Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 16 : Spring 2013 | Page 77
The first was held at the Reed Gallery on March to showcase the Vera artists. A second
reception is being held at the Reed on Friday, April from - .. to showcase the Vera
writers. The public is invited to attend this free event; refreshments will be served.
In mid-April, the University brings student work
front and center during its annual University
Day. The theme of this year’s event is
TH
Linking Generations through Teaching and
Learning. Activities kick off on Tuesday,
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT
PRESQUE ISLE
North of Ordinary
One of Maine’s Public Universities
WWW.UMPI.EDU
niversity
Distinguished
Lecturer Series
April with a Distinguished Lecture at
.. in the Campus Center by Dr. Richard Keeling, co-author of We’re
Losing Our Minds: Rethinking Higher Education. Dr. Keeling will discuss
student learning and brain development and what the latest research in
these areas means
for higher education.
The following day,
from about ..
to .., more
than students are expected
to offer talks and presentations on
their research and community service.
A complete schedule of University
Day activities can be found at
www.umpi.edu/uday.
In an effort to share scholarly and
creative writing with the community,
the University hosted a book reading
by one of its faculty members in
March and will welcome a well-known novelist to the area for a reading in
May. On March , Dr. John Zaborney read from his new book Slaves for
Hire: Renting Enslaved Laborers in Antebellum Virginia, published by
Louisiana State University Press. In the book, Dr. Zaborney sheds new light on slave
labor, suggesting—contrary to popular belief—that the endemic practice
of slave renting bolstered the institution of slavery in the decades leading
up to the Civil War. On Monday, June , at .. in the Campus Center, the University will host award-winning writer Cathie Pelletier for a
reading from her long-anticipated new novel The One-Way Bridge. The
book returns readers to the logging town of Mattagash, the scene of
several of her novels including The Funeral Makers and The Weight of
Winter. The reading is part of The One-Way Bridge international
book tour.
PHOTOS
• TOP: Dr. Richard Keeling
• CENTER RIGHT: Dr. John Zaborney
• BOTTOM: Cathie Pelletier
To learn more about these and other exciting things happening
at UMPI, visit www.umpi.edu. #