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, Welcome to the start of a new year and our ramp-up to the spring â21 semester. For all members of our communities, the Black Bears Care and Clippers Care principles and pacts remain in effect. Whether you are on or off campus, in Maine or beyond, our guidance for protecting yourself and others, and the communities where we learn, work and live, is as relevant and important as it was last fall.