Promotion and/or Tenure for 21 UMaine Professors

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

March 16, 2010 News

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571

ORONO — At its Bangor meeting today, the University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved promotion and/or tenure for 21 University of Maine faculty members. The professors, who represent the broad spectrum of UMaine academic programs, were nominated by UMaine President Robert Kennedy after an extensive process reviewing their work in teaching, research and community service.

“This group exemplifies the scholarly excellence of the University of Maine faculty,” Kennedy says. “Each of these professors has a significant record of outstanding work benefiting our students and our state.”

Those nominations approved today:

PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR

Richard H. Borgman, Finance
Gloria L. Vollmers, Accounting
Craig A. Mason, Education and Applied Quantitative Methods
Stephen M. Miller, History
Touradj Solouki, Chemistry
Beth Wiemann, Music
Emmanuel S. Boss, Oceanography
Todd M. Gabe, Resource Economics and Policy
Carol H. Kim, Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR

Lee Karp-Boss, Marine Sciences
Andrew J. Pershing, Marine Sciences

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE

Susan K. Gardner Cosgrove, Higher Education Leadership
Yifeng Zhu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phillip M. Dickens, Computer Science
Kimberly A. Huisman, Sociology
Andrew H. Knightly, Mathematics
Laura A. Lindenfeld, Mass Communications/Media Studies and Public Policy
Brian S. Robinson, Anthropology and Climate Change Institute
Michael J. Socolow, Communication and Journalism
Clarissa A. Henry, Biological Sciences
Sara M. Lindsay, Marine Science