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PORTLAND, Maine

Westbrook College of Health Professions featured in the Bangor Daily News for partnership with Cumberland County Jail

UNE’s Westbrook College of Health Professions was highlighted in both a video and article on the Bangor Daily News website this week for facilitating a 30-day drug rehabilitation program for Cumberland County Jail inmates in partnership with ANEW Approach.

The video featured interviews with participants about their experiences with the treatment program and their interactions with UNE faculty and students. Interviewees expressed gratitude for the opportunity to participate and explained how they are changing positively because of the program.

The article about the specifics of the program included further comments from both inmates and UNE students about the program's impact.  The article shared a link to an online fundraiser aimed at keeping the program alive after the 30-day trial period.

Read the article.

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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.