Academics & Enrollment

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New Online SAT Prep Classes for High School Students Announced

Dr. Mary Smyth is offering her popular SAT Prep Matters classes online through the Hutchinson Center this winter/spring. Online SAT Prep Matters and SAT Boot Camp are SAT prep courses designed for college-bound high school sophomores and juniors who plan to take the SAT test on paper before the SAT switches to a digital platform. […]

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Summer and Fall Happenings at the UMaine Hutchinson Center

The University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast has a diverse range of in-person and online opportunities this summer and fall, all open to the public. Community Outreach “Finding Our Voices,” an exhibit featuring Patrisha McLean’s photo portraits of 43 Maine survivors of domestic abuse, is on display through October in the center’s H. Allen […]

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Early College research and STEM program expands to additional campuses

Building on the success of the Integrated Science Research and Career Exploration course at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast the past few years, this innovative course for rising 11th and 12th graders is now expanding to the Orono and Machias campuses. Introduction to Integrated Science and Career Exploration (INT 188) is a […]

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UMaine Hutchinson Center Announces Winter Session/Spring 2022 Class Registration

Winter Session and Spring 2022 registration is open through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center for both undergraduate and graduate-level courses, certificates and degree programs. Limited need-based scholarships are available. The Hutchinson Center offers five fully online UMaine undergraduate bachelor degree programs: Economics, Business Administration, Political Science, Surveying Engineering Technology and University Studies. Additionally, a […]

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A Summer of Fieldwork, Data Analysis and Friendship in Belfast

This summer, high school students from across the US took part in an Integrated Science and Career Exploration Early College Course at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. They collected data on microplastics on Sears Island, conducted experiments in sophisticated biology and chemistry labs, tested their hypothesis, interviewed STEM professionals and made lasting friendships.   […]

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UMaine Hutchinson Center Announces Fall 2021 Class Registration

Fall registration is open through the University of Maine Hutchinson Center for both undergraduate and graduate level courses, certificates and degree programs. Limited need-based scholarships are available. The Hutchinson Center offers five fully online UMaine undergraduate bachelor degree programs: Economics, Business Administration, Political Science, Surveying Engineering Technology and University Studies. Additionally, a number of in-person […]

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Interview with Michelle Moschkau, MSW Student & Scholarship Recipient

Meet Michelle Moschkau, UMaine Master of Social Work student. Moschkau is also a member of the UMaine Professional Opioid Workforce Response Program (POWR). Receiving an academic scholarship enabled Moschkau to focus on her course work and clinical field placement and increase her awareness around the relationship between substance abuse disorder and trauma, furthering her resolve […]

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UMaine Early College students put Belfast Bay under the microscope

Eleven students from six Maine high schools and from area homeschool programs started the summer in various Belfast Bay locations as part of an intensive three- week STEM research course offered through the University of Maine’s Early College Program.  The students came from Belfast Area High School, Hermon High School, John Bapst High School, Lawrence […]

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