Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 ORONO — Philosophers, musicians, dancers, artists, healers, Buddhists and an Iraqi peace activist are just some of more than 80 speakers participating in the first annual peace conference at the University of Maine. Scheduled June 18-20 and sponsored by the UMaine Peace Studies Program and the Maine Humanities Council, […]
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Contact: Amos Orcutt at 800.982.8503 ORONO – On June 9, 1934, the University of Maine Class of 1909 presented a check for $1,000 to the newly formed University of Maine Foundation. The Foundation’s investment of that gift and the many gifts that followed has resulted in total assets exceeding $120 million today. This includes $90 […]
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Contact: Julie Anderson, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 207-780-4205, 800-287-1471, janderson@umext.maine.eduRichard Brzozowski, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 207-780-4205, 800-287-1471, rbrz@umext.maine.edu ORONO– A new statewide directory of farmers who raise and sell goats for slaughter is available from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Cumberland County office. The Maine Goat Meat Directory includes names, contact information, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine Foundation has received a gift of approximately $2.85 million to support UMaine’s William S. Cohen Center for International Policy and Commerce. The center was established in UMaine’s College of Business, Public Policy and Health in 1997, when Cohen left the U.S. Senate and […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3756 or Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — If you want an MBA from the University of Maine Business School, you’d better have a passport. An international consulting project is now part of the course requirements. The business school is rolling out revisions in the Master of Business Administration […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — A new University of Maine Division of Student Affairs organizational structure, intended to unite the total student experience, inside and outside the classroom, while also maximizing the university’s efficiency, will be phased in this summer. Under the new structure, UMaine Dean of Students Robert Dana becomes the […]
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Contact: Laura Wilson, Cooperative Extension, 207-581-2971, lwilson@umext.maine.edu ORONO– A representative of the Bangor Wal-Mart store will present a $500 check for lakeshore protection efforts to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 8. Tara Goodrich of the Maine Conservation Corps, a volunteer leader in lakeshore restoration, will receive the check in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci, a 1986 University of Maine graduate, will return to his alma mater along with hundreds of other UMaine alums for Reunion 2004 Friday June 4-Sunday June 6. A series of activities, intended to evoke memories of college years and to provide a glimpse into […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — “I Remember,” an hour of questions, answers and stories about life on the farm in Maine prior to 1950, is the subject of a free brown bag lunch discussion June 4 at the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum. Museum director Patricia Henner is the featured speaker, […]
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Contact: George Manlove at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Student newspapers from Biddeford, Cape Elizabeth, Hiram, Orono, Portland, Waterville and Wells high schools earned first place awards at the University of Maine’s 11th Annual Maine Student Journalism Conference and newspaper competition this year. More than 150 student journalists and their advisors from 26 schools around the […]
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