Administration
Ellen Beaulieu
Ed.D.
VP for Strategic Initiatives and Communications
Ellen Beaulieu brings outstanding academic and administrative experience to her role as the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Communications. Dr. Beaulieu has facilitated university-level strategic planning, implementation mapping, plan communication and evaluation — all important processes for enhancing institutional effectiveness. Currently, she is leading the Communications professional staff team and coordinating systems for program and institutional innovation.
Ellen Beaulieu has served as a UNE program director and VPAA, along with other administrative and faculty roles. She is a... Read More
Expertise
Product Design
Strategic Planning
Collaboration
Health Promotion
Professional Staff
Jennie came to UNE in 2010 and joined the Communications Office in 2012. She graduated summa cum laude as the salutatorian from Colby College in 1999 as an English major. A Rhodes Scholarship finalist, she attended Oxford University in England, where she specialized in Renaissance poetry.
Jennie’s work in Communications spans several areas. She writes feature stories and news stories for the UNE website and crafts press releases about the University. Jennie is the copy editor and a contributing writer for the UNE... Read More
Expertise
Writing
proofreading
grammatical accuracy
Associated Press (AP) Style
Hilary Babbitt joined UNE in 2017 as the Office Manager for Strategic Initiatives before joining the Communications Department in 2018. She comes to us with a solid background in administrative work after managing a small laboratory in Orono for several years before relocating to Portland. Hilary holds a BA in Semiotics with double minors in Anthropology and Gender Studies from the University of Toronto. Read More
Louise Coburn serves as the social media strategist for the University of New England. Louise oversees UNE's social strategy, manages engagement with target audiences, and creates and curates content for UNE's social media channels. Louise also works to build the capacity of the university community to effectively use social media in their own roles. Louise returned to Maine (childhood in Ireland, teens in Maine) following world travel and a 10-year career in marketing and non-profit management... Read More
Expertise
Content Development
Social Media Strategy
Paid Social
Social and Google Analytics
Content Marketing and Creative
Presenter
Lee works with different UNE offices and departments across campus and beyond, assisting with the audio-visual aspects of conferences, meetings and special events.
Lee joined the UNE Communications team in 2016, after seven years as co-owner of a successful full-service video production company in Kennebunk, serving clients such as the Mayo Clinic, Central Pacific Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, the Bush family and the Ogunquit Playhouse. Prior to that, Lee worked with several high-profile production companies in Los Angeles,... Read More
David has been with the University of New England for 20 years. For fifteen years, he worked in the IT Department, supporting the technology needs of the University in his role as senior network administrator and Helpdesk technician.
When David joined the Communications team, he took on the responsibility of filming and live streaming most of the live events on both campuses and sometimes even on the Tangier campus. He is also responsible for all the A/V... Read More
As Director of Public Relations, Sarah oversees public and media relations for the university, looking for stories about UNE students, faculty, professional staff, academic programs, and research to share with a variety of audiences in order to grow UNE’s global reputation. She also oversees institutional communications to the UNE Community.
A natural storyteller, Sarah Delage came to UNE with eight years of broadcast journalism experience in Maine. During her tenure as a reporter at NEWS CENTER Maine, the statewide NBC... Read More
Expertise
Writing
video production
Content Development
Social Media
Copy Editing
Public Relations
journalism
Sean Fitzpatrick leads strategy and implementation of UNE's priority marketing programs. This includes a central initiative to increase brand awareness and understanding among key audiences, as well as separate initiatives designed to support awareness and enrollment for select programs. Additionally, Sean is available to consult University departments and programs on individual marketing initiatives managed by those departments.
Sean is an award-winning marketing director and strategist with more than twenty years of experience on the... Read More
April comes to UNE from Diversified Communications where she started as the editorial assistant for SeaFood Business magazine, a leading seafood industry publication. From there, she moved into the assistant editor role and was instrumental in developing and launching SeafoodSource.com, a business-to-business website for the seafood industry.
Prior to that, she attended the University of Maine in Orono to earn a B.A. in Journalism.
Expertise
Copy Editing
AP Style
Content Management Systems
Meghan Grammer comes to UNE with several years of experience in print design, specializing in catalogs, books, and posters. She received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, and her MA in Graphic design from the New England School of Art and Design. She strives to bring clarity, functionality, aesthetics, and a touch of whimsy to everything she creates.
In her spare time, Meghan can be found coaching and officiating for Maine Roller Derby.Read More
Holly Haywood earned her B.F.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology in Photojournalism and Film, where she fell for both — the stayed moment and the moving picture — at different times. Years of darkroom work at Colorado State University followed and then a move back east. She has co-owned a photography business, worked in multi-media and is glad the circle has returned her to her initial passion.
Holly loves her daughters, documentary photography, portraiture and running with her dogs each and... Read More
Jessica comes to UNE from Cuddledown, a luxury bedding company based in Yarmouth, Maine. She brings experience in consumer-focused design, online marketing, and front-end web development. Jessica received her undergraduate degree from Quinnipiac University in Interactive Digital Design.
In her spare time, Jessica enjoys going to concerts, exploring museums, and trying new recipes.Read More
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Daniel Lambert is UNE’s resident filmmaker, using the media of film and video to tell the countless individual stories that, together, make up the UNE community. Whether he’s hanging off the side of a boat to film renowned UNE marine biologist James Sulikowski in action, or jetting off to Morocco to capture the cross-cultural pageantry of UNE’s Tangier campus, Dan is always alert for the personal element in any story—bringing a distinct humanist touch to all his work.
A native... Read More
Guy works as the Web Systems Adminstrator for the University of New England, developing for the main UNE site, and other UNE web-related assets. Before coming to UNE, Guy worked with numerous agencies and clients, including The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU, and RUBB Building Systems, to name a few.
Guy is also very active in the development community in Portland, and regularly attends meetups and contributes to open source projects on GitHub.... Read More
Expertise
Web Development
WordPress
React
SQL
Ruby on Rails
Email Marketing
UNIX/Linux Administration
Marine Miller received an M.F.A. in visual communications in 2005 from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Her design experience includes exhibition, in-house and publishing. Four of her artist's books are included in the Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection. She relocated to Portland in 2013.Read More
Josh has been affiliated with UNE since joining the English Department as an adjunct instructor in 2004. He currently teaches the annual Center for Global Humanities Seminar Series and English Composition, and writes part-time for the Office of Communications.
Josh is also the author of several books, including popular baseball titles like The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip... Read More
Expertise
Writing
Writing Instruction
Script Writing
Content Editing
Copy Editing
Baseball Culture
As Public Relations Strategist, Chris is dedicated to telling stories about the great things happening at UNE. That includes generating story ideas, interviewing administrators, faculty and students, writing press releases and articles.
Chris came to UNE with more than 30 years of broadcast journalism experience. After spending several years at WSMW-TV in Worcester, Massachusetts and WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, he brought his skills to WCSH-TV in Portland in 1986.
Chris filled many roles at the NBC... Read More
Expertise
Content Development
Public Relations
journalism
Jonathan comes to UNE with two decades of combined software development and graphic design experience. Prior to joining the UNE Communications team, Jonathan's interest design and technology led to his involvement in a diverse range of interesting projects for Nike, Paramount Pictures, and the U.S. Social Security Administration and, most recently, acting as the lead designer/developer at the University of Arizona College of Engineering.
Jonathan studied Aeronautical Engineering and Physics at the University of Maryland, after which... Read More
Expertise
Web Development
Drupal
design
SEO
UX/UI
Adobe Creative Suite
HTML5
CSS
Philip spent over a decade as a copywriter, content strategist, and associate creative director at a number of New York advertising agencies, where he helped create innovative, effective, award-winning work for clients ranging from Jose Cuervo to M&M’s, Verizon, and Bank of America.
A burgeoning passion for education brought Philip to Maine, where he studied to become a teacher at USM, and became deeply involved in educational issues and the local educational community. ... Read More
Expertise
Writing
Content Development
Marketing Strategy
Creative Concepting
Academic Communications.
Content Editing
Sarah Wissler
B.A.
Integrated Content and Project Specialist
Sarah oversees integrated editorial content for the UNE website and facilitates special projects for the Office of Communications. Working with departments across the University, she aligns marketing efforts with program-specific and university-wide objectives.
Before joining UNE, Sarah led copywriting and public relations efforts at Cuddledown, a Maine-based bedding company. She received her undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College, where she also worked as a publications assistant... Read More
Expertise
Writing
Advertising
Social Media
Copy Editing and Proofreading
Public Relations
Marketing