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Unity College to Hold 44th Commencement on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Unity, Maine – May, 2013 – Unity College will hold its 44th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 1 p.m. in Tozier Gymnasium. There are 124 Bachelor of Science, 2 Bachelor of Arts, and 2 Associate of Science degrees being conferred. Commencement speaker Dr. James Gustave Speth, an ...
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Unity College Students Gain Experience While Helping RSU 3 Students
Unity, Maine – May, 2013 – The image of a young man or woman separated from peers, picked on and at times physically abused at school is one seared in the consciousness of every parent. Bullying is a persistent concern across the United States that spans the generational divide. Everyone ...
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Five Unity College Students Participate in Northeast Natural History Conference
Unity, Maine – May, 2013- Five Unity College students made the trip to the 13th Northeast Natural History Conference (NNHC) in April, each offering scientific research to the predominantly professional audience. Held in Springfield, Massachusetts from April 13 – 15, the NNHC is the largest regional forum for researchers, natural ...
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Lorey Duprey Chosen to Study at Leadership Institute
Unity, Maine – May, 2013 – A veteran food service professional who advanced leading-edge, sustainable food service operations at Unity College has been chosen to participate in a high profile leadership institute. Dining Service Manager Lorey Duprey will participate in the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS), ...
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Unity College Students Develop Anthology About Tall Pines Residents
May 2013- A group of Unity College students led by critically acclaimed author and Professor Kathryn Miles is writing an anthology of essays about residents at Tall Pines, an assisted living and retirement community in Belfast. The online and print anthology of essays will be celebrated at a launch party ...
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Unity College Names Sarah Conroy Director of Human Resources
UNITY, Maine — A seasoned human resources professional with more than 25 years of experience in the field has been named Director of Human Resources at Unity College. Sarah Conroy began her role during the spring semester 2013. Conroy has human resource experience in organizations of various sizes, including HR ...
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Unity College Receives Gift to Create Stutzke Foundation Scholarship
Unity, Maine – The Richard David Stutzke Foundation has awarded a gift for an undisclosed sum to Unity College in Unity, Maine. The gift will support scholarships awarded to Unity College students pursuing studies as part of the Sustainable Energy Management, and Environmental Policy, Law, and Society programs. The foundation ...
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Unity College Touts One of “Greenest” College Commencements in U.S.
Unity, Maine – April, 2013 – The first college in the United States to divest from investments in fossil fuels will feature one of the most compelling environmental speakers during its Commencement ceremonies. Internationally acclaimed environmental educator, writer, and scholar James Gustave “Gus” Speth has been named the 2013 Commencement ...
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Unity College Hosts Historic Poetry Slam First for Maine on April 26
Unity, Maine — April 2013- Unity College will host Imagine Unity-Slam for the Future, the first-ever Earth Week Poetry Slam on Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center, 90 Quaker Hill Road, Unity, Maine. Poets from across the nation will compete for prizes totaling over $1500. The ...
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Examining a Piece of White House History
Unity, Maine – April, 2013 – Jesse Pyles and his son, Addis, 2, of Unity, Maine, examined a solar panel formerly atop the White House on Saturday, April 20, on the campus of Unity College in Unity. They were enjoying a variety of Earth Week events on the campus of ...
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Unity College Sportsmen’s Conference and Wild Game Dinner Raises 6K for Charity
Unity, Maine – April, 2012 – The 7th annual Unity College Sportsmen’s Conference and Wild Game Dinner raised $6,000 for three charities. Held at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, April 12, the sold out fundraiser benefited Operation Game Thief; The Maine Warden Service Association; and ...
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Unity College Names Michael Evans Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Unity, Maine – April, 2013 – Michael Evans has been named Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Unity College in Unity, Maine, the first college in the United States to announce a focus on sustainability science. Evans, a Fulbright Fellowship winner, most recently served as Interim Dean of ...
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Unity College to Host Earth Week Events
Unity, Maine – April, 2013 – The first college in the nation to divest from investments in fossil fuels and announce its focus on sustainability science, the leading-edge of 21st century transdisciplinary (collaborative) environmental problem solving has announced a full slate of Earth Week activities. Known as America’s Environmental College, ...
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Why divestment from fossil fuels is responsible and necessary
COMMENTARY Unity, Maine – April, 2013 – The following is my response to a recent commentary published on March 18, 2013, (For College Endowments, Ethical Stands Can Be Complicated; Chronicle of Higher Education) by President Brian Rosenberg of Macalister College. President Rosenberg’s original piece was published as a Commentary in ...
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Unity College President to Serve as University of Maine Earth Day Speaker
Unity, Maine – April, 2012 – The college president who led his institution to become the first to divest from investments in fossil fuels will be the featured Earth Day speaker at the University of Maine. Unity College President Stephen Mulkey will speak about his college’s decision to divest on ...
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Unity College Ups Ante on Green Commencement by Calling for Divestment from Fossil Fuel Investments
Unity, Maine – March, 2013 – The message could not be more clear. Every college or university that claims to be holding a “green” commencement needs to have divested from investments in fossil fuels, or admit that they cannot truly make that claim. As the first college in the United ...
Unity College To Host Seventh Annual Sportsmen’s Conference and Wild Game Dinner
Unity, Maine – March 6, 2012 – Unity College will host the seventh annual sportsmen’s conference and wild game dinner at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts (UCCPA), 42 Depot Street in Unity, on Friday, April 12. Appetizers will begin at 4:15 p.m. with dinner served at 5:00 ...
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Information Needed from Central Maine Residents for Unity College Bear Study
Unity, Maine – March 5, 2013 – Information related to a multi-year Maine black bear study is being sought from Central Maine residents. Researchers from Unity College and the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW) are seeking information from residents of the Dixmont, Troy, Benton, Thorndike, Unity, and adjoining ...
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Unity College to Raise Pastured Chickens for Hunger Relief, Grant Funding Enhances Effort
Unity, Maine – February, 2013 – In March the Unity College campus will begin an initiative to raise free range chickens as part of an ongoing hunger relief effort. The endeavor is made possible by a grant from the Food for All program of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). ...
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Agriculture Realizes Climate Change Has Arrived, Unity College Leads Way to Survival
Unity, Maine – February 7, 2013 – The popular bumper sticker that reads “No Farms, No Foods” remains true, yet the realities of global climate change have changed the way that the next generation of farmers is being trained at Unity College. Few, if any, college agriculture programs have yet ...
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