Speakers warned about how failure to communicate about important matters can incite war and other violence, and how discussing such things, while painful, can yield positive results.

About 20 professors and students talked Wednesday about what types of speech are protected, what constitutes a threat and what defines a reasonable person.

President Rebecca Wyke wants to engage all parts of the UMA community to refine the institution’s vision and strategic plan.

Among her early goals, Rebecca Wyke wants to fill several open leadership positions and work with the community to develop the university’s vision and strategic plan.

The new UMA president will take over after June 30 for James Conneely, who resigned in April less than two years after being named the school’s fourth president since September 2014.