Rick Winter
Director of Marketing Communications
University Relations

Rick Winter's contributions to UMaine's communication and marketing efforts were significant and varied during his UMaine career.  Rick's talents include video production, audio production, writing and publication management.  That covers a wide range of skills, and it is a key reason that Rick was such an important contributor.  He was able to lead the development of important institutional communications pieces in print, on tape and on the web.  This versatility and commitment to quality truly set Rick apart as an outstanding communicator whose contributions were most significant in helping the University of Maine achieve its goals through an improved public appreciation of its quality and value.

Perhaps most impressive was Rick's enthusiastic approach to managing UMaine's admissions and recruitment publications efforts, a role he was asked to take on just a few years ago and where he was instrumental in leading UMaine to vast improvements, certainly a key factor in the critically important, regular enrollment increases UMaine has seen in the past ten years.  As web and other online mechanisms became more important in student recruitment, Rick was able to quickly adapt to those new ways of communicating and to help UMaine stay on the leading edge of using technology to attract, recruit and enroll students.

Rick has also been an active and vital member of the UMaine community.  He served for many years in an UMPSA leadership role, effectively advocating for UMaine's professional employees.  He was also a department leader in University Relations, inspiring those around him to follow his example and produce high-quality communications materials that reflect well on the university community.

Rick, thank you for all your hard work.  We wish you a wonderful retirement.