UNDERTAKES NEW AND
IMPORTANT INITIATIVES
The next day, volunteers were on hand at a dozen sites
throughout the community for the Purple Pinkie Project. For a
$
donation, Rotarians and UMPI and NMCC students colored
people’s pinkies purple. The dollars helped to raise money for
Rotary International’s End Polio Now efforts and each purple
pinkie served as a symbol of one child’s life saved from polio.
The event raised approximately $,. Participating Purple
Pinkie sites, sponsors and supporters included UMPI, UMPI’s
Houlton Higher Education Center, TAMC, TAMC’s North
Street Healthcare, Northern Maine Community College,
MMG Insurance, the Aroostook Centre Mall, Graves Shop ’n
Save, Bradley’s Citgo, Maine Public Service Company, Star City
Coffee, Presque Isle High School, and University Credit Union.
An important first happened for the University on Nov.
when officials announced the establishment of the first rotating professorship created especially for UMPI faculty members. The Donald and Linda G. Zillman Family Professorship,
ABOVE: Dr. Chunzeng Wang, far right, UMPI
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental
Science, is the first recipient of the Donald and
Linda G. Zillman Family Professorship. Taking
part in the announcement were, from left,
Don Zillman, former UMPI President and
Edward S. Godfrey Professor of Law at the
University of Maine School of Law, and UMPI
Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs Michael Sonntag.
RIGHT: Members of the Presque Isle
Fire Department proudly display their
purple pinkies. From left are Chief
Darrell White, Firefighter Kyle Bartley,
Code Officer George Howe,
Captain Vince Baldwin, Firefighters Dale
Morrison and Dave Lovley, and Administrative
Assistant Penny Anderson.
Photo: Presque Isle Fire Department
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established with annual proceeds from a designated fu