Unobskey College
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College receives largest single gift from Nancy & Sidney Unobskey
INTERNATIONAL CENTER ESTABLISHED FOR THE LOWER ST. CROIX
Sidney and Nancy Unobskey have presented Husson College with property and annual grants valued in excess of $1.5 million, the largest single gift in college history. The Unobskey Education Center in Calais, built by Sidney Unobskey’s grandmother early in the twentieth century, will now house Husson Graduate Degree Programs and become a center for Public/Private/International higher education collaboration for the American and Canadian citizens of the Lower St. Croix River Valley. It is called Unobskey College and is an affiliate of Husson College. Nancy and Sidney Unobskey have a vision of economic development centered on higher education, the international border and the river basin they call home. Husson is now honored to share in that vision. Husson will offer graduate degrees in Business Education and Criminal Justice plus select undergraduate degrees. It will offer graduates of Washington County Community College a seamless transfer into Husson and potentially into graduate degrees without ever having to leave Calais, Maine. The University of New Brunswick has signed a memorandum of understanding with Husson to deliver on-line and other courses. Bangor Theological Seminary will offer initial courses in their Doctor of Divinity program with a focus on the St. Croix, and New Brunswick markets. The New England School of Communications is preparing to offer communications courses this fall. University College of the University of Maine System has started Monday courses for the spring semester this morning at the center and Husson is reaching out to the multiple campuses of the University with an offer to become involved. We are beginning to build a true collaborative center for international higher education in what we will now call Unobskey College. Sidney and Nancy Unobskey, through their generosity, passion, boundless energy and vision have made this possible. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts, said Husson President William Beardsley. Sidney Unobskey was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and raised in Calais, Maine. A graduate of Yale University he has spent his career in international urban development from New York, to Singapore, to Melbourne Australia to San Francisco. Nancy Unobskey pursued a parallel career in social services and the arts. They currently reside in San Francisco, California and Robbinston, Maine. Nancy and I love Washington County and Charlotte County, New Brunswick. Our dream is to see higher education institutions on both side of the border working as one in what is becoming a creative economy. I have been engaged in a variety of economic and urban development initiatives around the world and I am now fascinated by the concept of rural economic development centered on an international river basin and high education. We are so honored to be pursuing this dream with Husson through a facility that bears our name, said Sidney Unobskey. As of January 1, 2007, Unobskey College is located in downtown Calais, Maine. Husson College owns the building and will make the facility available to other institutions of higher learning at minimal fees. The degrees earned at the college will be granted by the institution that grants the degree. University College of the University of Maine System with its ITV system, will be the sole occupant of the college through June, 2007, at which time Husson and other institutions will also move in. Most new programs and courses are scheduled to start in September, 2007. Husson is centered in Bangor. It currently has outreach sites in Presque Isle, located at Northern Maine Community College, and South Portland. The University of New Brunswick has major campuses in Fredericton, St. John and St. Andrews and also offers an extensive on-line capability. Bangor Theological Seminary is located in Bangor and Portland, The New England School of Communications in Bangor. None of us currently have a presence in the St. Croix River Valley. The Unobskey College brings us together, said Beardsley. The University of New Brunswick is very pleased to be working with Husson College to advance post-secondary educational opportunities in the St. Croix Region. Brought about through the vision of Sidney Unobskey and the openness of President Beardsley, this cooperation will make a significant difference to the citizens on both sides of the border, said University of New Brunswick President John McLaughlin. The Lower St. Croix Valley extends from Vanceboro in the north to Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick in the center to Eastport and Campobello to the south. There is a population of approximately 30,000 people within a commuting distance of Calais on both sides of the border.
Source : Husson.edu
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