Beyond Therapy, to campus for three special performances Nov. 6-8. Showings are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6 and 7 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. at the Auditorium in Wieden Hall. All are invited to attend and $5 donations will be accepted at the door.
University of Maine at Presque Isle Physical Education majors will present a costume-wearing, fun-having, fit-getting day of games and smiles when they host the 22nd semi-annual Fit and Fun Day Extravaganza from 10 a.m. to Noon on Saturday, Oct. 24 at UMPI’s Gentile Hall. Local children in grades kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to participate in this free event. Registration will begin at 9 a.m., and those who arrive early will have the opportunity to showcase their creativity in the Art Corner.
In partnership with Hope and Justice Project, the University of Maine at Presque Isle will host a Take Back the Night event, which will include a candle lit march, on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., starting at Gentile Hall and continuing in the Campus Center Multi-Purpose Room. All members of the community are invited to attend and be a part of this important event.
The staff at the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s health and wellness facility will be hosting a breast cancer awareness event with a twist, and a climb, and some boot camp when they offer a Women’s Fit Night on Thursday, Oct. 22 from 4-6:30 p.m. in Gentile Hall. There will be a $5 entrance fee at the door and all women in the region are invited to attend. Held in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, all proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle and the Presque Isle Rotary Club are joining forces to host their Fourth Annual World Polio Day and Purple Pinkie Project celebration and this year, with the help of the Rotary Clubs in Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Limestone and Washburn, the celebration will once again spread throughout central Aroostook County. A slate of activities will take place between Oct. 17 and Oct. 25 to celebrate World Polio Day, which takes place Oct. 23. All activities are meant to raise awareness of Rotary International’s efforts to eradicate polio worldwide and to raise money — $1 at a time – to go toward that global effort.