{"id":7085,"date":"2022-04-01T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T13:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=7085"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T23:50:23","slug":"a-new-and-unique-class-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2022\/04\/01\/a-new-and-unique-class-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"A New and Unique Class in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ever dream of becoming a farmer, but don\u2019t want to drop out of college to do so? If so, this is the opportunity for you. During the following school year, there will be a noticeable change for those attending classes at the University of Maine in Presque Isle. UMPI will be offering a new course adapted to instruct students on the alternative lifestyle of farming. \u201cSome of our students may have been raised on or near farms. But some students have come from big cities and have never been anywhere near a farm,\u201d President Ray Rice said. \u201cEven though you don\u2019t need to go to college for this type of job or lifestyle, we still hope students will take advantage of our ability to offer this class.\u201d The course will involve actual hands-on learning outside of the classroom and on what will become UMPI\u2019s new farm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0UMPI\u2019s farm will have free-range farm animals such as cows, pigs, goats and chickens. \u201cWe have lots of space at this school with many open fields nearby. We are certain we can make the adjustments to have this course open for the Fall of 2023,\u201d President Rice said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Students who choose to participate in this course will learn how to collect eggs and milk. They will also have the responsibility of feeding and engaging with the farm animals. They will face problems that any other farm would have to face, such as live births and caring for the sick or the injured animals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m excited about the program. I have never worked on a farm before, so it would be a big learning experience. It is unique and other colleges don\u2019t offer things like this\u201d Kate Anne, who is currently attending UMPI, said. \u201cThey have offered agriculture programs before in the past and farming is related to agriculture. So, I am hopeful it will work out,\u201d Kate said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Some concerns about the possible damage occurring from this new course have been addressed. \u201cWe are not worried about any damages these animals may cause. If that was the case, we\u2019d be more worried about potential damages from students,\u201d President Rice said. The animals will do more to benefit the school. The animals will work daily at eating the grass, so it does not overgrow out on the fields. The farm animals will also provide much-needed mulch for the gardening club. \u201cThere are too many benefits that this course would offer to our students and campus,\u201d President Rice said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0At this point in time, it is still unclear who will be teaching this course. \u201cThere are many qualified professors.\u00a0 It is just a matter of fitting it into the schedule,\u201d President Rice said. Professors who are interested in teaching the course will receive an incentive for signing up.\u00a0 For students who are interested in taking this course, be sure to look for it in the course catalog while signing up for classes for the fall of 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ever dream of becoming a farmer, but don\u2019t want to drop out of college to do so? If so, this is the opportunity for you. During the following school year, there will be a noticeable change for those attending classes at the University of Maine in Presque Isle. UMPI will be offering a new course […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"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-7085","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\/7085","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\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8173,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7085\/revisions\/8173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}