Unity College
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PublishedAugust 13, 2020
Unity College supporters to gather Saturday in support of school
College officials have announced the school might sell its main campus as part of sweeping changes to its education model.
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PublishedAugust 4, 2020
Unity community shocked by academic shift, layoffs, but student leader hopeful
The college said Monday that the school would be shifting permanently to a hybrid model, which has left many within the community feeling blindsided and looking for answers.
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PublishedAugust 3, 2020
Unity College laying off 15% of staff, exploring sale of main campus under ‘hybrid’ model
Unity President Melik Peter Khoury said the announcement is "not simply a reaction to the pandemic,” although the "financial impact of COVID-19 certainly expedited our plans."
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PublishedJuly 6, 2020
Maine leads New England for economically vulnerable college towns
As schools decide whether to reopen campuses this year, the economic impact will ripple through the communities in which they are based.
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PublishedJune 23, 2020
Unity College reducing tuition for distance education graduate programs
Melik Peter Khoury, the college's president, said the tuition reduction helps Unity meet its mission to make education more accessible.
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PublishedMay 18, 2020
Unity College launches hybrid education program for the fall
‘We are designing each course for both online and face-to-face, and we’ll offer both options,’ Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, president of Unity College said about the college's new hybrid learning program.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2019
Unity College’s Distance Education Department relocates to New Gloucester
In November, the department completed the move from Unity's main campus to Pineland Farms, a 5,000-acre farm in New Gloucester just 30 minutes north of Portland.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2019
Unity College introduces degree with focus on climate change
The school created the degree in order to address the growing interests of students, demands in the job market and the institution's mission of being "America's Environmental College."
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2019
Climate Strikes scheduled to take place across Central Maine
Demonstrations to push for action on climate change will commence across the state on Friday morning, including four across Central Maine.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2019
Charter school in Unity will take final spot allowed under state law
The Ecology Learning Center, which would serve high schools students on the campus of Unity College, received unanimous approval from the Maine Charter School Commission.