News
October 23, 2013
Unity College Campus Sustainability Day Wednesday, October 24
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Campus Sustainability Day on Wednesday, October 24th with an interactive panel discussing the role that colleges and universities must play in creating sustainability education for all students. Sustainability education prepares the next generation of leaders to lead a just, healthy, and sustainable society. How can colleges and universities prepare students… Read more »
October 23, 2013
Seventh Annual Hunters & Huggers Dinner
The award-winning campus Dining Services department holds a Hunters and Huggers dinner to spotlight its “buy local” and sustainable approach.
October 21, 2013
Unity College Nominated
This international award recognizes Unity College for its green leadership, Unity being the only institution of higher learning from the United States to be nominated.
October 21, 2013
Unity College President Elected to Board of Directors
The election of Dr. Mulkey to the NRCM board combines the success and expertise of two widely respected environmental institutions.
October 18, 2013
Unity College Student Wins National Math Prize
Kari Lemelin ’14, a Unity College Wildlife Biology major, was awarded the Janet L. Anderson Prize at the most recent meeting of MathFest, the national meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), held in Hartford, Connecticut. The Janet L. Anderson Prize is given for recognition of outstanding achievement in mathematical and computational biology, and… Read more »
October 01, 2013
Unity College Participates in Upcoming Maine Sportsman’s Night at Mount View High School
The Knox Ridge Baptist Church will be sponsoring Maine Sportsman’s Night, an event with variety of vendors, organizations and speakers from many aspects of the sportsman’s world on Saturday, October 12. The event is for anyone interested in the outdoors, and suitable for men, women and children to attend. Doors for Maine Sportsman’s Night open… Read more »
September 27, 2013
Unity College Search and Rescue Team – A Look Behind the Scenes
On September 12, 2013, an 83-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease from Benton, Maine disappeared from his home. At 4:22 am, the Maine Warden Service called the Unity College Search and Rescue team (UCSAR) to help find him. The team was alerted by Unity College Professor of Human Ecology Mick Womersley and responded with urgency, and… Read more »
September 25, 2013
Unity Takes the Initiative With New Labs to Provide an Enhanced Learning Environment for Students
Unity College has recently upgraded its facilities in order to provide better learning experiences for students. Some new renovations on campus include three new state of the art labs for the chemistry, molecular biology and geology classes. Planning the labs included input from several faculty members who drew upon their experiences and expertise in creating… Read more »
September 24, 2013
Unity Professor of Art Ben Potter Co-Curates Exhibit at CMCA
Hawk & Handsaw: Twenty Who Know the Difference presents selected works by 20 contemporary Maine artists who have been featured in Hawk & Handsaw, the journal of creative sustainability published by Unity College since 2007. The exhibition is curated by Ben Potter, professor of art at Unity College and art editor of Hawk & Handsaw, and… Read more »
September 13, 2013
The Leonard R. Craig Gallery at Unity College Holds Opening for Michael Shaughnessy Sculpture Exhibit
(Image “August” by Michael Shaughnessy) An opening for Michael Shaughnessy’s work titled :3.2.7 will be held on Friday, September 20 from 5-7 pm at The Leonard R. Craig Gallery in the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts (UCCPA) at 42 Depot Street in Unity, Maine. Admission to the event is free and refreshments will… Read more »
September 10, 2013
Unity College offers full slate of community weekend events
Unity College will offer a wide range of activities during its annual community weekend, Friday, September 20 through Sunday, September 22. Activities will take place on the main campus located at 90 Quaker Hill Road, as well as the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts (UCCPA) located at 42 Depot Street, both addresses in… Read more »
September 10, 2013
Unity College to Celebrate Life of Professor David Purdy on September 21
A memorial gathering to celebrate the life of Professor Emeritus David Purdy will be held on Saturday, September 21, from 5-7 p.m. at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts (UCCPA) located at 42 Depot Street in Unity, Maine. Purdy passed away on November 26, 2012. The memorial will be hosted by Unity College.… Read more »
September 09, 2013
Gary and the Pacemakers to Perform Final Concert at Unity College
Maine rock and roll history will be made at Unity College on Friday, September 20, as Gary and the Pacemakers take the stage for the last time. For over a decade, Gary and the Pacemakers, the faculty and staff band at Unity College, has been performing rock classics. Now the band is preparing to leave… Read more »
September 03, 2013
Shayne Van Leer ’13 Readies for Sustainability Work in Nepal
Recent Unity College graduate Shayne Van Leer prepares to set out in pursuit of a dream. As an undergraduate, Van Leer gained varied experiences in sustainable farming. Soon he will put the skills he developed to full use as a Peace Corps volunteer. Details here of Van Leer’s forthcoming journey and work in Nepal are… Read more »
August 29, 2013
Introduction of Livestock on Campus Reinforces Experiential Learning Model Employed by Unity College
Unity College is an environmental college with a solid hands-on approach to learning. On any given day, students are either in the classroom or outside conducting experiments, doing research, gathering specimens, and improving their skills. The fall 2013 semester has begun, and one of the most visible summer improvement projects is the newly renovated barn,… Read more »
August 28, 2013
Unity College administrator and instructor Michele Leavitt wins 2013 Michael Macklin First Book Award Competition
The senior administrator, attorney, poet, and instructor who helped Unity College to become the first institution in the United States to have sustainability science as its focus will soon see her first book-length manuscript in print. Moon Pie Press and Maine Poetry Central have announced Michele Leavitt the winner of the 2013 Michael Macklin First… Read more »
August 26, 2013
Bangor Daily News Features Young Sustainable Agriculture Professional Kelsey Schrey ’13
Farming in Maine is fast becoming a popular profession for a new crop of young college graduates. Unity College’s fast growing sustainable agriculture major is equipping students with the tools they need to flourish as farmers. Kelsey Schrey, who graduated in May of 2013 with a double major in Agriculture, Food and Sustainability / Environmental… Read more »
August 21, 2013
Unity College Nova Trips Prepare Students for Environmental Stewardship
Entering Unity College students are enrolled in the Unity Experience class that stresses the College’s values including community engagement and environmental responsibility. The Unity Experience class starts with Nova, an adventure-based orientation trip that takes place at the end of summer, even before classes begin. One group from the incoming class of 2017 visited Sears… Read more »
August 21, 2013
Unity College Brimming with New Students, Credit Given to Leading Edge Environmental Focus
Higher education is changing. One college in Maine, Unity College, known as America’s Environmental College, is modeling a new, more effective path for higher education. As the first college in the United States to embrace sustainability science as its central framework, Unity College is training students in the leading-edge of 21st century transdisciplinary (collaborative) environmental… Read more »
August 15, 2013
The College that Rescued Carter Solar Panels
As the White House prepares to install solar panels, Unity College ponders its role in history.
