The Earth, the environment and grassroots efforts to effect positive change was the theme of Saturday’s Hope Festival held at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. The event was covered by Bangor television station WABI and the Bangor Daily News. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Student Affairs’ Category
Coverage of Hope Festival
Monday, April 23rd, 2012Channel 5 Reports on UMaine Charity Run
Monday, April 23rd, 2012Channel 5 (WABI) aired a report on a weekend charity run for women’s heart health and cardiac care organized by members of UMaine’s Alpha Phi sorority. Members hoped to raise $2,000.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Sorority Fundraiser Featured in WABI story
Monday, April 16th, 2012Bangor TV station WABI featured a fundraiser held Friday by UMaine sorority Pi Beta Phi that raised more than $1,000 for First Book, an organization that brings books to low-income families in the U.S. and Canada. The sorority held a chicken wing eating contest with food donated from area restaurants. UMaine students Courtney Maynard and Brittany Cole, who are both Pi Beta Phi officials, were interviewed. The event was held in UMaine’s Memorial Union.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
Coverage of Student’s Death in Car Crash
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012Several media outlets, including the Bangor Daily News, covered Tuesday’s car accident that killed UMaine student Timothy J. Dodge, a 19-year-old from Rockland. Bangor TV station WABI also had a report on the accident.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
Black Bear Mentors Invite Young Companions to UMaine
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012Channel 2 (WLBZ) on Monday covered a visit to the campus by area elementary and middle school students who have been mentored by UMaine student Black Bear Mentors. The program, operated through the Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, introduced the students to a typical day at UMaine.
Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Media Coverage of Protest
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012There were several media reports about Monday’s appearances on campus by an anti-abortion group and a pair of anti-gay marriage activists while UMaine students, officials and faculty raised a gay pride flag to mark the start of Pride Week at UMaine. (more…)
Leadership Week Celebrates Inauguration of UMaine President Paul Ferguson
Monday, April 9th, 2012A series of leadership events, academic activities, student research expositions and campuswide celebration will commemorate the inauguration of University of Maine President Paul W. Ferguson on April 19. (more…)
Coverage of Fraternity Suspension
Thursday, April 5th, 2012Several media outlets covered Wednesday’s announcement that UMaine has suspended the Sigma Nu fraternity for five years after an investigation found the fraternity had violated the university student conduct code. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana, who said there are high expectations for UMaine students and student organizations and, in this case, those expectations have not been met. Bangor TV station WABI also had a report about the suspension.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
UMaine Student in Story on Goldwater Award Winners
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012UMaine student Erin Victoria Carter has won a scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Foundation, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. Carter, who is majoring in biochemistry and molecular/cellular biology, hopes to get a doctoral degree in immunology or molecular biology, and her career goal is to conduct AIDS or autoimmune disease research for a university or other research facility. There were 282 Goldwater scholarships awarded nationwide for the 2012-2013 academic year. The purpose of the foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
Press Herald Column on Patterson
Friday, March 30th, 2012The Portland Press Herald ran a column about Sunday’s benefit hockey game for a scholarship in honor of Leroy Patterson, a 33-year veteran of the UMaine Department of Public Safety who died in January. Paul Culina, UMaine’s head athletic trainer, said Patterson was the epitome of what a university police officer should be. UMaine football coach Jack Cosgrove, who will participate in the fundraiser, was also interviewed for the story. See a UMaine news release for more information about the event.
Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
