UMPI Spring 2011
PRESQUE ISLE — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will offer a diverse and full schedule of spring semester events. From the Distinguished Lecturer Series to concerts and other special events, campus and community members can participate in activities designed to entertain, engage and educate.
The University’s Reed Fine Art Gallery, located in the Campus Center, will conclude the spring semester with Fine Art Senior Exhibitions in April and May 2011. More information about the gallery and exhibits is available from Sandra Huck, 768-9611 or sandra.huck@umpi.edu.
2011 marks the 10th annual University Day event for the UMPI campus. It will be held on Wednesday, April 13. University Day is an event designed to heighten student and community awareness of the work being done by UMPI students in all of the disciplines represented on campus. Student-led presentations allow students and community members to better understand how disciplines interrelate and how academic work applies to the local and global community. University Day is a conference-style event and the public is welcome to attend.
University Day will also feature the second Distinguished Lecturer Series event for the spring semester. Anthony Cortese, ScD., will speak at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13. Cortese is co-founder, with U.S. Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz, of Second Nature and serves as its president. This non-profit organization, founded in 1993, has a mission to develop the national capacity to make healthy, just and sustainable action a foundation of all learning and practice in higher education.
Community members are invited and encouraged to attend all of these campus activities. Additional information about each event will be released during the semester and is also available by contacting the Community and Media Relations Office at 768-9452.
