Unity College (Maine) - Campus

Campus

The campus is located on 240 acres (0.97 km2) 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, and Sustainability offices. Agriculture has returned to the campus through the Agriculture, Food, and Sustainability degree program, a partnership with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardener's Association, and the extensive gardens run by the "Veggies for All" program, which provided 15,000 pounds of food to the Unity Area Food Pantry in 2010.

There are five residence options on campus. The Eastview, Westview, and Wood Halls are designated for freshmen. Upperclassmen 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.

Gifted to the College in 2007, Unity also owns and operates the Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts and the Bert & Coral Clifford Field of Dreams. The Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts is located at 42 Depot Street in downtown Unity and boasts a year round performance schedule that brings outstanding music and theater to mid-Maine. The Field of Dreams is located on the shores of nearby Unity Pond and consists of baseball, softball, and soccer fields used by both the college and local recreational leagues. The Field also has a one-mile walking trail, playground and picnic facilities. Both the Unity College Centre for the Performing Arts and the Bert & Coral Clifford Field of Dreams were recognized in 2010 as destinations in the state of Maine by the Bangor Daily News.

Unity College strives to create a campus where college facilities can also serve as learning laboratories. The College completed Unity House, a net-zero home serving as the president's residence in 2009 and has recently broken ground for a student residence that will meet the strict TerraHaus standard for 2011, the first net-zero carbon college dormitory in the USA.