Year: 2006

Training for Poultry Producers at AG Trades Show

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4205, rbrz@umext.maine.edu AUGUSTA –University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Alternative Poultry Association (MAPA) will sponsor an afternoon of practical training for poultry producers, 12:30 – 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at the Augusta Civic Center. The training is part of the 2007 Maine Agricultural Trades Show (www.getrealmaine.com), scheduled for […]

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UMaine Professor Howard Wins International Essay Prize

Contact: Michael Howard, 581-3861George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — UMaine philosophy professor Michael Howard recently won first prize in an essay contest conducted by Basic Income Studies, a new international academic journal that focuses on basic income issues and universal welfare policies. Howard received the award at the Eleventh Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network […]

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Eight Students Inducted into Engineering Honor Society Chi Epsilon

Contact: Jon Kenerson, jon.kenerson@umit.maine.eduGeorge Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Eight students have been inducted into the honor society Chi Epsilon in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maine. Membership in Chi Epsilon is a mark of distinction placed on undergraduates who have upheld the honor of the department through high scholastic […]

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Informational Session for 4-H Poultry Teams

Contact: Richard Brzozowski, 207-780-4207, rbrz@umext.maine.edu AUGUSTA, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer an informational session for 4-H Leaders on establishing a Maine poultry team for the 2007 Avian Bowl competition in Louisville, Ky.; the session will feature poultry specialist Jacqueline Jacobs of University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension. This meeting will be Tuesday […]

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UMaine Army ROTC to Commission Two Dec. 23

Contact: Major James C. Moreno, enrollment officer, University of Maine Army ROTC, Room 112, Armory, 581-1125 ORONO — The Black Bear Battalion will hold its cadet commissioning ceremony Saturday, Dec. 23 for two army ROTC cadets at UMaine. Candyce Jacobson of Winterport and Nicolas Phillips of Stuttgart, Germany, will be commissioned into the United States […]

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Study Shows Collision Course for Aging Boomers and Alcohol, Drug Abuse

Contact: Jennifer Crittenden, 581-2249; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A recently completed study by the UMaine Center on Aging on alcohol and drug problems among older adults in Hancock County has revealed that abuse is pervasive and getting worse as Baby Boomers age. The center found through a year-long study that as drug and alcohol […]

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UMaine Museums Closing for Holidays

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1901; Patricia Henner, 581-4100 ORONO — The Hudson Museum and the Page Farm and Home Museum at the University of Maine will be closed over the holidays, from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2. Both will reopen at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2.

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UMaine Business Graduate Students Win Second in Canadian Competition

Contact: Richard Grant, 581-1971; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — A team of graduate students from the UMaine Business School recently placed second in an international business plan competition held in Fredericton, New Brunswick. All international students pursuing masters of business administration degrees, the UMaine students competed against 19 other student teams composed of both graduate […]

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Art Exhibition January 26

Contact: Kathryn Jovanelli, 207-561-3352 kj@umit.maine.edu, www.umma.umaine.edu Digital images available Bangor, Maine– The University of Maine Museum of Art is pleased to present three exhibitionsbeginning January 26. Saul Leiter Early Color provides a survey of the artist’s seminalwork in color photography throughout the 1950s into the 60s with the city ashis subject matter. Witty, Sexy, Gimmicky […]

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