Joyce B. Hedlund was named interim president of the University of Maine at Machias. She will take office on January 5 and serve until a permanent president is selected. The Machias campus of the University of Maine is located in southeast corner of the state, near the border with New Brunswick, Canada. The campus enrolls about 900 students, all undergraduates. Women make up 70 percent of the student body.
Dr. Hedlund has served as president of Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor and Washington County Community College in Calais, Maine. She also served as director of admissions at the Kent campus of the University of Maine.
Dr. Hedlund is a graduate of the University of Maine-Kent and holds a master’s degree and an educational doctorate from the University of Maine.