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Summer at Unity

Maine.... If you know anything about it, you know that its slogan is Vacationland. There is a good reason for this - it’s perfect in the summer!

The trees are in full blossom, the flowers are all in bloom, birds are chirping and it’s usually in the mid 70′s. The rocky Atlantic coast is about 30 minutes away and you can get to the mountains in about an hour and a half. 

So, where better to spend your summer than at Unity College? Unity College is offering many summer programs this year for youth through college. Check out our website at summer.unity.edu to find out more information and find a program that might be of interest to you or someone that you know. 

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Unity College basketball plays final home games - The Unity College men’s and women’s basketball teams played their final home games of the 2016 season on Thursday night. Neither team came away victorious, however, those in attendance enjoyed themselves just the same. 

The women’s game was first, followed by the men’s action. There were over 200 people in attendance who sounded more like 2,000 at times. Students and staff cheered on the Rams until the final horn. 

The game marked the final home game for Unity College standout Eddie Kopacz (Thompson, Conn.), who earlier this year scored his 1,000th point. He finished with 39 points last night against UMaine Augusta. Earlier this season against NHTI, he poured in 47 points. Kopacz scored 1,438 points during his outstanding career at Unity College. 

Unity College is not Division I and players are not here on basketball scholarships. However, I have been to more than my share of Division I basketball games over the years and I saw more spirit, pride and hustle at the game last night than I saw at many of those Division I games. To make, that makes it Uniquely Unity! I am so glad that I decided to attend last night’s game. 

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Unity College Environmental Career Fair 2016 - On Tuesday, Unity College held its annual Environmental Career Fair and over 100 companies and organizations were slated to participate. 

It was a great day on campus as students from America’s Environmental College had a chance to talk to employers who specialize in environmental and ‘green’ jobs. 

In most of my blog entries, I talk about what makes Unity College Unique and I was struck with a thought while taking the photo above. Everyone pictured above is a graduate of Unity College. The majority of them returned to Unity College today as part of their career, in search of the next environmental leaders from Unity College. 

Being alumni of Unity College, they know the education that students receive and they want to hire those students for their company. That says a lot about the education they’re receiving from America’s Environmental College. 

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Friday, in the midst of a snowstorm, students from Beth Arnold’s Winter Pursuits class learned techniques of cross country skiing. How cool would it be to be able to cross country ski and get credit for it at the same time? That is your typical class at Unity College. It’s one of the things that makes it so great here. 

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Today’s Unity College art features comes from student Jeanette Gray. 

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Check out Unity College student art work on the OnlyatUnity tumblr page. 

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Would anyone like any juice?? Today at the Wellness Fair, people were blending juice via a blender powered by a bicycle. How cool is that?? 

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Today, Unity College held its annual Spring into Shape Wellness Fair at Tozier Gymnasium. Everyone was encouraged to come and participate in wellness activities, get their blood pressure tested, do fitness challenges and have fun in the process! It was a kick-off for the Spring into Shape challenge that will be happening in February. Teams could register for the challenge if they had not already and also pick up the packet with a bingo card, pedometer and Clif trail mix bar. 

The 2016 Unity College Wellness Challenge is an event in which anyone can participate. The purpose of the event is to encourage participants to live a healthier, more active lifestyle. To achieve this goal, contestants will engage in various physical, mental, and dietary activities presented in the Wellness Bingo Challenge. 

Teams of three people will compete in different challenges over the month. Each person will have nine challenges each week and must complete seven of them to be entered into a weekly drawing. 

Challenges include: doing an outside winter activity, walking 10,000 steps in a day, setting a wellness goal for the month, determining your BMI, giving Blood, wearing your seatbelt 100% percent of the time, attending the career fair, refraining from using salt for a week, enjoying a social media free weekend, abstaining from fast food for a week and many, many more. 

It’s almost February, so, let the challenge begin!

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Check out this amazing reflection photo by Robert Devigili. 

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Another great piece of art by a Unity College student. 

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Here is a photo taken on campus by Elmer DeForge. 

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The OnlyAtUnity Tumblr blog is beginning to feature works of art by students. Take a look to see some of the amazing art that Unity College students are producing. 

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Love the outdoors?? So does Unity College staff, students and alumni. On Jan. 23, Melanie Jackson, Joey Moran and Matt Dyer hiked up to Lonesome Lake in the White Mountains. What a gorgeous day for a hike and what an inspiration to get outside!!! 

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Whaler’s Run at the UCCPA

On Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts hosted Unity College alum Todd Bowen and Whaler’s Run. The concert was a benefit for the UCCPA with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit the center.

There was a great contingent of Unity College alumni in the crowd. Also attending were Unity College President Dr. Melik Khoury, Diane Ray and Dot Quimby.

In addition, Bowen and Whaler’s Run sang a that he wrote about Unity. You can listen to the song at the following link. http://www.whalersrunband.com/music/

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Thomas Bednar and Mikala Robinson speak at Unity College’s 2015 December Commencement. Gary Zane, Julie Cunningham and President Dr. Stephen Mulkey look on from the stage. Commencement was on Friday, Dec. 18 at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts. 

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A photo of today’s award winners from the 2015 Fall Student Conference. 

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2015 Fall Conference

Unity College held its 2015 Fall Conference on Wednesday, Dec. 16 and the work presented by the students was truly impressive. Following the conference, there were nine awards presented: 

Brent Bibles presented the Conservation Award to Megan Brown. She did a presentation on “The Determinants that Limit the Northern Range of Common Woodland Ants.”

Ben Potter presented the Creativity Award to Owen Bastille and his wall art of “Conference of Feathers.”

Sarah Cunningham presented the Education Award to Joshua Pittendreigh and his research on “The Sustainability of Unity College Heritage Livestock Barn Lesson Plan.”

Amy Arnett presented the Research Award to Jennifer Driscoll and her project, “Best fit mathematical modeling of Zombie Virus using Program R.”

Crista Straub presented the Sustainability Award to Grace Wilson, Henry Symanski and Jenna Rippee for their project “Engaging the Community of Winslow in the Formation of a Recycling Program.”

Nicole Collins presented the Environmental Professional Award to Aaron Schmitz, Cassandra Cates, Gunnar Norback, Matthew Schnebly, Rae-Ann MacLellan-Hurd, Sally Carullo, Sean Stewart and Stephanie Tardiff for their research “Investigating the Rates of Soil Creep Along Main Street in Unity, Maine.”

Julie Cunningham presented the Unity Partnership Award to Jesse Samdahl, Jalen Babin, Nicholas Szatkowski and Samantha Stalder for their project “General Manage Plan - Whitten Hill Preserve.”

Melik Khoury presented the Award for Academic Excellence to Elliott Moran for his research “Comparing the Effects of General and Selective Culling on Chronic Wasting Disease Prevalence.”

President Stephen Mulkey presented the Unity Award to Courtney Dotterweich, Christopher Spaulding, Matthew Schnebly and Thomas Ciarlante for their research of “Vulnerability of forest lands in the Sagadahoc Region.”

Unity College prides itself on experiential learning and the student conference show that this is happening in plethora at the college. 

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Student Conference Set for Dec. 16

At the end of each semester, students gather at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts to display their best work and compete for a variety of awards. The works are judged by college faculty, staff and community partners. 

This year, the Student Conference is set for Dec. 16 beginning at 8 AM at the UCCPA. Everyone is encouraged to come out and see the research projects that Unity College students have been working on this summer

The goals of the Student Conference are:

* Encourage, promote, and recognize all quality academic and professional work among Unity College students, but celebrate excellence

* Help build a campus culture that values attention to detail and quality work

* Provide a transitional experience into professional and academic communities

* Facilitate program evaluation and community building 

A blog entry next week will look at some of the work done by the students at the Student Conference. 

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Students Raising Guide Dogs at Unity College | WABI TV5

A new program at Unity College lets students raise puppies to become guide dogs. Guiding Eyes for the Blind is the organization that's being implemented on

Our students are doing really great things at Unity College. This is an awesome story of about some of the experiential programs going on here on campus. 

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https://www.unity.edu/news/training-guiding-eyes-blind

(Want to learn about some cute dogs????????)