Page 6. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2011
Waterfront News MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY EFFORTS
TO ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY CULTURE OF SAFETY, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) students, staff, faculty, and administrators are currently engaged in a series of collaborative efforts to enhance a campus-community culture of safety and personal responsibility. The initiative aims to reduce personal injuries by encouraging responsible driving practices, the use of designated drivers, and adherence to Maine motor vehicle laws.
The college is currently partnering with surrounding communities, local law enforcement, area colleges and universities, and campus-based student groups to develop a multi-faceted approach to reduce accidents. MMA President William Brennan cited a number of vehicle incidents in recent years that have resulted in injuries and deaths as the basis for the initiative. The initiative has received grass-roots support, ranging from student leaders to municipal leaders. “This is not about nabbing students or members of our community. This effort is to deter people from driving irresponsibly and speaks more to the link that we all have to live safely in our common community,” said Brennan. “At the beginning of the year, I asked the college community and our host communities to work together to this end and they have really embraced it. I couldn’t be more pleased with the positive response and the actions that have come from people recognizing a need such as this, and being motivated enough to try to make constructive change.”
According to Brennan, college staff began working with student leaders earlier
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this year to establish a plan of approach. They formed a student-staff team and identified four critical areas to address throughout the current academic year, with action items centered on education, enforcement, alternative activities, and institutional policy review. Jeff Loustaunau, vice president for enrollment management at MMA and a staff leader on the team, said that the framework focused the team’s ideas and has resulted in a number of campus-centered events, community outreach activities, and collaborations.
Building on educational programs already in place on campus, including AlcoholEdu, an online alcohol prevention program designed to enlighten participants about their attitudes and use of alcohol, the group has already sponsored two educational programs this semester. Students were invited to attend a session with the Seat Belt Convincer, an apparatus designed to simulate a low-speed car crash. MMA Security also hosted a safety roadblock on public roadways in Castine. Uniformed college security officers and members of the student services staff distributed safety information and tips along with goodie bags filled with snacks. The group has coordinated with local municipal leaders and law enforcement to combine efforts to create a safer driving experience for all. “Our interest in stepping up enforcement locally was well-received by community leaders and officials from Castine and surrounding towns,” said Loustaunau. “We were all in comfortable agreement that increased enforcement on local roadways would provide mutual benefit and was critical to serving our respective constituents.” According to
Loustaunau, MMA partnered with the towns of Castine, Penobscot, and Orland to request a greater presence of law enforcement in the area. As a direct result, the Hancock County Sheriff’s recently began adding additional duty hours from U.S. Route 1 in Orland to Castine. The increased police presence will be varied and will include increased patrol hours, expansion of patrol areas, and the potential for speed traps, and safety and OUI roadblocks.
In an effort to promote campus participation in alcohol-free activities, the team plans to hire students to act as marketing and promotional coordinators of events already taking place on campus. According to Loustaunau, the coordinators will be seeking ways to better inform the campus of athletic events, performances, and other functions happening on campus. “We have learned from our students that there is not always a clear picture of all that’s available and fun to do on campus. While we
anticipate eventually using social networking tools to communicate better with them, we’ll start off by focusing on highlighting the variety of programming that we already sponsor. We believe that it’s equally important to check to ensure that programming is appealing and possibly add more or different activities.”
Members of the college’s student services division will be coordinating later this month with their counterparts at the University of Maine and Husson University to learn from other student services administrators with similar issues and goals. The group will meet to compare institutional policies surrounding student use of alcohol, prevention, education, alternative programming, and discipline. They hope to learn about programs and policies that have been well-received by the collegiate student population and proved effective in enhancing a culture of safety and personal responsibility.
State Museum Commemorates Wreck of the Nottingham Galley
The Maine State Museum in Augusta marks the 300th anniversary of one of Maine’s most storied nautical disasters with a new exhibit of objects recovered from the underwater wreck site of the British merchant ship, the Nottingham Galley. Loaded with butter, cheese, and cordage, the Nottingham Galley and its fifteen-man crew set sail for Massachusetts
from Ireland in September 1710. After days of worsening weather, the Nottingham Galley crashed into a ledge on Boon Island near York’s Cape Neddick during the stormy night of December 11, 1710. The men survived but the ship and its contents were destroyed.
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