{"id":1317,"date":"2023-01-20T15:50:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/gradcentennial\/?page_id=1317"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:43:46","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/gradcentennial\/history\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"A Timeline of Graduate Education at UMaine"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id1317_747b76-56{margin-bottom:60px;}.kb-row-layout-id1317_747b76-56 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1317_747b76-56 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1317_747b76-56 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:60px;row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30px;min-height:350px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 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img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1317_af2275-41, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1317_af2275-41[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1317_af2275-41\"]{text-align:center!important;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1317_af2275-41, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1317_af2275-41[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1317_af2275-41\"]{text-align:center!important;}}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading1317_af2275-41 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-white-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1317_af2275-41\">A Timeline of graduate education at uMaine<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1317_5907dc-1e .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1317_5907dc-1e 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.kt-accordion-pane:not(:first-child){margin-top:0px;}.kt-accordion-id1317_2da4ac-a3 .kt-accordion-panel-inner{border-top:0px solid transparent;border-right:0px solid transparent;border-bottom:0px solid transparent;border-left:0px solid transparent;}.kt-accordion-id1317_2da4ac-a3 > .kt-accordion-inner-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-pane > .kt-accordion-header-wrap > .kt-blocks-accordion-header{border-top-color:#003263;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#003263;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#003263;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#003263;border-left-style:solid;}.kt-accordion-id1317_2da4ac-a3 > .kt-accordion-inner-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-pane > .kt-accordion-header-wrap > .kt-blocks-accordion-header:hover, \n\t\t\t\tbody:not(.hide-focus-outline) .kt-accordion-id1317_2da4ac-a3 .kt-blocks-accordion-header:focus-visible{border-top-color:#eeeeee;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#eeeeee;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#eeeeee;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#eeeeee;border-left-style:solid;}.kt-accordion-id1317_2da4ac-a3 .kt-accordion-header-wrap .kt-blocks-accordion-header:focus-visible,\n\t\t\t\t.kt-accordion-id1317_2da4ac-a3 > .kt-accordion-inner-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-pane > .kt-accordion-header-wrap > .kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active{border-top-color:#003263;border-top-style:solid;border-right-color:#003263;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#003263;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-color:#003263;border-left-style:solid;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-accordion alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-id1317_2da4ac-a3 kt-accordion-has-4-panes kt-active-pane-0 kt-accordion-block kt-pane-header-alignment-left kt-accodion-icon-style-basic kt-accodion-icon-side-right\" style=\"max-width:none\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-inner-wrap\" data-allow-multiple-open=\"false\" data-start-open=\"0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-1 kt-pane1317_672914-38\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">1881<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>The first graduate degree was granted in 1881, conferred to Walter Balentine who earned a Master of Science in Agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walter Balentine was born in Waterville, Maine in 1851. He entered the Maine State College and graduated in 1874 with studies in agriculture. Some of his post-graduate studies included time at the Connecticut State Experiment Center and Agricultural Chemistry in Germany. He returned to the United States in 1880, to which he took on the position of Chair of Agriculture at Maine State College and became the founding director of the first Agricultural Experiment Station in Maine. The Board of Trustees for the University granted Walter his Master of Science degree (M.S.) in 1881 for his satisfactory completion of his thesis, as cited below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/FlKCUOiymmomN0NWsT4LT6gBVMdcwckYhSpBHR6KLYarYmgEVDTGiMYbrMwg9r5K88plhU8T98ufA6KDDeIvlyzegzTRAJBpeoH-IaDqshCWd3JwWrN8KJkBpn2DkffMojLGbfmYRSwRoE1SwGcupp_IIK_7-9OG7H2vcj3eMdc99m6kp6Cd4XYYi_AL-A\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Orono June 28, 1881. Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walter worked as an assistant professor and then professor for the University of Maine in Agriculture.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-2 kt-pane1317_d32af4-ff\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">1882<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>The first woman to earn a graduate degree at UMaine was Percia Ann Vinal White with a Master of Science in Literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Percia was a native to Orono and one of the first women undergraduates at the University of Maine and later took postgraduate courses making her the first woman to graduate with a Master of Science degree in 1882. She was a writer of many short stories published under the name A. Steele Penn. At the age of 79, her novel \u201cWearers of the Hemlock\u201d appeared in serial form. She carried on her husband\u2019s insurance business for 15 years after his passing. She originated the idea of forming a Women\u2019s Club of Orono, to which she was a lifetime member. She was a charter member of the and first worthy matron of Good Cheer chapter, O. E. S. She was a charter member of the Maine Writers&#8217; Research club and contributed articles for books published by it. 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