{"id":5603,"date":"2018-10-22T09:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T13:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=5603"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:30:45","slug":"how-to-support-your-local-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2018\/10\/22\/how-to-support-your-local-college\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Support Your Local College!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ray Rice<\/p><\/div>\n

Under\u00a0Question\u00a04\u00a0in the Nov. 6 election, the University of Maine at Presque Isle would receive $4.5 million, all of which is specifically designated for expanding or developing programs that meet our state and nation\u2019s workforce needs and provide you with competitive jobs and salaries for years to come.\u00a0 These infrastructure improvements will include major renovations in both Wieden and Folsom halls, adding classroom, lab and clinical spaces that will increase our enrollments in the Nursing program we’re partnering with UMFK to bring to UMPI, as well as our Medical Lab Technology, Physical Therapist Assistant and Exercise Science programs. In addition, this funding will complement plans already in motion for the construction of the research-grade Zillman Family Greenhouse, a cornerstone of our new Agricultural Science program.\u00a0 All of this will allow us to double the number of students we can enroll in these and future programs.<\/p>\n

We have worked hard here at UMPI to make a college education affordable to all.\u00a0 This includes\u00a0our\u00a0Free For Four<\/strong>\u00a0program, guaranteeing no out-of-pocket tuition and fee expenses to eligible Maine families, as well as our\u00a0For Maine Families<\/strong>\u00a0awards and our scholarships and highly competitive tuition for both in-state and out-of-state students. In fact, Student Loan Hero and U.S. News & World Report rank UMPI as the most affordable four-year college in Maine and New England, both in terms of student debt load upon graduation and tuition\/fees while in attendance.\u00a0Question 4\u00a0will ensure that we can develop the programs you want and that we will provide the skills and experiences you need for immediate employment in healthcare, agriculture and other critical workforce areas\u2014all at the most affordable possible cost to you.<\/p>\n

Voting is among our most cherished rights of citizenship. As university community members, you have the right to vote or not, and if you do, to vote however you wish. Your voting choices will in no way affect your opportunities here at UMPI.\u00a0 But I hope that you\u2019ll agree with me that voting Yes on\u00a0Question\u00a04\u00a0on Nov. 6 isn\u2019t just about UMPI\u2014it\u2019s about all of us.<\/p>\n

Owls of UMPI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Social media and networking can be alternately empowering and maddening for many of us, and that experience likely depends upon the day or the topic du jour in the media and how our own experiences resonate with those topics.<\/p>\n

But one absolutely amazing community page on Facebook is \u201cOwls of UMPI,\u201d which was developed and is maintained entirely by UMPI students.\u00a0 The emotions, contemplations, memories and testimonies on display are simply wonderful, as UMPI students talk about what matters to them most, who or what has most inspired them and the most important aspects of their lives.\u00a0 And the photography is equally as compelling\u2014a perfect complement to the words themselves.<\/p>\n

Great stuff.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re ever having a difficult day, reading them is guaranteed to inspire and reward.<\/p>\n

Athletics!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And, finally, my congratulations to everyone who has made this an exciting early fall for UMPI athletics.\u00a0 Highlights range from amazing cross country meets (and individual achievements), to nail-biting soccer matches, to simply feel-good moments of great players getting wins that they so richly have earned (I\u2019m thinking of women\u2019s soccer beating Unity 3-1 this past weekend).\u00a0 Only a few weeks under our belt in the NAC Conference, and it\u2019s getting commonplace to see one of our athletes honored as Player or Rookie of the Week. Wow.<\/p>\n

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