Unity College Student Success

08/30/2023

08/30/2023

As we kick off another term, we welcome new and returning students to Unity Environmental University!

Check in and let us know where you are located.

08/30/2023

We are hiring!

Loggerhead Marinelife Center is looking for passionate individuals who support its mission of promoting the conservation of ocean ecosystems with a special focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles.

With the following positions available, click the link to find out more about our opportunities and apply today:

- Individual Giving Manager
- Development Associate
- Community Engagement Coordinator
- Part-time Pier Attendant
- Marine Science Educator (Part-time, Contract)

https://marinelife.org/about/careers/

08/30/2023

Open House Guest Speaker Spotlight!

Meet Laura Williams a Wildlife Biologist with Maine Audubon. Laura is one of multiple guest speakers who will be joining us on Sunday, Sept. 17th from 11AM-3PM to present on active conservation work being conducted in our region.

Laura received her B.S. in Wildlife Conservation from Unity College in Maine. Her wildlife fieldwork experience ranges from flying around Alaska in helicopters and bush planes for shorebird and songbird surveys in the remote tundra as well as mist- netting, tagging, and tracking bats to working in the North Maine woods capturing, collaring, and tracking white-tailed deer.

At Maine Audubon, Laura focuses her time on the Coastal Birds Project and the Fish Lead Free initiative. She spreads the Fish Lead Free word by educating anglers about Maine’s lead tackle law, encouraging them to use lead-free tackle alternatives, and providing lead recycling options for old lead tackle and fishing line. Laura has worked as the field crew lead for the Coastal Birds Project since 2019, protecting nesting areas and habitat for endangered Piping Plovers and Least Terns. Through this project, she trains volunteers to help monitor Piping Plovers as well as educate beachgoers about plovers and our other incredible migratory shorebirds that stopover on Maine’s beaches in spring and fall.

Come meet Laura and our other speakers here at Center for Wildlife on Sunday, Sept. 17 from 11AM-3PM. For more information and to book your tickets, head to thecenterforwildlife.org/events

08/30/2023

Come volunteer alongside members and staff on September 10th! Register at https://forms.office.com/g/s9sZjdfHqV or email [email protected] for more information.

08/22/2023

Check out this volunteer event hosted by our steward, Jared, at Mt Blue. State Park! Come join for a day outside 🌞

08/07/2023

Calling all recent grads❗ We are hiring multiple contract specialists for our New York, NY office via the Pathways Recent Graduates Program. USAJOBS

Learn more and apply by 8/4: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/739779900

08/07/2023

Professional development opportunity!!

Calling all young people passionate about climate! Our fall Constellations Fellowship applications are now open for any student or recent graduate interested in a 12-14-week life-changing professional development opportunity with a climate organization.

Visit https://rb.gy/28bil to view all open positions and apply!

08/07/2023

Catch the latest Fish of the Week! https://ow.ly/11B550PtHkr Special guest, Mackenzie Englishoe from Gwichyaa Zhee (Fort Yukon, Alaska), brings her Gwichya Gwich’in perspective about Yukon River Chinook Salmon, fish camp, loss, and the future. 👑🐟🎧

A Chinook (King) Salmon from Alaska transitions from chrome to crimson as it runs upriver to spawn. 📷 Ryan Hagerty/USFWS

08/07/2023

How many Maine Lighthouses have you seen?

Have a Brazzle dazzle day!

It’s ! There are few landscapes as picturesque as a lighthouse along a coast. But the quiet postcard image belies a dramatic history, one filled with heroism and adversity. National parks along both coasts and the shores of our Great Lakes tell illuminating stories with lighthouses, lifesaving stations, artifacts, and exhibits. They remind us of our nation’s maritime history and of the families and individuals who braved the elements to offer safe passage and save lives. Read more at https://www.nps.gov/subjects/oceans/lighthouses.htm

What lighthouses have you visited?

Image: Like a candle on the water, the Bodie Island Lighthouse at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina. NPS/Kurt Moses

08/07/2023

From the bird feeder of the Dean: a curious house finch.