Unity College

For the Unity College in Ethiopia, see: Unity University College; For the Unity College in Burnley, Lancashire, see: Unity College (Burnley).

Unity College is a private, liberal arts college located 35 miles Southwest of Bangor, Maine and 25 miles from the Maine Coast, in the village of Unity. The college offers an undergraduate education that emphasizes the environment and natural resources throughout the academic program. In 2007 the school was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of America's Best Colleges. In the Comprehensive Colleges–Bachelor's (North) category it is ranked in the third tier.

History

The college was founded in 1965 as the Unity Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a faculty of 15 and a student body of 39. The founders, a group of local business people, were looking for ways to counter the economic decline the adjacent town of Unity was then experiencing. Two years later it changed its name to Unity College and in 1969 awarded degrees to its first graduating class of 24. The school has continued to grow in size and has today one of the broadest environmental and natural resources programs in the US.

Campus

The campus is located on 240 acres overlooking Unity and nearby Unity Pond. The original section of the campus consisted of a farm with several of the farm buildings serving as residence halls, classrooms and administrative offices. The original farmhouse now is home to the College Development, Public Safety, Human Resources, and Switchboard offices.

There are five residence options on campus. The Eastview, Westview, and Wood Halls are designated for freshmen. Upper classmen have the option of living in The Cottages, Maplewood, Cianchette Hall, or off campus. The residential community is vibrant and close knit resulting in over 60% of the student body living on-campus.

The Dorothy W. Quimby Library houses a collection of over 50,000 volumes to more than 400 scholarly and general-interest periodicals. The collection has been assembled primarily to support the college's curriculum, but additionally it serves as the public library for area towns; its holdings include a large collection of general fiction and children's books.

For the Unity College in Ethiopia, see: Unity University College; For the Unity College in Burnley, Lancashire, see: Unity College (Burnley).

Unity College is a private, liberal arts college located 35 miles Southwest of Bangor, Maine and 25 miles from the Maine Coast, in the village of Unity. The college offers an undergraduate education that emphasizes the environment and natural resources throughout the academic program. In 2007 the school was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of America's Best Colleges. In the Comprehensive Colleges–Bachelor's (North) category it is ranked in the third tier.

History

The college was founded in 1965 as the Unity Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a faculty of 15 and a student body of 39. The founders, a group of local business people, were looking for ways to counter the economic decline the adjacent town of Unity was then experiencing. Two years later it changed its name to Unity College and in 1969 awarded degrees to its first graduating class of 24. The school has continued to grow in size and has today one of the broadest environmental and natural resources programs in the US.