The University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias will hold Class of 2020 Recognition Ceremonies to honor the success and achievements of graduates. In-person ceremonies for both universities are tentatively planned for the fall, and will be determined based on health and safety guidance from the federal and state Centers for Disease Control […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will host an online recognition event at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 8 for the 2020 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. The competition invites undergraduate students to submit an 8- to 10-page essay that focuses on ethics, broadly construed. This year’s theme was “ethics and food […]
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Editor’s Note: Story updated May 1, 2020 Ten undergraduates have been named 2020 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Grace Smith, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and the 2020 salutatorian. The other Outstanding Graduating Students include brothers Abram and Gabriel Karam from […]
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University of Maine junior Caleigh Charlebois has been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for demonstrating exceptional promise of becoming a next-generation research leader in engineering, mathematics or natural sciences. She will receive up to $7,500 for tuition, books and room and board. To be selected for this award, students need to demonstrate breadth and depth […]
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The Maine Day Meal Packout (MDMP), now in its fourth year, has contributed more than 250,000 meals to food pantries across Maine. Coordinated by the Honors College Student Advisory Board at the University of Maine, the MDMP team was planning on donating another 75,000 meals before the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine announced the winner and finalists of the 2020 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. The competition invites undergraduate students to submit an 8- to 10-page essay that focuses on ethics, broadly construed. This year’s theme was “ethics and food systems.” Patrick Hurley won with his essay […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine naming the 2020 valedictorian and salutatorian. Chemical engineering major Sierra Yost of Windham, Maine is the valedictorian, and molecular and cellular biology major Grace Smith of Holden, Maine is the salutatorian. Both are in the Honors College. The Windham Eagle wrote an article about Yost being […]
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Chemical engineering major and Honors College student Sierra Yost of Windham, Maine is the 2020 University of Maine valedictorian. Yost is a member of the UMaine cross-country, and track and field teams. Her honors thesis focuses on the application of cellulose nanofibers as an alternative to plastics in disposable utensils. As part of her UMaine […]
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Grace Smith of Holden, Maine, a molecular and cellular biology major and Honors College student, is the 2020 University of Maine salutatorian and the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture. Smith received a 2019 Goldwater Scholarship and an Undergraduate Research in Comparative Functional Genomics Senior Fellowship. She is a […]
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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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