UMaine graduate Ashley Underwood continues to appear on the hit reality series “Survivor: Redemption Island” and is staying under the radar, according to a Waterville Sentinel column written by Zach Dionne, another UMaine alum. Dionne is writing a weekly column while Underwood, a nursing major and former UMaine women’s basketball player, continues to remain on […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal has an advance of a March 19 presentation by Grange member, journalist and photographer Jo Josephson about cutting-edge farms and farmers in Franklin County. The title of the presentation, “The Changing Face of Agriculture in Franklin County,” was taken from the Clarence Day book “Farming in Maine 1860-1940,” which was published […]
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ORONO — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees has approved UMaine President Robert Kennedy’s tenure and/or promotion recommendations for 31 faculty members. The board’s action came at its Monday meeting. “These professors represent the most outstanding characteristics of UMaine’s wonderful faculty,” Kennedy says. “As leading members of our community of scholars, they inspire […]
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Contact: Dennis Cox, (dkcox@maine.edu), Jack Burt, (207) 581-1773 (jburt@maine.edu) ORONO — Back from a five-day, four-state New England tour, the University of Maine’s University Singers are preparing for several concerts in Maine — March 15 at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, and March 19-20 in Orono. At Merrill Auditorium, the Singers, with about 80 members, will […]
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UMaine alumnus Douglas Denico was recently named to the position of Maine State Forester, according to the Bangor Daily News. The article noted Denico received his bachelor’s in forestry and master’s in forest economics from UMaine’s School of Forestry. MPBN Radio had a story about Kenneth Fletcher, an alum with a bachelor’s in forest management, […]
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Comments from UMaine political scientist Mark Brewer were included in a Bangor Daily News story about remarks made by author Stephen King in Florida last week. Speaking at a rally, King criticized Republican governors including Maine’s Paul LePage, for their stance on unions. Brewer told the BDN King’s comments should have minimal impact because many […]
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Several news outlets, including the Kennebec Journal and the Bangor Daily News covered Monday’s announcement that Paul W. Ferguson has been named the new president of the University of Maine. The UMaine System Board of Trustees voted on the selection during a meeting in Augusta, approving a recommendation made by Chancellor Richard Pattenaude. The Carni […]
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Contact: Peggy Markson 973-3245 (mobile 949-1250) AUGUSTA – This afternoon the University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved Chancellor Richard Pattenaude’s recommendation of Dr. Paul Ferguson as the next president of UMaine, the state’s flagship and land-grant university in Orono. “Dr. Ferguson brings a successful track record of leadership positions at similar institutions and […]
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Maine Sea Grant has three internship programs open to UMaine graduate students for the summer of 2011: Fisheries Heritage Information Manager, Downeast Fisheries Trail Assistant Editor, Maine Climate News Science Video Producer, Maine Sea Grant The application deadline is April 29.
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Former Maine Attorney General James Tierney will lead a public forum examining the outcomes and implications of the 2010 election cycle, Thursday March 24 at 12 noon in Memorial Union’s Totman Room. Tierney, a UMaine graduate who also ran for governor, serves as director of the National State Attorneys General Program at Columbia University Law […]
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