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September 16, 2025

Unity Environmental University President & CEO Dr. Melik Peter Khoury Receives 2025 Eileen Tosney Award for Career Service in Higher Education

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March 21, 2025

Our Environmental Mission in a Changing DOE Educational Landscape 

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June 10, 2025

Melik’s Memo: A Historic Commencement

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Meet Our President

Dr. Melik Peter Khoury

Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, DBA, serves as the 11th President and CEO of Unity Environmental University, where he leads efforts to redefine education’s role in addressing environmental and societal challenges. Under his guidance, Unity has become Maine’s fastest-growing university, integrating technology, including AI, to deliver accessible, personalized learning experiences. His pioneering Enterprise Model creates audience-focused subsidiaries offering career-driven pathways in environmental science and sustainability, ensuring education serves as a launchpad for lifelong impact.

Born in West Africa and educated in the U.S., Dr. Khoury brings a global perspective to his mission of breaking barriers to education. His leadership has driven Unity’s exponential growth, reclassification as a Master’s College & University, and relocation to Pineland Farms. An accomplished speaker and thought leader, Dr. Khoury shares his expertise on AI, institutional transformation, and sustainable leadership. Outside of work, he enjoys cooking, film, and soccer while continuing to inspire changes in education.

President Khoury in the News

AAUA

Dr. Melik Peter Khoury Receives 2025 Eileen Tosney Award for Career Service in Higher Education

September 16, 2025
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Government Technology

Salesforce Launches AI Agent at Unity Environmental University

March 3, 2025
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University Business

How to beat the enrollment cliff: Act like Yamaha

November 11, 2024
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WGME

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson to be commencement speaker at Unity Environmental University

September 23, 2024
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Maine Public

Unity Environmental University offering new in-person degree programs

September 8, 2024
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Mainebiz

Unity Environmental University completes $1.2M project at its Sky Lodge

August 12, 2024
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WGME

Unity Environmental University announces $50,000 minimum wage for all full-time employees

July 18, 2024
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Inside Higher Ed

Unity Environmental’s online pivot continues to pay off

July 8, 2024
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Thought Leadership from President Khoury

Beyond Green Schools: Why Sustainability Education is the Future

October 3, 2025
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Measuring With The Wrong Stick: The Great Pretense of Higher Education Leadership

September 30, 2025
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Middle Management Is Not Dead. AI Makes It More Valuable.

September 25, 2025
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Redefining Educational Success: Why We Must Stop Confusing Access with Rigor

September 14, 2025
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The Great Inadvertent American Shakedown…

August 31, 2025
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From Sacred Cow to Structural Failure: Rethinking the Faculty Construct

August 24, 2025
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The College Major Is Higher Ed’s Most Dangerous Illusion…

August 17, 2025
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The Manufactured Crisis: College Closures Are Not Abrupt. They’re Allowed.

August 5, 2025
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Built to Protect, Now Poised to Break?

August 1, 2025
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Traditional Academic Governance is Dying: Evolving From Consensus to Adaptive Leadership in Higher Education

July 25, 2025
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The Performative Trap…

July 21, 2025
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Education for People and Planet

Unity Environmental University is redefining what it means to learn, lead, and live sustainably. Discover how our students, through distance education and in-person, gain the tools they need to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental challenges through flexible, accessible, and impact-driven education.

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For the past 60 years, Unity has been preparing the next generation of environmental professionals with the knowledge and skills to meet real-world challenges. Today, we’re educating more students than ever — thousands of learners enroll online or in-person each year, from every U.S. state and from around the world.