{"id":60597,"date":"2015-12-30T11:56:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T16:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/?page_id=60597"},"modified":"2024-11-21T12:29:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:29:54","slug":"2005-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/through-the-decades\/2005-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"2005\u20132014"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"60822\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60822\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature.jpg\" alt=\"Students on a field trip to the coast\" width=\"1648\" height=\"930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature.jpg 1648w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-105x59.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-317x179.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-423x239.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-634x358.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-846x477.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-951x537.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-1268x716.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/311\/2015\/12\/2005-2014-feature-320x180.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1648px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students on a field trip in 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Kennedy became president in 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2007, the 87,000-square-foot University of Maine New Balance Student Recreation Center opened.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Ferguson became president in 2011.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>UMaine was listed in Princeton Review\u2019s Green Honor Roll in 2010, 2011 and 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2013, Maine 4-H marked its 100-year anniversary of providing enriching programs for youth in the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Also in 2013, the Innovative Media, Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC Center) opened, as did the Wyeth Family Studio Art Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2013, UMaine and partners launched the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine to be deployed off the coast of North America.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2014, UMaine\u2019s Aroostook Farm in Presque Isle celebrated 100 years of service to the state and Maine\u2019s potato industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>First lady Michelle Obama visited UMaine in 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2014, the renovated New Balance Field House reopened after a $6 million renovation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Ghost Brothers of Darkland County<\/i>, a Southern gothic supernatural musical written by alumnus Stephen King, took the stage at the Collins Center for the Arts in 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Gerard S. 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