Year: 2014

BDN Reports on Plans to Address Budget Shortfall

The Bangor Daily News reported on how the University of Maine System’s seven campuses — including UMaine — are working to close their share of a budget gap for fiscal year 2015. UMaine spokesperson Margaret Nagle said the university is at an early stage of figuring out where the money will come from. She said […]

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Celebrate Maine Maple Sunday at UMaine

The Page Farm and Home Museum at the University of Maine invites the public to its annual Maine Maple Sunday celebration 1–3 p.m. March 23. Festivities begin with a video titled “The Maple Sugaring Story” at the farm and museum on Munson Road. Children in grades K–5 will be invited to take part in learning […]

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Faulkner, Moutevelis-Burgess Receive 2014 PEAC Awards

Gretchen Faulkner, director of the Hudson Museum, and Polly Moutevelis-Burgess, director of the Employee Assistance Program, are the recipients of the 2014 Outstanding Professional Employee Award of the University of Maine Professional Employees Advisory Council (PEAC). The annual PEAC award recognizes UMaine professional employees who demonstrate a dedication to serving others, maintain the highest level […]

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Williams Named Interim Director of CCA

Daniel Williams of Orono has been appointed to serve a two-year term as interim executive director of the Collins Center for the Arts (CCA) at the University of Maine. Williams replaces John Patches, the longtime director of the Collins Center, who retired Jan. 31. The Collins Center for the Arts, home to the Hutchins Concert […]

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Press Herald Reports on UMaine Offshore Wind Project’s Push for Federal Funding

The Portland Press Herald reported on the University of Maine-led proposed offshore wind pilot project and its fight for federal funding. Maine Aqua Ventus, a group made up of UMaine and partner companies, is competing  against Seattle-based Principle Power for up to $47 million in matching federal energy funds to demonstrate the technology for next-generation […]

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WABI, WLBZ Report on Sportsmen’s Show Held in New Balance Field House

WABI (Channel 5) and WLBZ (Channel 2) covered the 76th annual Eastern Maine Sportsmen’s Show held in the newly renovated New Balance Field House at the University of Maine. Lois Ann Holmes, an official with the Penobscot County Conservation Association that puts on the show, told WLBZ, “We needed space, and the University of Maine […]

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Free Press Previews University Singers Concerts

The Free Press of Rockland advanced the March 11 University of Maine Singers concert that will take place at the Owls Head Transportation Museum. The show is one of five free public concerts the group is performing in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts over spring break.

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UMaine Offshore Wind Project Focus of ASME Article

A proposed offshore wind pilot project and floating test turbine created by Maine Aqua Ventus, which includes the University of Maine and partner companies, was the focus of the ASME article “First offshore wind turbine for the U.S.” Jake Ward, UMaine’s vice president for innovation and economic development, said university experts recognized renewable energy was […]

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Union Leader Advances Regional Cyber Defense Competition

The New Hampshire Union Leader published a report on the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition that will be hosted by the University of New Hampshire’s computer science department March 14–16. The University of Maine’s Cyber Defense Team is slated to compete in the event. One winner and one alternate will be selected to represent the […]

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UMaine’s Relationship with SMCC Composites Lab Mentioned in Mainebiz Article

The University of Maine was mentioned in a Mainebiz article about Southern Maine Community College’s composites technology department and its new lab at Brunswick Landing. Graduate students enrolled at UMaine are allowed to take classes at SMCC and earn academic credit. Andy Schoenberg, instructor and chairman of SMCC’s composites technology department, said one UMaine graduate […]

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