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April 14, 2014

Permanent Resident Screech Owl at Unity College

Unity College has a new addition to the animal room, an Eastern Screech Owl from the Southeastern Raptor Center affiliated with the Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine.


April 11, 2014

33rd Annual Spring 5K on April 19

The 33rd Annual Unity College Spring 5K will be held on Saturday, April 19, on the campus of Unity College, 90 Quaker Hill Road, Unity, Maine.


April 10, 2014

Unity College to host Earth Week Activities, April 14-24

The first college in the nation to divest from investments in fossil fuels and adopt sustainability science as a focus for teaching and learning will hold a week of Earth Week events.


April 09, 2014

Travis Wagner digs through garbage

Travis Wagner, a teacher in the University of Southern Maine’ Department of Environmental Science and Policy, recently had his students spend seven weeks digging through the garbage of Portland households.


April 09, 2014

Celine Cousteau to speak at Unity College

Céline Cousteau, a young luminary of nature documentary filmmaking and conservation advocacy, will serve as Unity College’s 2014 commencement speaker.


April 07, 2014

Sportsmen’s Conference and Wild Game Dinner

Food lovers will soon line up to participate in a gourmet tradition at one of the nation’s premier environmental colleges, with proceeds to benefit Maine’s Operation Game Thief and the Unity College Bear Study.


April 03, 2014

Unity College will host Imagine Unity Slam

Unity College will host Imagine Unity Slam for the Future, the first-ever Earth Week Poetry Slam on April 26. Poets from across the nation will compete for prizes totaling $1,000.


April 01, 2014

Wildlife Student Perspective

Mariana Rivera Rodriguez of Unity College reflects upon her experience investigating colonizing black bear populations in central Maine. Originally published in “The Maine Wildlifer – Spring 2014.”


April 01, 2014

The Coloradas and Kelly Ravin

The Coloradas and Kelly Ravin will be performing at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, April 4 at 8:00. Tickets are $10 in advance.


March 28, 2014

Unity College to voice concerns over proposed bill

Officials at Unity College are voicing profound concern over the proposal to remove the Unity College sign from the Maine Interstate.


March 28, 2014

Susan Morse: Big Cats return to New England

Susan C. Morse of Jericho, Vermont, a nationally known tracker and expert on wildlife habitat, will present “Coming Soon: The Cougar Returns to the East,” as part of the Lapping Lecture Series.


March 26, 2014

Bestselling Author Kate Braestrup to Speak

On April 1, WE Lead, the women’s environmental leadership group at Unity College, will host a presentation by New York Times bestselling author Kate Braestrup. She will speak about her approach to life, writing, and faith.


March 24, 2014

SGA Students Attend National Conference

Unity SGA members networked with students from other colleges and talked about unique and innovative ideas, attended workshops and presentations, and were able to take away tools that will help to run a more efficient and cohesive SGA.


March 18, 2014

Unity College to Host Maine Enviriothon

Unity College will host The 2014 Maine Envirothon Forestry & More Training Workshop on March 21, a part of Maine’s high school environmental education competition.


March 18, 2014

How to pop the Carbon Bubble

Paul Hodgson takes a closer look at how Unity College, the first institution of higher education in America to divest from fossil fuel, achieved this goal in an article for Responsible Investor magazine.


March 17, 2014

Unity Students Get Involved in Local Government

Unity College students enrolled in the State and Local Government course recently volunteered during the Comprehensive Plan Visioning meeting of the town of Unity to enhance their knowledge of local government.


Agnes Akello

March 14, 2014

Helping graduate women from the African Rural University

In 2009, Unity awarded 21 honorary bachelor of arts degrees to a group of extremely committed women from rural Africa who might never in their lives have the opportunity to visit Unity but who will always hold the College in their hearts.


Agnes Akello

March 10, 2014

DAVID YATES ’99

Yates, a wildlife research biologist with Maine-based BioDiversity Research Institute (BRI), was tasked by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with assessing the survivability of oil-coated birds, including pelicans, egrets, and rails.


Hilari Barnadore

March 10, 2014

HILARI BARNADORE ’97

Now the Executive Director of STAR Communities, Hilari made use of the experiences she had honed throughout her career in environmental nonprofits and government agencies.


Marc Bane

March 10, 2014

MARC BANE ’73

Marc Bane founded his own marketing communications consultancy and insists that great marketing communications is critical to the success of both new and established alternative energy and Cleantech companies.