WLBZ/WCSH aired a Saturday news story about issues concerning UMaine’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. The Orono Fire Department declared the fraternity’s College Avenue house unfit for habitation last Tuesday. Twenty-one of the 22 affected students moved into on-campus housing.
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Robert Milardo of the UMaine College of Education and Human Development faculty was quoted in a Friday New York Times column examining the role of aunts in contemporary families. Milardo is the author of a 2010 book, “The Forgotten Kin.”
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Rick Kersbergen of the UMaine Cooperative Extension faculty provided comment for a Portland Daily Sun story about community supported agriculture efforts in Maine. Kersbergen also noted that Maine is the only state that is seeing the age of its average farmer going down.
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Steve Solloway’s Sunday Maine Today Media (Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal, Central Maine Morning Sentinel) column told the story of UMaine student Tyler Walsh, son of Shawn Walsh, the former Black Bear hockey coach who died at the age of 46 ten years ago this month. Tyler, who is now 20 years old, aspires to […]
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Niclas Erhardt, a human resources specialist on the UMaine Business School faculty, commented in a Sept. 18 Lewiston Sun Journal story about the challenges facing job applicants who have criminal records, even in the distant past.
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this season. CCA Executive Director John Patches told the newspaper the center’s recent renovation put it closer to the goal of becoming a destination, while UMaine Foundation officer Danny Williams said the CCA puts world-class […]
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UMaine graduate student Matt Ciampa was interviewed Thursday for a Channel 7 (WVII) report on the Maine Business Challenge, which he and two other 2010 UMaine graduates have initiated to give a budding young entrepreneur from UMaine a boost in developing a business. The three have contributed $5,000 as a cash award and are arranging […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the UMaine Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house was deemed unfit for habitation, which has forced the relocation of 22 residents. The Orono Fire Department and town code enforcement officer made the decision to close the house. Robert Dana, vice president for student affairs and dean of students, told the newspaper […]
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The TV magazine show “207,” which airs on Maine’s NBC affiliates, featured UMaine Cooperative Extension Educator Ellen Libby who discussed Extension’s role in FoodCorps, a new national program aims to train young adults for careers in food and agriculture, and educate people about how to eat healthier. UMaine Cooperative Extension is one of 10 national […]
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UMaine’s Hudson Museum was mentioned in a story in the weekly Free Press, which covers midcoast Maine, about the Penobscot Material Culture Collaborative. The collaborative, of which the museum is a member, seeks to keep Penobscot artifacts in Maine for future generations to see and study. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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