WATERVILLE, Maine, Oct. 26 -- Colby College issued the following news: Colby is pleased to introduce Laura Renee Chandler as associate provost and dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion, a new position created to lead and promote DEI efforts across the College. A decorated historian with expertise in African-American history, feminist history, intercultural communication, and related topics, Chandler comes to Colby from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, where she was the inaugural vice presi more PR

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 26 -- The University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy issued the following commentary on Oct. 25, 2023: * * * Maine cannot afford to not invest now in its public university infrastructure For decades, the University of Maine System has seriously underinvested in its statewide physical plant. More than half of academic spaces and three-quarters of residence halls have not undergone real renovation since students used slide rules. Classrooms are unconducive to 21st-c more PR