UMaine News

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Barbara Vittum of Bucksport has been selected as the graduating senior to represent the University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning at UMaine’s Saturday, May 12 commencement. She will carry the division’s banner Alfond Arena at the beginning of the ceremony. Vittum, who will receive a psychology […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 RONO — Erik Perkins of Albion is the Class of 2007 valedictorian at the University of Maine. Perkins will graduate from UMaine on Saturday May 12, with a degree in physics and mathematics. He plans to enroll in graduate school at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — David Lapointe of Durham is the Class of 2007 salutatorian at the University of Maine. Lapointe will graduate from UMaine on Saturday May 12, with a degree in mechanical engineering. He plans to begin his engineering career with a job at Goss International, a manufacturing company that […]

Contact: David Dvorak, 581-2341George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Danielle Jonassen of Somerville has been selected as the top graduating senior in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. She will carry the college’s banner into UMaine’s Alfond Arena at the beginning of the university’s Saturday, May 12 commencement ceremony. Jonassen, who will […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Benjamin Briggs of Mt. Desert has been selected as the top graduating senior in the University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He will carry the college’s banner into UMaine’s Alfond Arena at the beginning of the university’s Saturday, May 12 commencement ceremony. Briggs, who […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Mikaela Martin of South Portland has been selected as the top graduating senior in the University of Maine College of Engineering. She will carry the college’s banner into UMaine’s Alfond Arena at the beginning of the university’s Saturday, May 12 commencement ceremony. Martin, who will graduate from […]

Contact: Amos E. Orcutt, University of Maine Foundation, 207-581-5100 ORONO — A $5,000 prize will be awarded to an individual or team of individuals whose impact on the University of Maine reflects the level of advancements made by former President Abram W. Harris, who served the university from 1893

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Ashley Dzioba of Salem, N.H. has been selected as the top graduating senior in the University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture. She will carry the college’s banner into UMaine’s Alfond Arena at the beginning of the university’s Saturday, May 12 commencement ceremony. Dzioba, […]

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Two men with connections to Brunswick are among four who will receive honorary doctor of humane letters degrees at the University of Maine’s May 12 commencement. Native American Studies scholar Nicholas Smith of Brunswick will be honored for his work documenting the history of Native peoples in […]