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AUGUSTA — Nirav Shah, director of Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, will deliver the keynote address at UMA’s Virtual Convocation ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25. This year’s convocation will be a webinar event and the public is invited to view it on Facebook Live at facebook.com/UMAugusta.
Convocation marks the beginning of a new academic year, and with that, a new academic theme. The UMA Colloquium selected Outbreak as the theme for the 2020-21 academic year. Additionally, a single theme-related book has been adopted for use in a number of classes across the curriculum: “The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic — and How It Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World,” by Steven Johnson.
Rebecca White, UMA assistant professor of history, will provide a faculty perspective on the theme and Celena Zacchai, a social science student, will give her perspective.
During the convocation ceremony, UMA will also recognize students identified as Rising Scholars for both academic achievement and promise. Nominated students are those who have excelled in academics, engaged in the UMA community, or are individuals faculty and staff believe show great potential and promise as student scholars.
Additionally, UMA professor of psychology and human services Frank Ellis will receive the Distinguished Educator award and UMA professor of art Peter Precourt will receive the Distinguished Scholar award.
