December 2015 Issue
  

Happy Holidays from the Unity College Community! 


 

Thomas Bednar and Mikala Robinson speak at Dec. Commencement.
Unity College Graduates 27 at December Commencement.

Unity College celebrated its December Commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 18 at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts. 

Dr. Stephen Mulkey Address December Candidates

Dr. Stephen Mulkey delivers December 2015 Commencement address "my last official public act as president of Unity College." Full text available here.




Unity College Community Reacts to Climate Change Agreement

The Unity College community is lauding passage of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change agreement in Paris.
 



President Stephen Mulkey Moderated Panel on Climate Change and the Economy

President Stephen Mulkey moderated a recent Speaking in Maine panel discussion on Climate Change and the Economy .  




President Stephen Mulkey Published in The Journal of Sustainability Education. 

President Stephen Mulkey recently published an article ,
Sustainability Programming is an Ethical Obligation for Higher Education in the Environmental Century, in   

Unity College Coral Wet Lab Opens 

The Unity College Coral Wet Lab was named the CJ and Rick O'Connor and Clifford Family Coral Wet Lab, in recognition of a generous donation from the descendants of founders. See more here.





Unity College Students Training Dogs for Guiding Eyes 

Unity College students are training dogs on campus for Guiding Eyes a program that takes on puppies and trains them to become service dogs for the blind.  Megan Carroll and Nicole Viveirous work as a team to raise Malcom, Georgia Male and Mikala Robinson raise his brother Mack. 
 






Unity College Center for the Performing Arts Has Full January Schedule. 

The January 2016 slate at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts is full with a variety of talent. Among the groups performing are Whaler's Run, featuring Unity College alumni Todd Bowen, who will be donating 100 percent of the ticket sales to the UCCPA. Among the other groups scheduled to perform are Windborne and the Ghost of Paul Revere. There will also be Ballroom Dance Classes. Check out the full schedule here .



Alumni in the News

Linwood Vaughan, 2008 Conservation Law Enforcement graduate works as a Law Enforcement Ranger for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) for the National Park Service in Saint Louis, Missouri. 

In 2015, Linwood achieved the following: -Certified Lead Evidence Custodian, Certified FLETC Firearms Instructor, Field Training Officer, Shift Lead Supervisor,  Member of the National Incident Management and Reporting System (IMARS) council, IMARS instructor for the Midwest Region, Certified Instructor for Operational Leadership-Risk Management, An adjunct instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, GA for NPS Basic Law Enforcement Students.


Erik Larson, a 2010 Environmental Analysis Grad is Assistant Professor of Geology at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio - Erik was profiled on the website here .

Keep us informed!
Please stay in touch - share photos and let us know about your news or ideas for stories about fellow alum. Email: Sher Quaday at: 
squaday@unity.edu

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