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Category: Student Success

November 26, 2017

Cpl. Michelle Merrifield (‘93)

Maine Game Warden Service K-9 Team Leader Michelle Merrifield (‘93) couldn’t get into her truck. The dog she’d just picked up from the Maine State Police, Pistol, was barking and snarling at the driver’s side window, letting her know with no uncertainty how he felt about Michelle joining him inside. It took a bit of… Read more »


November 12, 2017

Opportunity into Reality

Getting a Head Start on a Career – Unity interns stand out From plant biologists to conservation law enforcement officers, to animal care interns and even a member of an Alaskan trail crew, Unity College students spent this past summer accomplishing amazing things, and putting their majors — and passions — to work in professional environments… Read more »


November 01, 2017

Alumna Profile : Renee Adlesperger ’16

Marine Biologist [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”24″ bg_color=”#000000″ txt_color=”#ffffff”] The campus was quiet, and the hot summer air lay like a blanket over Unity College when Renee Adlesperger first laid her eyes on it. [/mks_pullquote] The cheerful voice of the tour guide filled the silence as they made their way from building to building, mapping out… Read more »


November 01, 2017

Alumnus Profile: Merlin Benner ‘87

Wildlife Biologist. Owner, Wildlife Specialists and Remote Intelligence. [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”24″ bg_color=”#000000″ txt_color=”#ffffff”] Even as the chill of a late winter’s night creeped into his jacket, the result of an intermittent breeze along a snow-strewn field, Merlin Benner, ‘87, knew he was right where he belonged. [/mks_pullquote] The muffled crunch of hoof on snow… Read more »


November 01, 2017

New Director of Career Services Ready to Dive into Student Aspirations

When a student comes into Director of Career Services Sharon Bannon’s office, she never knows what kind of adventure they’ll bring. Do they want to be a dolphin trainer? An international businesswoman? The director of an environmental non-profit? No two students are alike. Some have no idea what they want to do or what their… Read more »


June 14, 2017

Unity College adds seasoned leader to diversity and inclusion leadership post

Unity College’s first-ever Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Dr. Rana Johnson, brings a lifetime of experience in and love for higher education to the new position, created to inculturate what it truly means to be a global citizen at Unity College. The office is expected to pioneer new collaborative efforts among campus entities, while also… Read more »


June 14, 2017

Alumna Profile: Gloria Sosa ’80

Environmental Protection Agency  and Unity College Board of Trustees When Gloria Sosa, ‘80, first decided to leave New York City to attend a tiny environmental school in rural Maine she was driven by a dream of being a park ranger. She left Unity an axe-throwing, science-loving environmental researcher with a real drive to “just try… Read more »


June 14, 2017

Alumnus Profile: Michael Rossi ’16

Environmental League of Massachusetts Action fund Michael Rossi, ‘16, has never been a stranger to the woods. A lifelong Boy Scout, Rossi spent his childhood exploring the forests, rivers, mountains and shores of Massachusetts, pitching tents among fallen leaves and enjoying the dance of campfire light on warm summer nights. Rossi’s time scouting eventually became… Read more »


June 14, 2017

Alumna Profile: Sara Trunzo ‘08

Songwriter When people ask Sara Trunzo, ‘08, where she’s from, there isn’t a question in her mind what the answer is: Unity, Maine. Despite growing up in New Jersey, Trunzo has spent the better part of her young life in Unity, serving in various roles on campus both before and after graduation before becoming the… Read more »


June 14, 2017

Alumnus Profile: Roy Kitchener ’84

Commander of the U.S. Navy As the commander of the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Strike Group 2, Roy Kitchener, ‘84, is no stranger to the act of active listening. With 13 ships, 11 subordinate commanders, and 12,000 Sailors and Marines under his guidance, the ability to truly hear someone is a skill he values every day.… Read more »


June 14, 2017

Alumnus Profile: Shaun Oshman ’00

Shaun Oshman has spent the last eight years of his life as a “dolphin in a shark costume.” Or, to put it more simply, an environmentalist in a nice suit. Over the better part of the last decade, Oshman built a thriving technology support business, iSupportU, in Boulder, Colo. Throughout its evolution he’s made a… Read more »


October 14, 2016

Alumna Profile: Dr. Leana Downs ‘00

From Outdoor Leadership to Medical Resident – Anatomical Pathology – Perth, Western Australia Downs’ life has traversed a broad spectrum in both education and geography, from studying Outdoor Leadership in Unity to working as a medical professional in Perth, Australia. She first heard about Unity College while working on a trail crew for the New… Read more »


October 14, 2016

Alumnus Profile: Jonathan Andrew ‘78

Security: Coordinating Borders and Wildlife/Protected Lands Jonathan Andrew recalls he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do when he got out of high school. Growing up in Framingham, Mass., “I was not a very engaged high school student,” he said. “I liked to go fishing and birding, but I didn’t know what I wanted to… Read more »


October 14, 2016

Alumnus Profile: Joseph Horn ‘10

Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer: Maine Outdoor School, L3C Joseph Horn found his way to Unity through a friend and Unity advocate. “I had worked at a Boy Scout camp in Maine during high school, where I fell in love with the hills, mountains, lakes, and forests of Maine,” he said. “Back in my home… Read more »


October 14, 2016

Alumna Profile: Amelia James-Charles ‘71

Unity College Risk Taker The next time you think about how different Unity College is from most four-year private colleges, think about how true that must have been for Amelia James-Charles in 1967. A 1966 graduate of New York City parochial schools, James-Charles ‘71 was the first African-American woman to ever enroll at what is… Read more »


October 14, 2016

F2Y: Focus on the First Two Years

Small, private, liberal arts education is experiencing mounting pressure to demonstrate its value and differentiate itself from online, for-profit, community college, and other enterprises. The sustainability science-based curriculum on which Unity College is based has a value proposition all its own, but America’s Environmental College is additionally developing a variety of solutions to remain relevant… Read more »


August 14, 2012

Olivia Thornton ’13

Olivia Thornton ’13 spent the summer of 2012 experiencing an internship at Sea Life Park in Waimanalo, Hawai’i. She worked with sea lions, dolphins, and penguins in the theater and facilitated guest interactions and training sessions. She reports: “Interacting with the guests and observing the animal’s behavior no matter the species is very beneficial in… Read more »


January 01, 1970

John Crowe ’13