News Center Maine covers Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono.

Emergency services responded promptly to the scene and the student has been transported to a local hospital. The student’s family has been informed.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 or you may call the Dean of Students Office at 207-581-1406.

An investigation is underway and more details will be released when they become available. Our thoughts are with the student and their family.

Long Road has been cleared and is now accessible. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lieutenant Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

October 10, 2018 Outreach, UMaine in the News

News Center Maine reported on the biennial Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival held at the University of Maine. The event promotes active learning about water issues to teach students the value of clean water and healthy habitats, and to provide teachers with relevant classroom resources that support evidence-based instruction. More than 600 fourth, fifth and sixth graders and their teachers were expected to attend. “A lot of Maine children are out in the outdoors, they go fishing, they go swimming. So it’s good to know that the water that they’re swimming in and fishing in is clean and that the animals can thrive there and the fish can thrive there and that the drinking water that comes out of their faucet is clean,” said event organizer Ruth Hallsworth, strategic program manager at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. WVII (Channel 7) also reported on the event.