Media Cover UMaine’s 213th Commencement

The Associated Press and Maine Public Broadcasting Network were among news organizations to report on the University of Maine’s 213th Commencement. M. Peter McPherson, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, delivered the Commencement address and received an honorary degree. Dana Connors, executive director of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, and Dennis Rezendes of Colorado, who pioneered the hospice program in the U.S., also received honorary degrees, according to the AP. The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on UMaine graduate Johanna Haskell — the great-great-granddaughter of Edwin James Haskell, one of six members of UMaine’s first graduating class in 1872. “I am incredibly proud to both carry on the legacy of our family and to have accomplished a personal goal of graduating,” Haskell said. Seacoastonline, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) and seattlepi carried the AP report.