Learn all there is to know about searching for, applying for, and growing your total award amounts in this zoom webinar hosted by leading experts on a range of financial aid topics. In addition there will be a student panel that will share specific stories and real life example on minimizing student loans. If you would like to watch the webinar here at the Ellsworth Center we will have space available!

Find Scholarships – Learn About Your Search Tools
Apply – Make Your Application Stand Out In All The RIGHT Ways
Maximize Your Awards – Strategize and Save More

Presenters Include...

• Nikki Vachon - The Finance Authority of Maine, College Access Counselor
• Jamie Santiago - University of Maine at Augusta, Financial Aid Director
• Siana Emery - Maine Community Foundation, Scholarship Outreach Associate
• Kelly Cochrane - Eastern Maine Development, Workforce Specialist
• Karen Keim - Maine Educational Opportunity Center, Director

Use the QR or the button to Register and receive follow-up resources

 The time to choose your valentine is coming up and the Ellsworth SA is having trouble picking one! Enter for your chance to be that lucky valentine and win a basket from the Ellsworth Center's very generous Student Association!

You must be a current UMA student to enter. The baskets will include...

- CANDY
- DECORATIONS
- KRABBY PATTIES
- A BLANKET
- A WELCOME MAT
- A SLED AND MORE!

Entries will be taken until 8:00am on February 10, 2025 so don't delay!

Since 1987, the month of March has been recognized as National Women's History Month. This offers us all the opportunity to recognize and reflect on how women in our personal lives have impacted us.

Write a paragraph or two to recognize a woman that has had a significant positive impact on your life using the form below, deadline for submissions is March 24th. You will be automatically entered into the $50.00 Hannaford Gift Card drawing. Please note that these will be on display in a scrolling slideshow at the luncheon. 

The drawing will take place at the Women's History Month luncheon.  The luncheon will be on Wednesday, March 26th 12:00pm at the UMA Ellsworth Center.  

The Luncheon will also have an additional $50.00 Hannaford Gift Card Door Prize drawing. Please RSVP so that we can better plan the event!

The spring welcome back bags were a big hit! A huge thanks goes out to the Ellsworth Student Association for sponsoring.

If you missed grabbing yours this past week you still have the chance but only a few remain! Just come into the Ellsworth Center and ask at the main office!

If you missed it last fall don't let it slip you by in spring. UMA has a photo contest and a trivia Kahoot that runs each week with prizes any student can win, from anywhere!

For the photo contests, Gift cards will be awarded to those students whose photos receive the first ($30), second ($20), and third ($10) highest votes for each theme.

For the Trivia, Be sure to use your UMA ID number so they can track your participation and enter you in our end-of-the-semester prize raffle that includes everything from board games and hammocks to iPads and Amazon gift cards!

Winners will read their poems with the 2025 keynote poet, Natalie Diaz, author of When My Brother Was an Aztec, April 26, at the UMA Augusta campus!

Contestants may submit up to 3 pieces of original work

Submission deadline: March 1, 2025

What is Advising : February 4th

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Information Literacy : February 18th

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Sleep Hygiene : March 4th

12:30 - 1:30 pm 

Know anyone that is thinking about taking college level courses, but feels unprepared? Or thinks that it has been to long since they last took classes at any level?

 The wonderful folks from RSU 24 are offering a college transition course here at the UMA Ellsworth Center! The course starts Feb 25 and runs 12 weeks. It will cover topics like math and english as well as general skills to support your college success.

Call : 207.422.4794 for more information

Help us help you, any and all recommendations for the center are welcome!

Have any one that you think deserves some extra recognition? Maybe an event that you are a part of that you want to show the UMA Ellsworth community? How about just a general suggestion? All types of questions and comments are welcome, just enter it all below with the Newsletter Submissions Form!

Love hearing about all the wonderful things that are coming up at the Ellsworth Center, but wish you could have a say in the types of events that were offered?

Wish you could add more to your resume than just your degree while you are enrolled here at the Center?

Come on in and inquire!

Are you interested in trying a new competitive opportunity or a new club?

If so, the ESports Program might be a great way to get involved! There are both competitive teams as well as a club that you can be a part of. If you are interested, please each out to Ben Bucklin for more information!

UMA is preparing to celebrate its 60th Anniversary during the 2025-2026 Academic Year!

The 60th Anniversary Committee has been busy brainstorming possible themes for the anniversary, and would like your input. Please use this survey to rate the four themes the committee is considering. The survey is open through February 7.