UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

Celebrating 150 Years

Time Frames

Photos submitted by community members showing UMaine’s past and present.

USS Constitution Cannons on campus, October 2014Submitted by William Ellis

Maine State College's first Pennant winning base ball team (1888) on steps of Coburn HallSubmitted by Clark Thompson

My grandfather, James A. Rush, was a University of Maine student. In his freshman year, 1922–23, he kept a memory book of pictures he took of his classmates. This picture is of the residents of Oak Hall in the fall 1922. Jim Rush is standing in the first row, the third from the left. Rush went on to become a mill manager for Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company in Wisconsin. One of his inspirations was the opaque bread wrapper so WWII troops could receive fresh bread.

ROTC George Robert Acheson, Lawrence King Casey and ROTC Joseph Charles Simon. Simon graduated from the University of Maine in 1927 with a degree in forestry. Casey studied chemical engineering and went on to be an accountant for a rubber factory in Boston. Acheson became a major general in the U.S. Air Force. More information about his military career is online.

Submitted by Jade Passmore

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Submitted by Cliff Martin

UMaine civil engineering class of 1930, photographed in front of Wingate Hall, with graffiti on the walls reflecting UMaine’s athletics rivalry with Bowdoin College. The photo is courtesy of Cliff Martin, UMaine Class of ’65, whose father, Charles Bertrand Martin, is pictured in the middle row, third from the left.

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