Unity College is perfect for those who love the outdoors, who seek adventure, and who love everything science and nature have to offer. Even if you aren't outdoorsy (like myself) but you would like to be- Unity helps you get there! If you are an avid hunter, a marine biologist, if you love sports, being involved, having fun, if you are a scientist a psychologist, a farmer, a fisher, if you love ALL animals- or just a select few, then I can guarantee Unity College is the college for you!
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
The most important tip that I would give any prospective student would be... Do not be afraid to get involved the moment you step on campus! Unity college students love when prospective students are not afraid to come pick up a Frisbee or a guitar and start playing! We encourage you to ask any questions you have no matter how ridiculous you may think it might be because we can guarantee you that at some point we had the same exact questions as you do now. If you are looking for a school with the best name for itself, that is sustainable, and is serious about giving it's students the best education for their major that will ensure a great future career, this is the school for you!
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
Truthfully, the academic rigor for Unity College is challenging. Professors have high expectations for their students, and want the best knowledge and education for them. This includes a decent sized workload at times. Although this may become stressful, it teaches you time management, as well as helps you to gain the knowledge needed to outshine in your major. Our professors have several degrees from places like Harvard and Princeton. They excel in their work and are willing to negotiate with you as well as work with you during private hours to guarantee you understand the material given. Classes are about 20 students or less and they are very hands on. This means field trips whenever possible, or going out into Unity's very own Unity Pond, Sandy Stream, or the forest trails.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
Dorm life at Unity College is fantastic! I personally transferred from a previous school before I came to Unity that was disgusting! I can guarantee to anyone that this school has one of the cleanest dorm buildings I have ever seen. Dorm bedrooms are decently sized, with large spacious windows that over look vivid sunsets and sunrises depending on what size of the building you live on. You are allowed to paint the rooms, add shelves, or add whatever addition you would like to the room as long as the Director of Residence Life approves it first! Fish are allowed, and for those who are 21 & over, all dorms except one (Woodhall) allow alcohol in the room. Most buildings come with a large common room that you are allowed to decorate. They have couches, tables, foosball/air hockey, organic vending machines, a microwave, a convection oven, a sink, and a flat screen TV. The only complaints I have would be that the Resident Advisor take hall sports, and loud music pretty seriously. Another complaint about the building physically would be that the drafts from the windows can be very strong when the wind blows. Also you have to pay for laundry, and the walls are pretty thin. But other than that, dorm life here is not some thing to complain about!
Describe the food and dining at your college.
The food at Unity College is fair. At times students can find the food to be very starchy, filled with carbs, and greasy, but there are ways around it. For example, we have a stir-fry station, a sandwich station, a salad station, and an around the world station that has food from Mexican, to Chinese, to Thai, and Indian, depending on what day it is. Students look forward to our annual Thursday-grill cheese day! And our once a month holiday meals that are DELICIOUS! We do our best to make sure our food is all from local farmers and organically fresh-like our milk! Our cafeteria is small but very inviting. It offers warm colors, large tables, and large private booths. It even has a great selection of music that plays, and a beautiful glass sunroom!
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
There is a lot of fun things to do for fun on campus is an understatement. Our school is constantly offering fun activities to do for fun! Every Wednesday we have a coffee house that offers free coffee and tea, and a local band or musician to come play in our Students Activities Center (the SAC). In the SAC alone, we have pool, darts, TVs, couches, food, board games, and a liquor license. On Thursday our school offers a DIY craft that you can come down and make for free! We also have themed dances, karaoke, talent shows, free movies at our local theater, Ultimate Frisbee, soccer, ice hockey, basketball, volleyball, yoga, hiking trails, ice fishing, kayaking, sailing, we have a bonfire pit on campus that anyone can start up as long as they have permission from campus safety, we have rock climbing in the gym on our rock wall, yoga, girls night at the wellness center, clubs, sports, and much, much more!
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
Aside from the numerous free activities I listed in our what to do for fun category, our school offers all Microsoft word programs for a $15 steal. The school's student activities and the Outdoor Adventure Center (OAC) provide trips to places like Bar Harbor, Portland, Acadia, a weekend cottage getaway to Cutler Coast and many more are free! The school offers many chances for each student to gain a taste of the different beautiful places that the state of Maine has to offer. In addition to this, the clubs also offer free trips as well! If students cannot afford items like a sleeping bag, a life jacket, a kayak, a canoe, a hiking backpack, or any other camping item, our OAC is able to supply you with these materials for as long as you need! Our library is also able to supply you with any sort of video making equipment necessary for a certain amount of time as well! Our science building is also willing to give any materials needed for a project, such as vials, alcohol, microorganisms, pipettes, and whatever else you may need. In addition to these, our SAC and local restaurants such as Unity's House of Pizza (free delivery), The Purple Cow, the Amish Bakery, and Spanky's Pizza offer a delicious decently sized portion of food for a decent price!
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
Our school is definitely unique compared to most colleges. Some of our traditions include the Polar Bear Run, The Swedish bobsled team which includes a group of crazy goofballs that run around sledding in ridiculous swim wear on every snow day collecting men from each of the dorms and speaking in Swedish accents. Another tradition would include the Hunters & Huggers dinner where we gather together with students and professors to eat locally grown fruits, vegetables, turkeys, lobster, lamb, and veil. We also have our annual Formal Flannel Dance! This is where the men and women get to choose whether they would rather wear a formal outfit to the dance, or their best flannel, jeans, and boots! An unusual location on campus would be our very own Unity Rocks, which is a mini remake of the Stonehenge, surrounded by blueberry bushes, we also have Terra haus which is our very own sustainable dorm building that houses 8 students with a complete kitchen, our shed that houses chickens, and more to come future livestock, as well as a complete archery range, and the Woodsmen Field, used for timber sports!
Which types of students will excel at your college?
Unity is great for people who are both loud and quiet. It's for the people who love nature, animals, guns, archery, waterfowl, primitive skills, the ocean, the woods, rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, and many more. This college is great for those who do not enjoy large schools (Unity College has 500 students) but want a small, tight knit community instead. This is a great school for students who want to become involved in spreading awareness about anything such as global climate change, and genetically modified foods or volunteering at countless places such as the Loki Wolf Refuge, Waterville's Humane Society, or the Avian Haven Rehab Center-just to name a few! It is also great for the students who want to learn how to grown their own crops, medicinal herbs, and livestock. If you want one on one time with your professors on a first name basis, small classroom settings, hands on experiences, the taste of different cultures, and to create a great name for yourself with a complete resume, as well as multiple careers already lined up for you when you graduate. This is the right college for you!
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
We have a wide range of clubs and activities! This includes clubs such as the Marine Biology Club, the Ultimate Frisbee, Primitive Skills, Archery, Herpetology, Beekeeping, Choir, Ice Hockey, Drama, Outdoor Leadership, Search and Rescue, Outing club, Trail Crew, Sugar makers, Wildlife Care and Education, Woodsmen team, FFA, Conservation Law Enforcement (Con Law), Service Squad, Art, Martial Arts, American Sign Language, Curling, Wildlife Society, Earth and Environmental Science, Role Play, and much more! Students are encouraged to create their own clubs in addition to the numerous clubs offered!
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
Unfortunately, Unity College does not have any sort of Greek Life.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
Campus safety is good at Unity College. You can always find them driving around in their metallic powder blue minivans. They love to get to know the students, and they do their job well. Unity College has an extremely minuet crime rate, so when campus safety does have a crime related situation they are able to do their job well and take the time they need in order to make sure that the problem is solved. They also do nightly rounds around campus and inside the dorm buildings along with the RA's to make sure that everyone is safe and secure. Campus safety gives free parking passes to the students, and allows up to two visitors at a time for each student.
Unity College is perfect for those who love the outdoors, who seek adventure, and who love everything science and nature have to offer. Even if you aren't outdoorsy (like myself) but you would like to be- Unity helps you get there! If you are an avid hunter, a marine biologist, if you love sports, being involved, having fun, if you are a scientist a psychologist, a farmer, a fisher, if you love ALL animals- or just a select few, then I can guarantee Unity College is the college for you!
The most important tip that I would give any prospective student would be... Do not be afraid to get involved the moment you step on campus! Unity college students love when prospective students are not afraid to come pick up a Frisbee or a guitar and start playing! We encourage you to ask any questions you have no matter how ridiculous you may think it might be because we can guarantee you that at some point we had the same exact questions as you do now. If you are looking for a school with the best name for itself, that is sustainable, and is serious about giving it's students the best education for their major that will ensure a great future career, this is the school for you!
Truthfully, the academic rigor for Unity College is challenging. Professors have high expectations for their students, and want the best knowledge and education for them. This includes a decent sized workload at times. Although this may become stressful, it teaches you time management, as well as helps you to gain the knowledge needed to outshine in your major. Our professors have several degrees from places like Harvard and Princeton. They excel in their work and are willing to negotiate with you as well as work with you during private hours to guarantee you understand the material given. Classes are about 20 students or less and they are very hands on. This means field trips whenever possible, or going out into Unity's very own Unity Pond, Sandy Stream, or the forest trails.
Dorm life at Unity College is fantastic! I personally transferred from a previous school before I came to Unity that was disgusting! I can guarantee to anyone that this school has one of the cleanest dorm buildings I have ever seen. Dorm bedrooms are decently sized, with large spacious windows that over look vivid sunsets and sunrises depending on what size of the building you live on. You are allowed to paint the rooms, add shelves, or add whatever addition you would like to the room as long as the Director of Residence Life approves it first! Fish are allowed, and for those who are 21 & over, all dorms except one (Woodhall) allow alcohol in the room. Most buildings come with a large common room that you are allowed to decorate. They have couches, tables, foosball/air hockey, organic vending machines, a microwave, a convection oven, a sink, and a flat screen TV. The only complaints I have would be that the Resident Advisor take hall sports, and loud music pretty seriously. Another complaint about the building physically would be that the drafts from the windows can be very strong when the wind blows. Also you have to pay for laundry, and the walls are pretty thin. But other than that, dorm life here is not some thing to complain about!
The food at Unity College is fair. At times students can find the food to be very starchy, filled with carbs, and greasy, but there are ways around it. For example, we have a stir-fry station, a sandwich station, a salad station, and an around the world station that has food from Mexican, to Chinese, to Thai, and Indian, depending on what day it is. Students look forward to our annual Thursday-grill cheese day! And our once a month holiday meals that are DELICIOUS! We do our best to make sure our food is all from local farmers and organically fresh-like our milk! Our cafeteria is small but very inviting. It offers warm colors, large tables, and large private booths. It even has a great selection of music that plays, and a beautiful glass sunroom!
There is a lot of fun things to do for fun on campus is an understatement. Our school is constantly offering fun activities to do for fun! Every Wednesday we have a coffee house that offers free coffee and tea, and a local band or musician to come play in our Students Activities Center (the SAC). In the SAC alone, we have pool, darts, TVs, couches, food, board games, and a liquor license. On Thursday our school offers a DIY craft that you can come down and make for free! We also have themed dances, karaoke, talent shows, free movies at our local theater, Ultimate Frisbee, soccer, ice hockey, basketball, volleyball, yoga, hiking trails, ice fishing, kayaking, sailing, we have a bonfire pit on campus that anyone can start up as long as they have permission from campus safety, we have rock climbing in the gym on our rock wall, yoga, girls night at the wellness center, clubs, sports, and much, much more!
Aside from the numerous free activities I listed in our what to do for fun category, our school offers all Microsoft word programs for a $15 steal. The school's student activities and the Outdoor Adventure Center (OAC) provide trips to places like Bar Harbor, Portland, Acadia, a weekend cottage getaway to Cutler Coast and many more are free! The school offers many chances for each student to gain a taste of the different beautiful places that the state of Maine has to offer. In addition to this, the clubs also offer free trips as well! If students cannot afford items like a sleeping bag, a life jacket, a kayak, a canoe, a hiking backpack, or any other camping item, our OAC is able to supply you with these materials for as long as you need! Our library is also able to supply you with any sort of video making equipment necessary for a certain amount of time as well! Our science building is also willing to give any materials needed for a project, such as vials, alcohol, microorganisms, pipettes, and whatever else you may need. In addition to these, our SAC and local restaurants such as Unity's House of Pizza (free delivery), The Purple Cow, the Amish Bakery, and Spanky's Pizza offer a delicious decently sized portion of food for a decent price!
Our school is definitely unique compared to most colleges. Some of our traditions include the Polar Bear Run, The Swedish bobsled team which includes a group of crazy goofballs that run around sledding in ridiculous swim wear on every snow day collecting men from each of the dorms and speaking in Swedish accents. Another tradition would include the Hunters & Huggers dinner where we gather together with students and professors to eat locally grown fruits, vegetables, turkeys, lobster, lamb, and veil. We also have our annual Formal Flannel Dance! This is where the men and women get to choose whether they would rather wear a formal outfit to the dance, or their best flannel, jeans, and boots! An unusual location on campus would be our very own Unity Rocks, which is a mini remake of the Stonehenge, surrounded by blueberry bushes, we also have Terra haus which is our very own sustainable dorm building that houses 8 students with a complete kitchen, our shed that houses chickens, and more to come future livestock, as well as a complete archery range, and the Woodsmen Field, used for timber sports!
Unity is great for people who are both loud and quiet. It's for the people who love nature, animals, guns, archery, waterfowl, primitive skills, the ocean, the woods, rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, and many more. This college is great for those who do not enjoy large schools (Unity College has 500 students) but want a small, tight knit community instead. This is a great school for students who want to become involved in spreading awareness about anything such as global climate change, and genetically modified foods or volunteering at countless places such as the Loki Wolf Refuge, Waterville's Humane Society, or the Avian Haven Rehab Center-just to name a few! It is also great for the students who want to learn how to grown their own crops, medicinal herbs, and livestock. If you want one on one time with your professors on a first name basis, small classroom settings, hands on experiences, the taste of different cultures, and to create a great name for yourself with a complete resume, as well as multiple careers already lined up for you when you graduate. This is the right college for you!
We have a wide range of clubs and activities! This includes clubs such as the Marine Biology Club, the Ultimate Frisbee, Primitive Skills, Archery, Herpetology, Beekeeping, Choir, Ice Hockey, Drama, Outdoor Leadership, Search and Rescue, Outing club, Trail Crew, Sugar makers, Wildlife Care and Education, Woodsmen team, FFA, Conservation Law Enforcement (Con Law), Service Squad, Art, Martial Arts, American Sign Language, Curling, Wildlife Society, Earth and Environmental Science, Role Play, and much more! Students are encouraged to create their own clubs in addition to the numerous clubs offered!
Unfortunately, Unity College does not have any sort of Greek Life.
Campus safety is good at Unity College. You can always find them driving around in their metallic powder blue minivans. They love to get to know the students, and they do their job well. Unity College has an extremely minuet crime rate, so when campus safety does have a crime related situation they are able to do their job well and take the time they need in order to make sure that the problem is solved. They also do nightly rounds around campus and inside the dorm buildings along with the RA's to make sure that everyone is safe and secure. Campus safety gives free parking passes to the students, and allows up to two visitors at a time for each student.