{"id":5786,"date":"2019-03-15T09:51:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T13:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:55:34","slug":"are-you-going-to-u-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2019\/03\/15\/are-you-going-to-u-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Going to U Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A day for UMPI to shine, University Day allows students to share what they\u2019ve been working so hard on with an audience. In addition, it allows community members to immerse themselves in what the University of Maine at Presque Isle does every day. Many unique and interesting presentation happen throughout the day that students put lots of effort and time into. \u00a0Fellow students and community members are invited to watch. <\/p>\n

Dr. Jacqui Lowman is a professor at UMPI and has been having the students in her classes present every year on University Day for about 10 years. \u201cI have my students do it from the time they\u2019re freshmen. I see year by year they grow in confidence and they grow in skill,\u201d she said. \u00a0She commented that by the time her students are seniors, they really know how to own the room.<\/p>\n

University Day serves as a great opportunity for students to gain experience in public speaking and presenting. It is also a chance to showcase projects or passions they have been working on and receive feedback and recognition from an audience. UMPI junior Tiffany Smith presented at last year\u2019s University Day and has multiple presentations ahead of her for this year\u2019s. \u201cIt\u2019s good exposure for the students to present,\u201d Smith said.\u00a0 She stresses the importance of taking part in the day because of the great opportunity to learn. \u201cWhen you graduate you\u2019ll have to be able to present,\u201d Smith said. \u00a0She added, \u201cIt\u2019s pretty important in life to communicate.\u201d Presenting can be a little daunting, especially if it is your first time. \u201cMy advice would be just to not get too anxious. \u00a0Be prepared and know what your content is,\u201d Smith encourages.<\/p>\n

For everyone not presenting at this year\u2019s University Day, fear not. \u00a0You can still be a part of things! Attending presentations is equally as important as presenting. Without an audience, who would these hardworking students be presenting to? \u201cIt\u2019s going to be the place to be,\u201d Lowman said. For community members and students, this day will have something for everyone. \u201cThey will get a unique insight into UMPI that they wouldn\u2019t get any other way,\u201d Lowman said. Attendees to any presentation will be learning a lot and helping support UMPI\u2019s presenting students. On top of the great experience for students and the inside look at UMPI\u2019s classes and community, it\u2019s all free to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A day for UMPI to shine, University Day allows students to share what they\u2019ve been working so hard on with an audience. In addition, it allows community members to immerse themselves in what the University of Maine at Presque Isle does every day. Many unique and interesting presentation happen throughout the day that students put […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8509,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/8509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}