UMaine’s new and improved athletic facilities featured in Maine media
News Center Maine, the Bangor Daily News, the Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and WFFX (Channel 7 in Bangor) reported on the unveiling of the New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex and the renovated Shawn Walsh Hockey Center and Alfond Arena on Sept. 27. “When something new and well done is built, everybody gets excited,” said UMaine Athletics Director Jude Killey, as reported by News Center. “We all want to head in the same direction and that’s to the top, so that’s what we’re trying to accomplish.” UMaine leaders were on hand for the celebration on Saturday, with President Joan Ferrini-Mundy thanking partners and donors, including representatives from the Harold Alfond Foundation, which allocated $170 million for these projects and other athletic facility upgrades as part of UMS TRANSFORMS. “It’s a great day to be a Black Bear,” Ferrini-Mundy said, as reported in the Bangor Daily News