News
March 06, 2013
Come be a part of the solution
Unity College is for anyone who wants to provide answers to 21st century environmental challenges. Unity is for everyone who wants to be successful at making the world a better place to live. Politicians talk about it, activists shout about it, and extreme weather events remind us of it. But who’s doing something about it?… Read more »
March 05, 2013
Unity College to Hold Open House on March 9
One of America’s premier environmental colleges will hold a spring open house on Saturday, March 9 to showcase its leading-edge majors for the growing “green” job market. Unity College in Unity, Maine, known as America’s Environmental College, will hold the open house from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Activities include: a welcome from President Stephen… Read more »
March 04, 2013
Unity College Students Put Boots on the Ground at Climate Rally
On February 17, 2013, an estimated 35,000 people rallied in Washington D.C. to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline project. By all accounts, it was the largest climate change rally in history. Unity College students were in attendance, no strangers to taking a stand on critical issues, given that the College was the first to divest… Read more »
February 25, 2013
Unity College to Raise Pastured Chickens for Hunger Relief, Grant Funding Enhances Effort
In March the Unity College campus will begin an initiative to raise free range chickens as part of an ongoing hunger relief effort. The endeavor is made possible by a grant from the Food for All program of the Future Farmers of America (FFA). High school FFA students from Waldo County Technical Center (WCTC) will… Read more »
February 21, 2013
Unity College Develops New Athletics Logo
With its strong focus on sustainability science, Unity College is often associated with activism, science, and research. The larger picture is that the College has a strong athletic tradition that includes inter-collegiate championship wins and numerous records. In keeping with Unity’s strong athletic traditions, the Department of Athletics has developed a suite of new athletic… Read more »
February 15, 2013
Students say it’s the best experience they ever had
Students describe their Nova trip, the beginning of their Unity College adventure, as one of the best experiences they have ever had. Entering Unity College students are enrolled in the Unity Experience class that stresses the College’s values including community engagement and environmental responsibility. Unity Experience begins with Nova, an adventure-based orientation trip that takes… Read more »
February 15, 2013
Agriculture Realizes Climate Change Has Arrived, Unity College Leads Way to Survival
The popular bumper sticker that reads “No Farms, No Foods” remains true, yet the realities of global climate change have changed the way that the next generation of farmers is being trained at Unity College. Few, if any, college agriculture programs have yet followed Unity’s lead. In time, they will. The Sustainable Agriculture program at… Read more »
February 11, 2013
A Match Made In Documentary Film Heaven
Unity College counts CIFF among its most productive institutional partners, and recently a match made in documentary film heaven has been made. For years, the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) had been screening environmental documentaries. Independently, Unity College had delved into environmental filmmaking, building a multi-media lab on campus and offering documentary filmmaking courses. CIFF… Read more »
February 11, 2013
Unity College Focused on Winter Carnival Week
Each year when the spring seems light years away, the winter doldrums at Unity College give way to a cherished campus tradition. During the second week of February, Unity holds its annual Winter Carnival celebration, which culminates in the Snow Ball on February 16. This year students voted to bring back a familiar theme for… Read more »
February 05, 2013
Marsha Barnes Awarded Nicholas Holt Challenge Scholarship
Marsha Barnes of Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, a senior in Wildlife Biology at Unity College in Maine, received the fall 2012 Nicholas Holt Challenge Scholarship to support her independent research on The Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid as a Leachate on Aquatic Organisms. The scholarship award covers all the expenses for her to conduct the research in… Read more »
January 31, 2013
Unity College Sustainability Coordinator Jesse Pyles to Present AASHE Webinar
In the wake of Unity College’s recent groundbreaking announcement that it would divest from investments in fossil fuels, a number of professionals from the College have carried the banner to expand the divestment movement in service to the mitigation of climate change. On February 26, Unity College Sustainability Coordinator Jesse Pyles, a sustainability leader on… Read more »
January 30, 2013
First in Higher Education to do so
Many institutions of higher education in the United States offer environmental majors. Additionally, some are also focused on sustainability. Now one college has tied every aspect of its curriculum to the mitigation of global climate change. Unity College’s focus is timely given the priority that President Barack Obama placed on the mitigation of global climate… Read more »
January 29, 2013
With permission from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Unity College has begun a multi-year Maine black bear study. The study will involve both faculty and students and include the trapping, tracking, and in at least one case, attachment of a video camera to a Maine black bear. Associate Professor George Matula says that the Unity program is permitted by the Maine Department of… Read more »
January 28, 2013
Unity College Career Services Receives Recognition from LGBTQ Community
The Unity College Career Services Department prides itself on its approach to diversity. This approach includes comprehensive services to members of the LGBTQ community. The department has earned the 2013 Gold Level of LGBTQ Career Center Certification from the OUT for Work (OFW), a group that that functions as a complimentary component in the total… Read more »
January 25, 2013
Unity College names Dr. Melik Peter Khoury Senior Vice President for external affairs
A seasoned college administrator with a strong track record of program and resource development has been tapped for a newly created senior level position at Unity College in Unity, Maine. President Stephen Mulkey, an internationally recognized scientist, announced that Dr. Melik Peter Khoury has been appointed to the newly created position of Senior Vice President… Read more »
January 23, 2013
Dr. Mulkey Participating at the 13Th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit
Visionary Unity College President Stephen Mulkey will soon join the ranks of luminaries such as Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times Columnist; former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev; and a variety of heads of state who will participate in one of the most heralded conferences in the developing world. In January, Mulkey… Read more »
January 22, 2013
Unity College First To Offer MOOMilk in Dining Hall
Organic milk has some new markets in Maine. Augusta based Maine’s Own Organic Milk (MOOMilk), an organic dairy company, has received widespread attention through a new documentary. It has also closed the deal on its first institutional account. The documentary entitled Betting the Farm chronicles the development of the company and conveys the struggles of… Read more »
January 18, 2013
Unity College’s unique Nova experience for students: watch the video
Nova is the beginning of the Unity College adventure. All entering students are enrolled in the Unity Experience Course that starts with the Nova adventure-based orientation trip. These trips are designed to support the transition to college life at Unity by emphasizing personal growth, building social connections, and promoting environmental stewardship. Click here to watch… Read more »
January 16, 2013
Unity College to Host Maine’s Largest Environmental Career Fair on February 6
An annual tradition of connecting employers with job seekers looking for work in the growing “green” job market will once again take place at Unity College. On Wednesday, February 6, Unity College Career Services will host the most extensive, environmentally focused career fair to take place in Maine this year in the Tozier Gymnasium on… Read more »
January 15, 2013
Muddy Boots, Open Minds
Unity College student Katrina Wert directs this video which asks why students chose Unity.
