Event: Seminar – David Skelly
When: Mon, Apr 29 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description: Amphibian hermaphrodites: the landscape ecology of intersex and wetland pollution.
Location: 204 Nutting Hall

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Wed, May 1 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: Brown Bag Seminar
When: Wed, May 1 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description: A reminder of our last Brown Bag Seminar this Wednesday, May 1 to be held in Room 100 Bryand Global Science at noon

Eliza Cronkite – Graduate Student – School of Earth & Climate Sciences – “The morphometry of modern Maine drainage networks”
AND
Scott Braddock – Graduate Student – School of Earth & Climate Sciences – “Holocene paleotemperature variation in the Ross Sea, Antarctica”

Also the school will be hosting a guest lecturer on Friday, May 3 at noon in Room 100 Bryand Global Science

Dr. James Pizzuto – Professor – Department of Geological Sciences – University of Delaware – Title: Characteristic Length and Time Scales For Sustainable Management of Suspended Sediment In The Mid-Atlantic Region

Location: University of Maine Bryand Global Science Ctr

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Thu, May 2 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: Guest Lecturer: James Pizzuto
When: Fri, May 3 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description: Earth and Climate Sciences will be hosting a guest lecturer on Friday, May 3 at noon in Room 100 Bryand Global Science

Dr. James Pizzuto – Professor – Department of Geological Sciences – University of Delaware – Title: Characteristic Length and Time Scales For Sustainable Management of Suspended Sediment In The Mid-Atlantic Region

Location: University of Maine Room 100 Bryand Global Science

Event: 31st Annual Orono Dairy Royal
When: Sat, May 4 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Description: The Maine Animal Club would like to invite you to attend the 31st Annual
Orono Dairy Royal. The Royal is scheduled to begin at 9:00am on Saturday, May 4 th
and is anticipated to run until about noon. If weather permits the Royal will be held
in the outdoor ring at the University of Maine’s J.F Witter Teaching Center. In the
event of bad weather, we will move to the indoor ring located in the horse barn.
Location: University of Maine’s J.F Witter Teaching Center, College Ave, Old Town, ME

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Wed, May 8 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Thu, May 9 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: 2013 UMaine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium Serving Our Older Veterans Today’s Clinical Issues and Best Practice
When: Mon, May 13 7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Description: To register go to: http://mainecenteronaging.umaine.edu/colloquium

2013 UMaine Clinical Geriatrics Colloquium Serving Our Older Veterans Today’s Clinical Issues and Best Practices
Monday, May 13, 2013
7:45 am—5:45 pm

There were 9.2 million veterans 65 and older in 2011 representing 43% of the total number of military veterans in the United States. Among the major challenges faced in serving these individuals are: 1) developing programs and services that respond to the health needs of a rapidly aging veteran population; and 2) insuring that those in need of care are aware of and make use of such services.
This colloquium offers a platform for sharing the personal perspectives of older veterans together with the practice experience of clinical assessment and treatment experts in the provision of physical and mental health services for older adult U.S. veterans. Attendees will leave better informed about the capacities of and challenges facing older veterans and the resources available to them in the state of Maine.

Special Features of This Year’s Program!

Screening of “The Way We Get By”
4:10 –5:45 pm — Wells Conference Center
Free admission included as part of Colloquium registration
(see below)
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Theater of War Performance
7:00 pm — DP Corbett Business School Bldg. Auditorium
Free and Open to the Public (RSVP required)
(see below)

Colloquium Speakers (Partial LIst)
Andrew L. Gibson, MDiv, Chaplain (Colonel), Maine Army National Guard
Kurt M. Johnston, PharmD, Chief of Pharmacy, VA Maine Health Care System
Lenard W. Kaye, DSW, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work & Director, Center on Aging, University of Maine
Nancy Kelly, MSW, Field Coordinator, School of Social Work, University of Maine
Charles Knowlen, MEd, Chairman, Board of Directors, Maine Troop Greeters
Izabela S. Lutostanska, MD, Geriatrics Department, VA Maine Health Care System
Terry L. Melanson, LCSW, CCS, CCM, MSW, Coordinator, Medical Foster Home Program, VA Maine Health Care System
Michael H. Michaud, United States Congressman
Denise O’Connell, LCSW, CCM, CCP, Senior Program Manager, Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine
Janis Bacon Petzel, MD, DFAPA, Adult and Geriatric Psychiatrist, Maine General Medical Center
Kevin L. Polk, PhD, Psychology Section Chief, VA Maine Health Care System
Daryne M. Rockett, LCSW, CMP, Readjustment Counselor, Bangor Vet Center
Katherine Russin, LCSW, RYT, Military Sexual Trauma Program Coordinator, Togus VA Medical Center
Kenneth Shay, DDS, MS, Director of Geriatric Programs, Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, VA Central Office
Jennifer J. Swazey, LCSW, Team Leader, Bangor Vet Center
Gail Werrbach, PhD, LCSW, Associate Professor and Director, School of Social Work, University of Maine
Jody Wolford-Tucker, PhD, Executive Director, Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County

ALSO A SPECIAL SCREENING OF

“THE WAY WE GET BY” (4:10 – 5:45 pm)
(color. 84+ min. Aron Gaudet, Made in assoc. with American Documentary/P.O.V.)
The SXSW Special Jury Award winning “The Way We Get By” is a deeply moving film about life and how to live it. Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters – a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Regular registration fee: .00
Maine Gerontological Society (MGS) member fee: .00
Employees of sponsoring organizations: .00
Student fee: .00

(Includes all colloquium materials, continental breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks and admission to screening of The Way We Get By)

To register on-line with a credit card or electronic check (ACH) go to:

http://mainecenteronaging.umaine.edu/geriatricscolloquium

For the full program, to register, and for sponsorship and exhibitor information go to:

http://mainecenteronaging.umaine.edu/colloquium

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AND A VERY SPECIAL EVENING PROGRAM NOT TO BE MISSED!
THEATER OF WAR
Monday, May 13th at 7:00 pm
DP Corbett Business School Bldg. Auditorium
University of Maine
Orono, ME

There is no charge to just attend the evening Theater of War performance – The general public is cordially invited!

To help us plan, please RSVP if you will be attending Theater of War by notifying Prudence Searl at prudence.searl@umit.maine.edu or by calling her at 207-262-7925.

“Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine, in collaboration with the 8th Annual University of Maine Geriatrics Colloquium, is sponsoring this free performance of Theater of War .

Outside the Wire, a social impact company, is the producer of Theater of War, an innovative project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays as a catalyst for town hall discussions about the challenges faced by service members, veterans, their families, caregivers, and communities. The presentation will be followed by community panelists remarks and a town hall discussion about the challenges faced by veterans returning from war.

The performance on May 13 will feature award-winning actor, David Strathairn (Lincoln; Good Night, and Good Luck), in the role of Ajax.

Please visit Outside the Wire’s website: www.outsidethewirellc.com to find more information about the project, watch a short video of a performance, and find out about recent and upcoming performances. You can also find Theater of War on Facebook:www.facebook.com/TheaterofWar.
Location: Wells Conference Center University of Maine Orono, ME

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Wed, May 15 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Thu, May 16 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: One-day Conference on Aging, Dementia, and Developmental Disabilities
When: Tue, May 21 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Description: One-day Conference on Aging, Dementia, and Developmental Disabilities

Sponsored by the Charlotte White Center and Co-sponsored by the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, Momentum Services, and University of Maine Center on Aging

Date: Thursday, May 23, 2013

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Spectacular Events Center, 395 Griffin Road, Bangor, Maine

Who should attend? This event is designed to provide helpful information to families, direct care workers, clinicians, program staff, and administrators concerned about adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are affected by dementia.

Presenters

Dr. Matthew P. Janicki, University of Illinois at Chicago
Dr. Clifford Singer, AcadiaHospital
Dr. Lucy Esralew, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, New Jersey
Kathryn Pears, Dementia Care Strategies, Inc.
Mary Hogan, Family Advocate

Registration fee: .00 ( before April 26)

Lunch and refreshments included

For more information, email mcallaway@charlottewhite.org (207)947-1410 or call Meg Callaway at (207)947-1410

Location: Spectacular Events Center, 395 Griffin Road, Bangor, Maine

Event: Airblast Sprayer Calibration Clinic and Twilight Meeting
When: Tue, May 21 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Description: Airblast Sprayer Calibration Clinic and Twilight Meeting

The University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Vegetable & Small Fruit Growers Association will hold a sprayer calibration clinic for airblast sprayers at David Pike’s Farm to You in Farmington on Tuesday, May 21 at 2:00 p.m. George Hamilton with the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will demonstrate new tools for making sure your sprayer is delivering the correct rate of pesticides to your crops. Having a sprayer properly calibrated will improve the effectiveness of your sprays, and can save you money by reducing the amount of pesticide used and reducing crop losses due to pests. Participants will receive two pesticide applicator recertification credits.

The calibration clinic will be followed at 5:00 p.m. by a tour of David Pike’s strawberry and vegetable fields. David has been a leader in innovative strawberry production techniques, including raised beds, plastic mulch, fertigation, fall cropping, and season extension. There will be some new low tunnel technology on display, as well as replant experiments and new varieties on trial. One pesticide applicator recertification credit will be awarded for the meeting.

Pike’s Farm to You is located at 115 Mount View Road (corner of Routes 2 & 4 and the Whittier Road) in Farmington, Maine 04938. There will be signs posted. The farm phone number is 207.778.2187. Cost for the clinic is free and no registration is required. For more information, please contact David Handley at 207.933.2100 or david.handley@maine.edu.

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Wed, May 22 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Thu, May 23 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Wed, May 29 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: 2012 Maine Farm Days
When: Thu, May 30 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Description: 2012 Maine Farm Days is scheduled for Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine.

Nearly 200 credits are typically awarded to over 100 private applicators/farmers over the two-day event.

At least 4 workshops will be presented each day. Such a workshop could include topics related to IPM; weeds; insects; diseases; rodents; wildlife; pesticide use; pesticide reduction; pesticide effectiveness; pesticide record keeping & storage; PPE; safety; product evaluation; pollination; etc.

Location: Misty Meadows Farm in Clinton, Maine

Event: Join the launch of VolturnUS 1:8
When: Fri, May 31 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Description: You are invited to join us for the launch of VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected floating offshore wind turbine to be deployed off the coast of the United States. The event will be held at Cianbro Constructors, 517 South Main Street, Brewer, Maine on May 31, 2013 at 11 AM.

The VolturnUS technology is the culmination of over five years of collaborative R&D conducted by the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium. The DeepCwind Consortium Research Program is a unique public-private partnership funded by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation-Partnerships for Innovation, the Maine Technology Institute, the State of Maine, the University of Maine, and over 30 industrial partners.

The program goal is to reduce the cost of offshore wind to 10 cents/kWh by 2020, in order to compete with other forms of electricity generation without subsidies.
This launch celebrates an important milestone in the development of a cost-effective, job-creating, innovative U.S. offshore wind technology.

Please register for this free event, here: http://eepurl.com/zwg7H

You can request more information by emailing Josh Plourde of the UMaine Composites Center at: josh.plourde@maine.edu

View the recent BDN article about this technology at: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/05/08/news/bangor/umaine-unveils-unique-base-for-floating-wind-turbine-that-could-provide-glimpse-into-future
Location: Cianbro Constructors, 517 South Main Street, Brewer, Maine