Year: 2008

2008 Holiday Tree Sale to Benefit Forestry, Wildlife Student Scholarships

Contact: Louis Morin, 481-2854 ORONO — The University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources is holding its longstanding annual holiday tree sale for scholarships through Dec. 14, in front of the Nutting Hall courtyard. Forestry students expect to sell more than 100 Fraser fir or balsam trees, 4 feet tall and up for $16-$36, says […]

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UMaine Cadets to Square Off in Wednesday Game

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine Army and Navy ROTC students will play a Wednesday morning flag football game, battling for bragging rights that will last at least until next Saturday’s traditional game between the service academies. The UMaine game is scheduled for 6 a.m. in UMaine’s Mahaney Dome. The […]

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Maine Tree Club Offers Outings and Education

Contact: Amy Witt, 207-780-4205 PORTLAND, Me.– Maine citizens and visitors can learn more about one of the state’s greatest resources by joining the Maine Tree Club, an educational project designed for people of all ages to learn about trees. University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Forest Service and the Pine Tree State Arboretum coordinate […]

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UMaine Offering Public Administration Classes in Augusta

Contact: Carolyn Ball, 581-4142 AUGUSTA — The University of Maine’s Department of Public Administration is offering three courses for the spring semester in the Augusta area for men and women with jobs, families or other obligations preventing them from traveling to the Orono campus. Prospective students interested in learning more about these graduate-level classes are […]

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Russian Affairs Expert Remington at UMaine Dec. 8

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Thomas Remington, a Harvard University visiting research scholar and Emory University political science professor, will visit the University of Maine for a Monday Dec. 8 lecture and panel discussion on contemporary Russian political affairs.  The event is scheduled for 3-4:30 p.m. in 100 Donald P. Corbett Business […]

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Annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale at UMaine Dec. 13

Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, 581-1904George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — The annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Sale and Demonstration is scheduled at the University of Maine Dec. 13, offering the public a special opportunity to acquire Native American artforms from members of Maine’s four tribes, as well as learn about Maine Indian history and culture through demonstrations of […]

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UMaine’s Innovation Tournament Awards Announced

Contact: Jesse Moriarity, 581-1427 ORONO — The four student teams from UMaine that created novel ideas for repurposing the plastic water bottle as part of an international Global Innovation Challenge last week have received awards and recognition from the Foster Student Innovation Center on campus. Founded and sponsored by Stanford University in recognition of Global […]

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House GOP Leader Tardy To Visit UMaine Dec. 5

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — State Rep. Joshua Tardy (R-Newport) will visit the University of Maine on Friday, Dec. 5 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Tardy, who is the House Republican Leader, will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members […]

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UMaine’s DePoy Receives American Public Health Association Lifetime Award

Contact: Sandra Horne, 581-1236 ORONO – Elizabeth DePoy, professor of social work and coordinator of Interdisciplinary Disability Studies at the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, recently was honored with the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Disability Section of the American Public Health Association. The award is presented to a […]

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UMaine MFA Student Selected For Exclusive Quilt Exhibition

Contact: Gabriella D’Italia, (207) 234-2542 Note: A high-resolution image that represents D’Italia’s work is available from Kristen Andresen at 581-3742 or kristen.andresen@umit.maine.edu. ORONO — Gabriella D’Italia, a student in UMaine’s Intermedia master of fine arts program, has been selected to participate in Quilt National 2009. The juried, biennial exhibition is dedicated to promoting the contemporary […]

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