UMPI doesn’t make any cool school merch for us YourPacer’s, so I’ve gone rogue! :)

[Tswede]

Would purchase. Make it a thing!

[tsgreer]

Weird, for some reason your first post has tiny fonts.  I've edited that initial post as I could hardly read it on my laptop or desktop...

Thank you! It was fine on my computer, and I just used the default setting, so not sure what happened. But thank you for fixing!

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Would purchase.  Make it a thing!

Haha, thank you. Actually, legally, I don't think I can sell right now, since the school name is a trademark. The art and design is all mine, but if I use the actual school name, that's where it gets tricky. 

BUT I'm gonna work up a bunch of designs, reach out to their marketing dept head, and see if maybe I can jumpstart a process for them so they can get more stuff out to their student population.

I'm very serious about how much I love this school and want to show it off to everyone.

Now when it comes to just using the town name without mentioning the school...well that town just may be having some swag coming their way! Cuz, I got some ideas, ya'll! 

[ashkir]

I really wish they had a better jacket selection. Been looking for years. Even in California schools here have better jackets. You'd think one of the most northern schools in the county would have jackets LOL

[Jonathan Whatley]

You could buy University of Maine flagship merch and press or stitch something onto it stating "Presque Isle…"

[tsgreer]

You could buy University of Maine flagship merch and press or stitch something onto it stating "Presque Isle…"

Yeah, but the price and drama of doing that would be more than me just designing my own and sending to custom printer.

[Jonathan Whatley]

You could buy University of Maine flagship merch and press or stitch something onto it stating "Presque Isle…"

Yeah, but the price and drama of doing that would be more than me just designing my own and sending to custom printer.

When I was on the board of a student society at Harvard Extension – an official club of the university allowed to use Harvard in our name – we had trouble ordering shirts from a general-market shirt printer! The shirt printer saw "Harvard" and paused the order to get trademark approval from Harvard. But they contacted the wrong person in the complex Harvard bureaucracy, not the right person at the Extension School, and it all took forever.

[grogers14]

Ok, so UMPI is a small school. I get it. But since they made the decision to let Sodexo (!) handle their school merchandise store—logo shirts, swag, etc— there's hardly any selection for shirts and NOTHING in stock for shirt sizes I need. Guys, I’m just looking for medium or large. Not an especially rare size. Lol

Contrast this with the scene over at the University of Maine Fort Kemp. Now, those UMFK guys, despite being even tinier than UMPI, have their merchandise game on fleek. They've got a cornucopia of stuff on their virtual shelves. What gives, UMPI?

I’m a tribal guy by nature. This is my first Bachelor’s degree. I want some UMPI merchandise to show off my school.

Presque Isle, Maine is a very small town, largely defined by sprawling land and some potatoes. But hey, they've got a claim to fame – a UFO sighting in '76! Given that I've been pushed to forge my own college attire path, and considering colleges usually have a cheeky side with their merch, I concocted a shirt that nods to this cosmic event. Meh, I'm a graphic designer in real life, so why not, right? (I've only designed for myself, not selling, giving, or making any profit, just trying to show my UMPI enthusiasm!)

I'm gonna broadcast my University of Maine at Presque Isle pride like nobody's business. And I made a sticker for my car. I'm a one-person parade of school spirit, even if I've got to flex my creative muscles to get there. Take that, merchandise woes! Haha!

As someone who loves the paranormal , if you put this on Redbubble, Zazzle, etc. I would so buy it and I'm not even a "Repping my alma mater" person

[ss20ts]

When Sodexo took over the campus store, they took down the website for it. I did buy a bunch of stickers, sweatshirts, travel mug, and some other stuff before Sodexo took over. There wasn't a ton available online, but it was enough. I don't know why they don't have a website for online shopping. between the Alumni Weekend and online students (not only YourPace, but the online students from campus) I just don't understand why they don't have some online printshop print shirts on demand. Amberton and WGU both do this and it works quite well.

[rachel83az]

Wondering how many UMPI students have complained about Sodexo to UMPI? Sodexo probably has a contract, but maybe they'll eventually change it to someone else if enough students complain to the right people at UMPI.

[bjcheung77]

Maybe you don't really need to complain, but get a group of students to advocate, request, or see if there is an option in the future for them to expand their offerings at the Spirit Store or whatever it's called.