Mainebiz examines what’s in a name
In its story about the University of Southern Maine tabling its plans to change its name to the University of Maine at Portland, Mainebiz reviewed the University of Maine’s name changes. The school that was established as the Maine College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in 1862 became the University of Maine in 1897. When the Maine State Legislature created the University of Maine System in 1968, the name was changed to the University of Maine at Orono (UMO). And, in 1986, the name was changed back to the University of Maine.