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Spring 2021 Health and safety update for university community members Welcome to this week’s Friday Futurecast These updates are archived on the UMaine Spring ’21 website. The University of Maine at Machias also has a Spring ’21 website. Message from President Joan Ferrini-Mundy: Dear members of the UMaine and UMM communities, Throughout this pandemic, so many members of our UMaine and UMM communities have been at work, nonstop, doing their jobs in addition to the required COVID-19 response measures to help ensure the well-being of our co...

University of Maine Honors Student Ambassadors Katie Tims and Bailey West are launching the “It’s Personal” personal care items donation campaign to benefit the Black Bear Exchange (BBE) on campus.  Through the donation drive, Tims, a fourth-year Honors biology major from Cornish, Maine, and West, a fourth-year Honors biochemistry major from Stockton Springs, Maine, hope to increase access to personal care items, decrease stigma around utilizing food pantries and fight food insecurity on the University of Maine campus.  Individuals who face food insecurity often struggle to m...

Black Bear XC ski and snowshoe races scheduled for Feb. 21 Cross country skiers and snowshoers are invited to hit the trails Sunday, Feb. 21 for the annual Black Bear XC ski and snowshoe races on the University of Maine Trails. The event is sponsored by UMaine Campus Recreation, the Maine Bound Adventure Center and the College of Education and Human Development’s Outdoor Leadership program, part of the School of Kinesiology, Physical Education and Athletic Training. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the race is limited to 45 participants, and is open only to UMaine students, faculty and staf...

February 1, 2021 The General Student Senate meeting on Jan. 26 began with roll call and the approval of the meeting minutes by Vice President Zachary Wyles. General Good and Welfare: Vice President Wyles gave Robert’s Rule of the week regarding a point of information. A point of information can be used by a senator to obtain urgent information during someone’s report. This point must be directed at a speaker.  Officer Appointments, Resignations and Promotions: Sen. Ben Orgel and Isaiah Bedsole have resigned. Executive Reports:  President Harrison Ransley welcomed back all of the senator...