You may not realize it, but Maine’s Public Universities have an impact on everyday real life things all around you – maybe even this Internet connection.
Biddeford-based GWI Inc. plans to build an ultra-high-speed Internet network surrounding the University of Maine campus to boost economic development. Part of the national Gig.U initiative, the network will be one of the fastest business-residential networks in the country.
University of Maine at Farmington announces that it will begin offering classes at Southern Maine Community College in UMF’s Early Childhood Education Off-Campus Bachelor’s Degree Program in fall 2012.
The University of Maine at Augusta (UMA) is hosting the Forum on the Future, a yearlong public policy speaker series on a variety of topics facing Maine.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Geospatial Information Technology Center has received a grant totaling $29,000 from the Quimby Family Foundation to complete non-motorized trail mapping efforts in the region using GIS and GPS technology.
The shortage of students prepared for the emerging job market in health information technology has inspired University of Maine at Farmington’s most recent new program of study with a concentration in health information systems.