Honors College

UMaine Honors College receives Maine Hunger Dialogue grant

The Maine Hunger Dialogue has awarded a $500 grant to the University of Maine Honors College to fight food insecurity in the student population. UMaine Honors College students who attended the 2020 Maine Hunger Dialogue, held virtually Oct. 23, applied for this funding based on their research that found food insecurity, already on the rise […]

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Maura Philippone

Maura Philippone: Recent grad wants to help people find their true voices

Maura Philippone has been awarded a 2020 National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) Scholarship.  The competitive merit-based scholarship is awarded to up to three undergraduate senior students nationwide who are active in NSSLHA and will begin their graduate studies in fall following graduation.  Philippone graduated summa cum laude in May 2020 from the University […]

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Entries for Rezendes Ethics Essay competition sought

The University of Maine Honors College is now accepting entries for the 2020-21 John M. Rezendes Ethics Essay Competition. All UMaine undergraduate students who are enrolled for the Spring 2021 semester are invited to submit an 8- to 10-page essay that focuses on ethics, broadly construed. This year, the suggested theme is deconstructing systems of […]

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BDN spotlights UMaine students working at polls

The Bangor Daily News reported that University of Maine students are engaging with the political process this year by assisting at the polls across Maine, replacing  older poll workers who are concerned about contracting coronavirus. 

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Campus community invited to vote for winners of Honors Talent Show Competition

Honors students versed in poetry, music, slacklining and other aptitudes are vying for the top spots in the Honors Talent Show Competition, in which the campus community will decide the victors.  The Honors College received video submissions from 15 contestants, all of which are displayed on the event webpage. To help determine the winners, the […]

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UMaine’s Vision for Tomorrow comprehensive campaign exceeds $200 million goal

Orono, Maine — The University of Maine Vision for Tomorrow comprehensive campaign has exceeded its $200 million goal by more than $8 million, according to UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and University of Maine Foundation President Jeffery N. Mills in announcing the successful completion of the record-setting fundraising effort. The public phase of the campaign was […]

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Marcotte, Muscat awarded Killam Fellowships to study in Canada

University of Maine students Sarah Marcotte and Abigail Muscat earned Killam Fellowships to study in Canada during the spring 2021 semester. Marcotte, a third-year biology major, plans to study at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Muscat, a third-year marine sciences major and international affairs minor, plans to study at the University of British Columbia […]

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UMaine again in annual Princeton Review, Fiske guides 

The University of Maine is among the best 386 colleges nationwide, according to The Princeton Review’s 2021 edition of its annual guide, and also is included again this year in the Fiske Guide to Colleges. Colleges and universities profiled in this year’s “The Best 386 Colleges” represent about 14% of the 2,800 four-year colleges in […]

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