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Rick Burns
Rick is a 1992 graduate of the New England School of Communications. While attending, he earned the honor of being named “Sound Recording Student of the Year.” Following this, Rick honed his craft as a videographer and editor producing commercials, documentaries, promotional and music videos. His video journalism work was acknowledged in 1997 with an Associated Press First Place Feature Award while working at WFMJ, an NBC affiliate in Ohio. In 2017, Rick won a Videographer Award for the music video, “Move Me”, which he wrote, performed and produced. In 2022, he was the recipient of a Viddy Gold Award for a documentary video about the Augusta Mental Health Institute. Most recently, he received a 2023 Gold Award from AVA Digital Awards for his video work featuring The University of Maine at Augusta’s Aviation Program. In addition, Rick’s video work with multimedia companies, along with NBC and CBS affiliates, has taken him to several states, as well as to Canada and the Dominican Republic. During this time, he furthered his education in Art and Graphic Design while attending the University of Maine at Augusta and Youngstown State University in Ohio. Rick’s career at UMA started in 2001 as a Distance Education Technician. Currently, he is an Events and Learning Media Production Specialist at UMA, producing videos and facilitating live events for the University System. He enjoys writing and recording music, gardening, camping, cooking and spending time with his wife Allison.
Greg Keneborus
Greg Keneborus is a 1995 Graduate of Full Sail University, an audio, video and multimedia production institute in Central Florida. Upon graduation, Greg acquired an internship with Gateway Mastering, and the world renowned mastering engineer, Bob Ludwig, located in Portland, Maine. While working as Mr. Ludwig's intern, Greg was also hired as the Assistant Recording Studio Manager with the University of Maine at Augusta's music program. Upon completion of his internship, and while managing UMA's recording studio, Greg was hired by the Education Network of Maine on the UMA campus as a Distance Education Technician. This quickly led to a promotion into ENM's Video Production Department where he held a professional position as Production Specialist I & II. This fostered a 27 year career with UMA in various educational, technical and creative departments and organizations. His diverse skills in all area's of media technology has been felt by all UMS campuses as well as the Chancellor's and Board of Trustee offices. His current title as Instructional Technologist has him supporting faculty with the Faculty Development Office as well as untilizing his live events skills to handle a lead technologist role for all campus events as well as outside clients.
Peter Starkey
Peter Starkey is a graduate of the University of Maine at Augusta where he earned a bachelor’s degree in contemporary and popular music. His passion is the intersection of music and technology. During his time as a student at UMA, Peter gained extensive experience working in the university’s recording studio, eventually being hired as a student audio engineer to run the music department's recording sessions. He has recorded and mixed each of the department’s in-person ensembles and has mixed many of the remote ensembles as well. On top of this, Peter has run the live sound for the music department’s concert week on multiple occasions. Outside of UMA, Peter has worked as a live sound technician for HPA Production Services, travelling across Maine to help facilitate concerts and other audio/visual events. He has worked with several artists to record original material and cover songs, including a demo album for a Boston-based musician. Additionally, he continues to serve as the audio engineer for his local church. Between projects, Peter has found the time to write and record his own songs, collaborating with fellow musicians to produce a full-length album which remains an ongoing endeavor. After graduating, Peter found himself returning to UMA to join the Events and Learning Media Production team where he currently works as a Learning and Logistics Support Specialist.
The Events & Learning Media Production Services provide video and audio production, streaming support services such as webinars and Zoom meetings, and related technical support to staff and faculty teaching and collaborating in distributed learning modalities.
Our team collaborates with faculty and staff to produce multimedia content for courses, programs, and events. We follow a step-by-step process of planning, creating, and editing to ensure that the content aligns with the project goals and objectives.
In partnership with teachers and Learning Experience Designers, we develop strategies to integrate videos effectively into the learning experience. We provide both creative and technical guidance to enhance the production process and create impactful videos.
We also prioritize accessibility and inclusivity. By adhering to accessibility requirements and universal design for learning principles, we make sure that the instructional technology and multimedia content we develop can be easily accessed and understood by everyone, regardless of their learning style or abilities. Our goal is to create an inclusive learning environment for all students.