Civic Engagement

Maine Campus Compact recognizes Kayla Kalel with a Heart and Soul Award

Each year, Maine Campus Compact recognizes up to six college students statewide with a Heart and Soul Student Award. This … Read More

UMA President Rebecca Wyke appointed by Governor Mills to Economic Recovery Committee

Rebecca Wyke, President of the University of Maine at Augusta (UMA), has been appointed by Governor Janet Mills to an … Read More

Deb Rountree appears in a group photo by the MDF.

Debora Rountree completes MDF’s Institute for Civic Leadership as part of Bigelow Class

Debora Rountree, M.Ed, Director of the UMA East Millinocket Center, successfully completed the Maine Development Foundation’s (MDF) Institute for Civic … Read More

Celena Zacchai of UMA Rockland Chosen as Maine Policy Scholar

Celena Zacchai a local UMA Rockland student is a 2020 Maine Policy Scholar, a collaborative program with the Margaret Chase … Read More

Campus Compact names UMA student as 2020-2021 Newman Civic Fellow

Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has announced the 290 students … Read More

Applications are open for the Newman Civic Fellowship

UMA Civic Engagement is now accepting student applications for the Newman Civic Fellowship! Each year, UMA can nominate ONE student … Read More

Maine Policy Scholar Jessica Sidelinger recommends ways for policymakers to develop a statewide human trafficking task force.

Jessica Sidelinger, a UMA Justice Studies student, was recently chosen as a Maine Policy Scholar. Her research has focused on … Read More