Category: Unity News
June 03, 2021
Unity College Announces Pandemic Lockdown Lift
School to Welcome Back Students While Keeping Tuition Rate Flat After a year of lockdown due to the pandemic Unity College President Dr. Melik Peter Khoury announces the reopening of the school’s 90 Quaker Hill Road campus to students and the public. This also includes the reopening of Quimby Library. The lockdown lift and library… Read more »
March 30, 2021
Unity College Announces Dean of Technical Institute for Environmental Professions
Nationally recognized education leader, Dr. Amardeep Kahlon, leading charge on environmentally focused technical institute Unity College President Melik Peter Khoury has announced the appointment of Dr. Amardeep Kahlon as the dean of the Technical Institute of Environmental Professions. Dr. Kahlon is a nationally recognized leader in competency-based education (CBE) with a passion for innovation. With… Read more »
March 30, 2021
Unity College Announces Technical Institute for Environmental Professions
With support from the Libra Foundation, Unity College will establish a world-class environmental education program on the Pineland Farms campus Tucked into the rolling hills of New Gloucester, Maine, Pineland Farms is a recreational, agricultural, and professional hub. With over 5,000 acres consisting of farms, forests, and a central campus of diverse businesses, Pineland will… Read more »
March 25, 2021
Leon L. Wyden, Jr. joins Unity College Board of Trustees
Unity College Board of Trustees confirms Leon L. Wyden, Jr. as its newest trustee The Unity College Board of Trustees has confirmed the appointment of Leon L. Wyden, Jr. as its newest trustee with broad experience in higher education and finance. He begins his tenure May 1, 2021. As an independent not-for-profit educational institution, Unity… Read more »
March 16, 2021
Groundbreaking Unity College Partnership Brings Increased Extended Reality Access
Unity College partners with MetaVRse to launch its non-degree micro-courses Unity College’s Path Forward is at the forefront of creating new ways for students to gain valuable skills in an accessible, flexible, and affordable way. Now, a partnership with MetaVRse is helping to double down on that promise by allowing students to learn cutting edge… Read more »
March 10, 2021
Bucking national trends, Unity College students are taking out fewer loans
Unity College sees 70% decrease in students borrowing alternative loans while enrollment doubles With the intention of putting students first by focusing on accessibility, affordability, and flexibility, Unity College broke away from the traditional two-semester higher education model and the results speak for themselves. Data collected in February 2021 shows that, in the same year… Read more »
March 09, 2021
Maine Warden Service hires 5 Unity students
Unity College provides direct path to career with Inland Fish and Wildlife Unity College continues its tradition as a leader in conservation law education as 5 more students are set to join the ranks of the Maine Warden Service. Those students filled more than half of the department’s 8 available full and part-time positions. Unity’s… Read more »
January 27, 2021
Unity College welcomes new Chief Sustainability Officer
Melissa Couture brings with her an abundance of experience in strategic operations leadership, data-driven decision-making With sustainability at the heart of its mission, one of the most pivotal roles at Unity College is its Chief Sustainability Officer, someone who not only oversees the College’s nationally recognized green initiatives, but also serves as a leader… Read more »
November 23, 2020
Unity College XR Innovation Lab excited to host first ever EcoHack
24-hour event to inspire, empower next generation of environmental leaders For years, Unity College has earned a reputation as America’s Environmental College, leaning into sustainability sciences while also breaking new ground in higher education by rejecting traditions to prioritize accessibility, affordability, and flexibility for learners. Challenging the very idea of how students want to… Read more »
November 11, 2020
Unity College earns national honor for sustainability in its curriculum
Association for the Advancement for Sustainability in Higher Education recognizes America’s Environmental College in its Sustainable Campus Index As America’s Environmental College, it’s important for Unity College to establish itself as a leader in sustainability — to not only talk the talk, but to also walk the walk, doubling down on its mission. As… Read more »
October 27, 2020
A Commitment Through 2030
After bringing tremendous growth and innovation to Unity College, Dr. Melik Peter Khoury commits to at least another decade at the helm, with the full support from the Board of Trustees The right leader at the right time for Unity College. That is, in short, how the Unity College Board of Trustees describes… Read more »
October 22, 2020
Unity College donates to Waterville Food Bank
Unity College’s mission is centered around educating the environmental stewards of tomorrow, and one of the keys to being a leader is to help those in need within your community. On Wednesday, Unity College staff, led by President Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, packed boxes of food from the College’s pantry and donated roughly 20 large… Read more »
September 14, 2020
Unity College unveils new degrees in its Distance Education portfolio
College introduces master’s degrees in Marine Science and Animal Science and Behavior, bachelor’s degrees in Animal Science, Environmental Health and Safety, and Environmental Health and Wellness Since it first launched in 2016, the growth of Unity College Distance Education has been well documented, recently seeing its largest incoming class ever for Fall Term… Read more »
September 14, 2020
XR Ecohack 2020
24 Hours of EcoHacking Hosted by Unity College XR Innovation Lab in partnership with Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, University of Michigan’s Alternate Reality Initiative, MetaVRse, Esri, LBX Immersive, and Quinnipiac Game Design & Development, XR EcoHack 2020 was a 24-hour dynamic virtual hackathon that took place November 28-29, 2020. … Read more »
September 02, 2020
Unity College welcomes more new students than ever
Reaching record-breaking incoming class was years in the making as Unity College continues to adapt to shifting demographics This fall, Unity College is not only seeing its largest enrollment ever with nearly 1,300 total students taking courses with America’s Environmental College, but it’s also welcoming its largest incoming undergraduate class ever. Between Distance Education… Read more »
August 18, 2020
Unity College sees unprecedented growth, sets new enrollment record with more than 1,200 students
America’s Environmental College sees record enrollment leaning into changing demographics and its mission, despite 33% decline on the residential campus Since arriving at Unity College, it has been President Dr. Melik Peter Khoury’s primary objective to increase the accessibility, affordability, and flexibility of the curriculum, so that anyone, anywhere can obtain a degree or certification… Read more »
August 03, 2020
Unity College Permanently Eliminates Two-Semester Campus Model in Favor of Hybrid Approach
Unity College: Hybrid Learning without a centralized campus grants students control over their education while reducing costs and increasing access UNITY, MAINE, August 3, 2020 – Unity College announced today the Board of Trustees’ decision to permanently transition the school to a hybrid learning model. Unity College: Hybrid Learning grants students control over their education through a… Read more »
July 27, 2020
Director of VR/AR Research and Development a Game-Changer for Unity College
The concept of virtual reality was once a far-fetched trope that you would see in science fiction films, knowing that once you left the theater or turned off the TV, the real-world didn’t support technology quite that immersive. Times have changed. Seven years ago when virtual reality was becoming, well, a reality, it caught the… Read more »
July 16, 2020
Unity College honors seniors with Commencement Awards
‘These students truly went the extra mile not only in their own academics, but also for their classmates and all of us here at Unity College’ Though COVID-19 has thrown a wrench into many summer plans and postponed countless events, Unity College is moving forward with recognizing some of our most accomplished graduates from the… Read more »
July 02, 2020
Unity College confers Professor Emeritus rank for two retired Unity College professors
Dr. Don Lynch, Pat Clark receive honor after more than 30 years with Unity College Unity College is proud to announce that the rank of Professor Emeritus has been bestowed upon retired psychology professor Dr. Don Lynch and retired oral communications professor Pat Clark. Dr. Lynch played an integral part in pioneering the College’s… Read more »
