University of Maine Augusta
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PublishedJuly 22, 2022
UMaine at Augusta prepping a new generation of students for the airline industry
The purchase of the new plane will allow UMA's program to fly out of the Brunswick Executive Airport where before, it only flew out of the Augusta State Airport.
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PublishedJune 16, 2022
Maine legislative panel grills UMaine chancellor over ‘egregious’ presidential search
UMaine Chancellor Dannel Malloy and the board of trustees Chairperson Trish Riley spoke virtually to the Legislature's Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.
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PublishedMay 27, 2022
Final settlement with UMA president who withdrew from job includes $30,000 housing allowance payout
The deal between the University of Maine System and Michael Laliberte also ensures he will make a minimum of $235,000 annually for the next two years, with UMaine agreeing to pay the difference if a new job pays him less than that.
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PublishedMay 24, 2022
Our View: University system damaged by chancellor’s missteps
Dannel Malloy was supposed to bring political savvy to a key leadership job, but instead he’s made a lot of enemies.
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PublishedMay 23, 2022
Faculty members say departure of new UMA president not enough to quell concerns; some call for system chancellor to resign
UMaine System board of trustees takes no action on Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy's contract, which expires June 30, but expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to keep Malloy.
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PublishedMay 22, 2022
Newly named UMA president agrees to deal to withdraw from position
Michael R. Laliberte, whose hiring was criticized after votes of no confidence at his former university came to light, to be paid salary of $205,000 in what would have been his first year.
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PublishedMay 14, 2022
Maine Voices: Secrecy amid storms at UMF, UMA feels all too familiar
As they did at USM in 2014, UMaine System leaders persist in ignoring the vital roles faculty, staff and students play in our state’s public universities.
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PublishedMay 13, 2022
UMaine System chancellor calls for review of active employment searches and policies governing them
The change comes after faculty from the University of Maine at Augusta voted no confidence both in its presidential search and the chancellor.
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PublishedMay 12, 2022
University of Maine at Augusta faculty senate votes no confidence in presidential search, system chancellor
During a five-hour meeting Wednesday, faculty members at UMA call for a new presidential search, following recent disclosures that faculty members and students at Michael R. Laliberte's former university in New York had voted no confidence in him.
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PublishedMay 10, 2022
UMaine System union president says legitimacy of UMA presidential search was ‘destroyed’
University of Maine System faculty union President Jim McClymer sent the letter Tuesday morning in response to the hiring of President Michael Laliberte at University of Maine at Augusta.