University of Maine System

Published
May 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.
Published
May 26, 2022

Faculty members question payout to new UMA president who withdrew from job

Michael R. Laliberte's potential $615,000 paycheck over three years is not sitting well with certain faculty members, some of whom were laid off recently for budgetary reasons.
Published
May 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.
Published
May 22, 2022

The effects of faculty cuts ripple across UMF campus and into homes

After building roots in Farmington, will the professors eliminated from UMF's humanities and social sciences programs leave the community they have come to love?
Published
May 20, 2022

UMaine Machias faculty support other campuses’ no-confidence votes against chancellor

Faculty at the University of Maine at Machias voted unanimously this week to support earlier votes of no-confidence at UMA, USM and UMF.
Published
May 18, 2022

UMF Faculty Senate issues no-confidence vote in Chancellor Malloy

The vote follows a time of instability at UMF and in the UMaine System.
Published
May 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.
Published
May 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.
Published
May 13, 2022

Our View: UMaine System chancellor losing trust following errors at UMA, UMF

So far, Dannel Malloy’s explanations for the errors have been incomplete, and his interactions with students and faculty underwhelming, and at times dishonest.
Published
May 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.