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November 15, 2007 – Thursday
April 18, 2007 – Wednesday
April 3, 2007 – Tuesday
February 15, 2007 – Thursday
December 6, 2006 – Wednesday
November 2, 2006 – Thursday
April 20, 2006 – Thursday
Topic: The Penobscot River and Her People: Wading through the politics of Power, Pollution and Protection
Who: Carol Toner and John Banks, John Eric Francis and Angela Reed, of the Penobscot Indian Nation
When: 4:00 pm
Where: The University Club (2nd Floor, Fogler Library)
February 23, 2006 – Thursday
Topic: New Application of DVD Technology for Advanced Music Instruction
Who: Stuart Marrs, Chair of the Music Department
When: 4:00 pm
Where: The University Club (2nd Floor, Fogler Library)
As soloist, clinician, orchestral timpanist-percussionist, conductor, and teacher, Dr. Marrs’ professional experience spans over 30 years and three continents. His principal orchestral positions include the orchestras of Louisville, Bolivia, and Costa Rica. His free-lance experience includes such diverse areas as TV, Ice Capades, jazz, symphonic orchestra, experimental groups, solo and chamber recital performances. Stuart Marrs has an extensive international profile having taught and performed in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Russia, Belorus, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, El Salvador, Bolivia and Costa Rica.
Dr. Marrs is founder and past president of the Maine Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society, a driving force behind the development of percussion in the state of Maine. He has taught at the National University of Costa Rica, Indiana University, and since 1985 has been teaching at the University of Maine where he presently occupies the position of Chair of the Music Division. Stuart Marrs received his doctorate from Indiana University School of Music. Dr. Marrs tours the US, Europe, and Latin America as soloist, conductor, clinician, and teacher.
Dr. Stuart Marrs is a Yamaha Performing Artist. He is also an endorser for Sabian, Vic Firth, and Grover ProPercussion.
October 25, 2005 – Tuesday
Topic: Where are the Women in School Administration?
Issues of Access, Acculturation, Advancement, and Advocacy
Who: Dianne L. Hoff
When: 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Where: The University Club (2nd Floor, Fogler Library)
December 7, 2004 – Tuesday
Topic: UMaine’s Homeland Security Lab
Who: George Markowsky, chair of the Department of Computer Science.
October 21, 2004 – Thursday
Topic: Mt. Katahdin — history, geology, and culture
Who: Richard Judd, Alice Kelley, & Carol Dana
Carol Toner, coordinator of CMS and a Research Associate Professor in the Department of History.
September 16, 2004 – Thursday
Topic: Transcendent Retail Places
Who: Kim McKeage, Associate Professor of Marketing in the Maine Business School
April 22, 2004 – Thursday
Topic: Observing the Ocean from Inner and Outer Space
Who: Mary Jane Perry, professor in the School of Marine Sciences and works at the University’s Ira C. Darling Marine Center.
February 23, 2004 – Monday
Topic: The Clean Air Act of 1990: Inducing a Hemispheric Ecological Experiment with Unexpected(?) Results
Who: Steve Kahl, Director of UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental for Environmental and Watershed Research.