Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 6 : Fall 2010 | Page 67

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University enjoys busy summer,
prepares for exciting 2010-2011
academic year

With the 2010-2011 academic year underway,
the University of Maine at Presque Isle has stayed busy
with several community-focused events, educational
partnerships that benefit students close to home and
across the state, and even the premiere of a student
film created with the help of an award-winning writer
and a Hollywood cinematographer.

Members of the UMPI campus have overseen
several important events during the summer of 2010,
including the 35th National Institute on Rural Social
Work – which brought together more than 100 social
work and human services professionals from across
the country, Canada and as far away as Qatar – for a
conference focused on issues surrounding rural social
work. The event was sponsored by UMPI’s Social Work
Program and the National Rural Social Work Caucus.

UMPI was proud to serve as a major sponsor
for this summer’s Third Annual Music in the Park
series, which offered up four Sunday afternoons of
music at Riverside Park in Presque Isle. Hundreds
turned out for the free music series, which featured
everything from Acadian and jazz music to alternative
country and African drumming.

The University recently joined forces with
Northern Maine Community College to announce a
partnership that benefits NMCC students preparing
for jobs as Head Start teachers and early childhood
educators. The partnership creates a pathway for
NMCC students in the Early Childhood Education
Program so that, upon graduatio