Spring 2021 Health and safety update for university community members Welcome to this weekâs Friday Futurecast These updates are archived on the UMaine Spring â21 website. The University of Maine at Machias also has a Spring â21 website. Message from President Joan Ferrini-Mundy: Dear members of the UMaine and UMM communities, What an exciting and historic week for our country as we celebrate the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden Jr., and Vice President Kamala Harris. As we begin another semester, I look forward to seeing more faculty, staff and students on our campuses, and I am continually amazed at the way in which we have been able to demonstrate our commitment to keeping each other healthy and safe. Last Saturday, I was excited and encouraged to see the Shield T3 mobile processing unit arrive on campus as we prepare to increase the frequency of testing in our continuous efforts to design and implement collective strategies to keep our communities safe in the midst of this global pandemic.