UMaine to Welcome Class of 2014 Friday

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.

August 25, 2010 UMaine in the News

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571

ORONO — More than 1,800 new first year students will join the University of Maine community on Friday Aug. 27 during the traditional Maine Hello move-in event. Part of Fall Welcome Weekend, the award-winning Maine Hello features more than 800 volunteers — faculty and staff members, students and alumni — who greet the new students and their families, providing a friendly welcome and a helping hand as they move into residence halls.

The first-year students, members of the Class of 2014, will spend the weekend involved in a series of activities intended to help them acclimate to university life and prepare to begin classes on Monday, Aug. 30.

Friday’s activities will be centered around the residence halls that constitute the home base for UMaine’s First Year Residence Experience (FYRE) programming, a year-long series of residence hall-based initiatives intended to help students achieve academically while successfully becoming part of the overall UMaine community. Those residence halls are Oxford, Somerset, Knox, Androscoggin, Gannett and Cumberland. The best times for news coverage tend to be in the 9 a.m-1 p.m. time frame.

Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana will be available to offer his perspectives on Friday. To determine his location and arrange interviews, reporters should call Ron Lisnet at 949-4222.

A new feature has been added to Fall Welcome Weekend this year. The new first-year students will participate in a Saturday Aug. 28 day of service, providing community service at dozens of community organizations and agencies in the Bangor-Orono area.

For example, groups will leave UMaine on Saturday at 12 noon for three-hour projects at these locations:

Spruce Run
Manna Ministries
Hands of Hope Store
Orono Bog Boardwalk
Good Samaritan Agency
Penobscot Job Corps

Others will leave at 12:30 p.m. to provide service at these locations:

Bangor Humane Society
Ronald McDonald House
Challenger Learning Center
Parkside Learning Center

Reporters interested in covering service activities at any of these Saturday locations are asked to contact the host agency in advance to gain coverage permission.