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Happy new year!
Welcome back!
Spring classes
begin as follows:
1/10 UMA, UM
1/11 UMFK
1/18 UMF, UMPI, USM
1/19 UMM
A detailed UMS academic calendar is available as a
PDF online or stay connected by subscribing to the [log in to unmask]&ctz=America/New_York&gsessionid=OK">UCBB events calendar inside your UMS
Google apps. It is easy to add this calendar.
Set up a payment plan in MaineStreet
Students now
have the ability to enroll in a payment plan inside MaineStreet.
Here’s the quick guide to this new feature.
Renew now!
Please remember
to renew your FAFSA
for the 2011-2012 financial aid year by 2/15. Renewing by this priority
deadline will allow you to be fully considered for all forms of aid and to
also receive an award offer earlier.
Apply for the Competitive Skills Scholarship
The Competitive Skills Scholarship Program (CSSP)
helps workers learn new skills and succeed in a changing economy. The
program is open to all qualified Maine residents and pays for education for
jobs in demand in Maine. Applications are expected to be available
beginning 2/1 and the deadline is 2/15.
FMI.
Volunteer
We are
recruiting volunteers and students who have a work-study award to staff our
business office. Volunteers are eligible to earn a three credit hour UMA
tuition waiver. Please contact Arlene Smith
FMI or to apply.
Celebrate the dream
University
College will be closed on Monday 1/17
in observance of the Martin
Luther King holiday.
Get involved!
All students
are invited and encouraged to attend Midcoast Center for Higher Education student
association meetings. Please join the SA officers at
their first spring semester meeting on Tuesday 1/25 at 11:45 am
in Room 120. Be sure to enter the SA drawing for a Coffee 101 gift
certificate before the 25th (drawing details in the lobby)!
Get wise!
Check out our
Midcoast Senior College Winter Wisdom lecture
series. This free lecture series is held every Wednesday at 12:15 pm at the
Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick through 2/16. Upcoming topics: How victorian were the
Victorians? (1/12), Homeward
Bound: Sailing from Turkey to France (1/19)
Sell
Sell your
unloved college textbooks. A book
buyback is will be held in the lobby on 1/26 & 1/27
from 1 to 7 pm.
Get matched!
Join Shelley Taylor,
Maine Centers for Women, Work and Community, on Thursday, 1/27 from 6:30
to 7:30 pm to learn about a
federal matched savings account program that can help pay
for education, buy a home, or start a business. Qualified individuals may
apply to open a Family Development Account (FDA) so that every dollar saved
can be matched by four dollars. Please email Shelley
Taylor FMI or to pre-register.
Stay connected!
Stay tuned in
to UCBB news, events and fun through our Facebook page. It’s
a great place to stay connected with your colleagues!
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Register now for spring courses
Please schedule
an appointment to meet with your academic advisor. More
New Course Premieres
UMA Instructor
Pat Clark will offer HUS 363 Young Children with Special Needs on Tuesdays
from 4 to 6:45 p.m. starting January 11, 2011. More
Build your resume doing good
Volunteers are
needed as IRS Certified Tax Preparers or Asset Coaches. More
Stay connected!
Get the UCBB
events calendar with your UMS Google apps! More
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