On Friday. October 24, 2025, 14 alumni joined us for the first Alumni Edition of our International Student Coffee Hour. It was a resounding success! Alumni, current students, and staff enjoyed snacks, refreshments, and camaraderie while viewing a presentation of alumni photos and past events. It was interspersed with trivia questions about the International Student […]
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Originally published in the University of Maine Foundation’s Legacies newsletter. Subrata Ghosh came to Orono to study for an MBA at UMaine after completing hisundergraduate degree in mechanical engineering in India. Like many other Black Bearsbefore and since, Subrata recalls renting an apartment on Mill Street and walking tocampus on frigid February mornings. That ultimately […]
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A celebration of food, music, and fashion from around the world. Clear your calendar on Saturday, November 8, 2025. OIP is hosting our annual Culturefest event from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the New Balance Recreation Center on Orono campus. We hope to see you there! For more information, please contact us at international@maine.edu
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Mid June, Sarah Joughin and Mireille Le Gal attended “Cocktails on the Coast,” hosted by the UMaine Alumni Association. An open invitation to international alumni from Portland and Boston areas was sent out prior via social media. They convened in Portland before boarding a ferry ship named the Bay Mist at the historic docks of […]
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OIP hosted a mini reunion in Chicago in mid March and a wonderful group of UMaine alumni joined. From left to right: (top row) Wing Wong ’18, Aleynne Aular – current UMaine student attending a conference in Chicago, Leon Cortes ’19, Ella Wu’14 and former OIP staff, (bottom) Orlina Boteva ’04G, ’05G, ’23G and Leon’s […]
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Orlina Boteva, OIP Director, had the pleasure to reconnect with Anuket and Carleena Bhaduri in late May in San Diego. Anuket completed bachelor’s degrees at UMaine in Information Systems and Financial Economics in 2001, followed by an MS degree in Spatial Information Science and Engineering in 2003. He was very involved in the international community as […]
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The Special Collections and Projects Department in Fogler Library has added new records from the Student Heritage Alliance Council (SHAC) to the online archival content management tool ArchivesSpace. The records include copies of the SHAC constitution, bylaws, and mission statements. There are also SHAC meeting agendas and minutes; funding requests; reports; and promotional material, including event posters, fliers, […]
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