UMaine System on track for spring return with enhanced COVID-19 testing efforts The state is committing $8.15 million in federal funding to reimburse UMS for testing, PPE expenses, and aiding enhanced efforts for the spring semester. Credit: UMaine System via Facebook UMS' asymptomatic testing efforts will be enhanced and expanded in the upcoming spring semester. Author: Gabrielle Mannino (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 12:17 PM EST December 22, 2020 Updated: 12:20 PM EST December 22, 2020 ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine System (UMS) is on track to welcome students back to campus for the spring semester, UMS officials said Tuesday. Enhanced testing efforts, supported through federal funding, will allow UMS “to fulfill our educational and research missions this fall without being a source of outbreak or significant spread of COVID-19,” UMS Chancellor Dannel Malloy said in a release.