UMaine Assisting Students Affected by Fire
Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu
ORONO — More than a dozen University of Maine students are displaced by a Saturday evening fire at an Orono apartment complex. University personnel are in close contact with those students and their families, providing assistance as needed.
“Above all, we are thankful no one was injured,” says Robert Dana, UMaine’s vice president for student affairs and dean of students. “We are currently focused on making sure that the affected students have everything they need to continue their studies uninterrupted.”
As of Sunday morning, it appears that as many as 16 UMaine students are affected by the fire, reported just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Stillwater Village apartments. Eight students moved immediately into campus housing, while the others made alternate living arrangements. Dana and his staff will coordinate further assistance related to housing and dining, along with the replacement of lost books, computers and other academic necessities.
Five weeks of classes remain in UMaine’s spring semester, followed by a week of final exams leading up to commencement on Saturday May 7.