UNE President Danielle Ripich interviewed on Tidesmart Talk

UNE President Danielle Ripich, Ph.D., was a guest on TideSmart Talk with host Steve Woods (Stevoe), in a program that was broadcast on June 2, 2012.

In a 54-minute interview, President Ripich talks about how she got involved in education, recent growth at UNE, the impact of that growth Maine's economy and plans for the next five years.

Under her leadership the University has launched a College of Pharmacy, College of Graduate Studies, and College of Dental Medicine (opening in 2013), as well as four Centers of Excellence for Research and Scholarship. A UNE campus in Morocco is slated to open in 2013. UNE is now Maine's largest private university. Listen to the interview.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.