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LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES
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LOCAL YOUTH,
ART ENTHUSIASTS &
BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
rom leadership development
to exciting art and music
offerings, the University of
Maine at Presque Isle is focused on
several initiatives as the -
academic year draws to a close. This
spring and summer, the University
is pleased to be creating new opportunities for middle and high school
students through its new agreement
with the Maine School of Science
and Mathematics and a new grant
through TRiO College Access Services. The campus also is pleased to
be showcasing its second-ever Andy
Warhol photographic exhibition
and celebrating five-year milestones for both its Young
Professionals Institute and Music in the Park.
This spring, UMPI partnered with Momentum
Aroostook and MMG Insurance to offer the fifth annual
Young Professionals Institute. The short course is designed
specifically for emerging leaders looking to hone their professional skills. A new component
this year had participants visiting
several area businesses and organizations – including MMG
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Insurance, Acme Monaco and The
Aroostook Medical Center in
Presque Isle, Cary Medical Center
in Caribou, and Katahdin Trust
Company in Houlton – to participate in on-site business simulation
exercises.
Also this spring, UMPI’s TRiO
College Access Services office
received a five-year, $. million
grant from the U.S. Department of
Education to help middle and high
school students prepare for and
enroll in college, and succeed once
they get there. The office now
oversees a TRiO Educational Talent
Search program, which is able to serve middle and high
school students. Five new ETS advisors are working in
schools throughout Aroostook County to recruit students
to the program and provide services ranging from tutoring
to college entrance test preparation. TRiO officials are now
accepting applications for admission. Please call . or
toll free - . for more information.
Another effort that will help area high schoolers get a
head start on college is the unique learning agreement
UMPI just signed with MSSM that allows their students