Media cover UMaine Alumni Association’s awards dinner
WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the University of Maine Alumni Association’s annual awards dinner. The event was held to acknowledge UMaine alumni and friends for outstanding public service and professional accomplishments, WABI reported. Among the eight Alumni Achievement Award winners, were U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and her family, who received the Fogler Legacy Award. Thirteen members across four generations of the Collins family have earned a UMaine degree, media reported. “We are very grateful to what the University of Maine has given to my family,” Collins said. “And I am very proud that my family, which is being recognized tonight, has given back to them.” Former Maine Governor John Baldacci was given the Alumni Career Award. “This institution has provided thousands of Maine families with an opportunity to grow and to have a foundation to be able to hang up their shingle and be independent,” he told WABI. “I just can’t thank the university enough, and continue to make sure that we all recognize the importance of the University of Maine.”