The Maine Community College System announced that current interim president Karen Normandin has been appointed as permanent president of Kennebec Valley Community College.
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Penn State administrator named next president of USM
Jacqueline Edmonson, current chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Greater Allegheny, will start in her job on July 1.
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More than 300 walk at UMaine Augusta’s first in-person ceremony since 2019
The event featured an address from diversity, equity and inclusion consultant Anthony James Jr., and the university’s first degrees conferred under its new graduate programs.
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University of Southern Maine faculty senate votes no confidence in chancellor
USM faculty cited the departure of 3 system presidents within the year and a lack of faculty input in important University of Maine System decisions.
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Albion residents, concerned about losing town elementary school, may start process of leaving school district
Residents will vote June 10 on starting the negotiating process to leave Maine School Administrative District 49, although this would not be a final decision on the issue.
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UMaine System chancellor calls for review of active employment searches and policies governing them
The change comes after faculty from the University of Maine at Augusta voted no confidence both in its presidential search and the chancellor.
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University of Maine at Augusta faculty senate votes no confidence in presidential search, system chancellor
During a five-hour meeting Wednesday, faculty members at UMA call for a new presidential search, following recent disclosures that faculty members and students at Michael R. Laliberte’s former university in New York had voted no confidence in him.
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UMF students hold sit-in, call for Chancellor Malloy’s resignation
In 24 hours, students wrote a list of demands holding University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy’s accountable for cutting faculty.
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UMaine System union president says legitimacy of UMA presidential search was ‘destroyed’
University of Maine System faculty union President Jim McClymer sent the letter Tuesday morning in response to the hiring of President Michael Laliberte at University of Maine at Augusta.