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UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Brightspace Learning Environment is an innovative learning management system for creating, hosting, and editing online learning resources. It contains a flexible suite of tools for creating custom content for institutions, courses and users.

Brightspace can be used for online courses or for developing supplementary materials for courses taught in other more traditional formats.

UMaine Brightspace Access

Blank course shells have been created for all of your upcoming courses within Brightspace already. When you log in to Brightspace, you will see all of your courses right on the landing page.

Resources for instructors:

If you still have questions please contact an instructional designer.

Making your course active to students for the semester
Brightspace course shell is automatically generated for all UMS courses. By default, courses are created as not “Active” in Brightspace. Auto-populate enrollments is done every 20 mins from Mainestreet enrollment data into the Brightsapce course shell.

To make your Brightspace course as “Active” for students to access:

“Course Admin” via the navbar on Brightspace
“Course Offering Information” section
Toggle “Course is Active” and Save