Education Commissioner Bowen at UMaine Monday Maine Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen is spending Monday Sept. 12 at UMaine, as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Bowen will meet with students, faculty members and staff members, in addition to President Paul Ferguson and Provost Susan Hunter.
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Jim Settele, assistant director of UMaine’s School of Policy and International Affairs, will appear on WVOM radio’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Show, Friday Sept. 9 just after 6 a.m. A retired U.S. Navy captain, Settele served on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s staff from Oct. 2001-Aug 2003. He will share his thoughts on changes […]
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The annual Graduate School picnic is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 4-6 p.m. on the Stodder Hall patio. Graduate students with their families, faculty members and support personnel are all invited to attend. The rain date is Thursday, Sept. 15
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The Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance (MIBA) in collaboration with the Hudson Museum has received an Indigenous Contemporary Arts Programs grant from the National Museum of the American Indian to support the development of an exhibit of the next generation of Maine Indian basket makers.
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A new survey of alumni of the University of Maine’s largest Ph.D. program — clinical psychology — finds more than 95 percent are licensed practitioners and most are researchers. The majority of those who graduated between 1995 and 2010 live in the Northeast and nearly 67 percent are involved in grant-supported research.
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ORONO — University of Maine master’s student and personal financial planner Sarah Morehead has recently published a book, I Hate Money! Understanding Your Financial Attitude, presenting the basics of finance and consumer attitudes that can interfere with sensible handling of money and credit.
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Passamaquoddy basketmaker Gerald “Butch” Jacobs will conduct a free public basketmaking demonstration Friday, June 3 from 10 a.m. to noon at the UMaine Hudson Museum in the Collins Center for the Arts.
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The Graduate Student Government has announced the names of winning presenters at last week’s 2011 GradExpo, a showcase of end-of-the-year research summaries and presentations from 128 graduate students this year.
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David Slagger, a UMaine student and member of the Houlton Band of Maliseets, will present a Native American drum-making workshop Saturday, April 30 at the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge in Alton.
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UMaine Graduate School Government (GSG) is planning a Friday April 29 barbecue for all grad students, graduate faculty and graduate school staff members. The event, which will occur rain or shine, is scheduled fro 12 noon-2 p.m. in the Stodder Hall quad. Since this is a “green” event, those attending are asked to bring their […]
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