Honors College

Sierra Yost and Grace Smith

UMaine names 2020 valedictorian and salutatorian

Chemical engineering major Sierra Yost of Windham is the 2020 University of Maine valedictorian, and Grace Smith of Holden, a molecular and cellular biology major, is this year’s salutatorian. Both are students in the Honors College. “We congratulate Sierra and Grace on the strength, breadth and rigor of their academic achievements and overall University of […]

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McGillicuddy Humanities Center fellows

Flessen, Lamonica, Stockley selected McGillicuddy Humanities Center fellows

University of Maine students Ivy Flessen, Bria Lamonica and Leela Stockley are the spring–fall 2020 Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center undergraduate fellows.  Fellows receive $4,000 a semester for two consecutive semesters while they work on their chosen humanities projects and serve as humanities ambassadors to peers, the campus and beyond. Flessen, from Oswego, Illinois, […]

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Interested in a Maine Government Summer Internship? Apply now

Students are invited to apply for a Maine Government Summer Internship for summer 2020. Positions are available in town and city governments as well as in state government agencies. Full-time, paid internships run from May 26 through Aug. 14. Internship areas include engineering, social media, conservation, transportation, land use planning, data analysis and education. All […]

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Writing Series welcomes author Deborah Willis 

The 20-year anniversary season of the University of Maine New Writing Series continues with a free, public reading by award-winning Canadian fiction writer Deborah Willis at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in the Allen and Sally Fernald APPE Space (Room 104) in Stewart Commons. Hollie Adams, assistant professor in the Department of English, will introduce […]

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University of Maine announces fall 2019 Dean’s List

The University of Maine recognized 2,572 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2019 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,754 are from Maine, 743 are from 30 other states and 75 are from 31 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for […]

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Maddy Jackson and Elizabeth Theriault

Theriault and Jackson: Honors College students pitch must-see social justice TV

Maddy Jackson’s Saturday morning routine as a young girl included Cap’n Crunch and “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends.” “As an only child, I had lots of imaginary friends,” says the University of Maine senior from Hermon, Maine. “It’s such a silly cartoon. But it inspired my imagination and creativity. It sticks with me.” Elizabeth “Liz” […]

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Honors poster presentation

Jones receives first-place poster award at national Honors conference

Samantha Jones, adjunct assistant professor of art and Honors College preceptor at the University of Maine, won first place in the Faculty Poster Session at the 2019 National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) Conference. Jones and co-presenters, fourth-year Honors history and anthropology double major Brianna Ballard and fourth-year Honors psychology major Raegan Harrington, were recognized in […]

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Jarred Haynes

Jarred Haynes: Anthropology student studies biodiversity, conservation in Bali

Jarred Haynes of Westbrook, Maine had the experience of a lifetime this summer studying abroad in Kerambitan, Bali, in Indonesia.  The sophomore anthropology major studied through the School for International Training (SIT) Biodiversity and Conservation Studies program, which focused on biodiversity, resource-use patterns, and conservation initiatives in the surrounding community.  Haynes, who also has an […]

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