UMaine Extension Outdoor School for All featured in Maine media

Campus weather closure at 12:15 December 2

Posted: December 02, 2025 - 5:28 AM

In light of the inclement weather and our desire for everyone to travel home safely, we are closing campus today, Tuesday December 2 at 12:15 p.m. In-person and online classes beginning at that time or later are cancelled. Campus will reopen Wednesday December 3 at 5:00 a.m. Only employees designated essential by Storm Day Staffing Plans should remain on campus after 12:15 p.m.

Fogler Library will close at 12:15 p.m.

The campus recreation center and residential dining will remain open, please visit the UMaine Dining website for specific facility hours.

Reminder: winter parking ban is in effect.

September 25, 2025 Cooperative Extension, Outreach, UMaine in the News

“Research has reinforced that outdoor learning benefits students’ academic performance and their physical and social-emotional wellbeing,” Ryder Scott, executive director of University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Centers, told Mainebiz in a story about the Outdoor School for All initiative administered by UMaine Extension. The program aims to provide outdoor leadership and scientific learning to low-income students with no fee to their district. News Center Maine and the Portland Press Herald also reported on the Outdoor School for All.