by Hailey Wood

Last Wednesday,  Oct. 6, the University of Maine at Machias held its first rebranding event, where it was announced UMM’s traditional green color will be changed to blue and the school will adopt the UMaine black bear as the Machias mascot.  

Faculty, staff, and students were invited to join each other on the UMM mall for a barbecue with food, free t-shirts with UMaine colors they’ll share starting next fall, and an opportunity to see a special visitor, UMaine mascot Bananas the Black Bear.