Learning: Wide Open-All Natural

What about getting an education where your classrooms are the lakes, mountains, forests, rivers, parks, bogs, and barrens of rural Maine—and other incredible spaces across the United States?

What about creating an environmentally focused children’s book in your Approaches to Literature class and presenting it to a local elementary school? Or building a dragon in Animal Physiology? Maybe you’re ready to discover your inner filmmaker with a documentary on environmental policy for Perspectives on the Environment.

Those are just a few of the opportunities for learning at Unity College. We’re seriously committed to environmental education, and we get our hands dirty doing it!

We’re leaders in the environmental movement, focused on sustainability in the classroom and in the real world. Our friendly campus community is full of active learners—both students and teachers—who collaborate in creating adventures that help you grow personally and professionally.

Unity’s dedicated faculty members publish in peer-reviewed journals, administer immersion semesters at Outward Bound School, testify at state legislative committee hearings on utilities and energy, collaborate with students on research presented at national conferences, develop team-teaching programs, create demonstrations of on-campus renewable energy options, restructure the organic chemistry labs to reduce toxic waste, and direct an environmental writing retreat that attracts participants from across the country.

Unity is a college for contemporary times. Founded in 1965, we’ve been around long enough to know what we’re doing while we focus on contemporary issues and the future of the planet. We’re located on 225 wooded acres of farmland overlooking Unity Pond in the village of Unity, Maine, home to 1,800 friendly folks. Just over 500 eclectic, adventuresome students study here with nearly 60 dedicated, professional, outdoor-loving faculty members. And the whole state of Maine serves as our hands-on learning laboratory.

At Unity College, you learn by doing, through active and collaborative adventures that balance theory and practice. You can live your passion and make a difference in others’ lives and in the natural world. And you’ll develop your leadership skills in a welcoming, friendly community. We know you’ll like it here!