Members of the University of Maine community were recognized with Maine Campus Compact awards this week. Senior Samantha Saucier received a Heart and Soul Award for her campus leadership, which includes co-founding the Women’s Resource Center. The award recognizes six Maine undergraduate students who are actively involved in transforming their campuses and communities into environments […]
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The Bangor Public Library will host the 16th annual POETS/SPEAK! poetry reading event April 26. This year’s event, which is themed “Celebrate Unity in Diversity,” is dedicated to Allen Monga, a student at Deering High School in Portland and an asylum seeker from Zambia, who won the Maine Poetry Out Loud competition and went to […]
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Ten undergraduates have been named 2018 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Brianna DeGone, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Engineering, and the 2018 salutatorian. The Outstanding Graduating Students will receive their degrees at UMaine’s 216th Commencement in Harold Alfond Sports Arena May 12. The other Outstanding Graduating […]
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More than 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students presented their work during the third annual University of Maine Student Symposium held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 17. The free public event, which was organized by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) as part of Maine Impact Week, […]
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The most recent issue of Chebacco, the annual magazine of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society, features the work of several University of Maine faculty members and alumni. Titled “Beholding the Past,” the issue features the work of Joseph Miller, Ph.D. candidate in Canadian/American history and assistant professor of military science; Rachel Snell, adjunct instructor […]
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Robert Glover, an associate professor of honors and political science at the University of Maine, and Cleo Barker, an honors student majoring in international affairs at UMaine, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled “New arrivals will help Maine confront its employment crisis.” Glover is a member of the Maine chapter of […]
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Donations are being sought for the Maine Day Meal Pack-out at the University of Maine on May 2. In meal pack-out events, campus and community volunteers pack meals that are then given to food banks and community organizations that feed the hungry. The goal of this year’s event is to contribute as many meals as […]
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Psychology professor and national expert on aging Mick Smyer will present the 2018 John M. Rezendes Visiting Scholar in Ethics Lecture at 4:30 p.m. April 4 in Nutting Hall, Room 100. Smyer’s lecture is titled, “Living a Full, Ethical and Sustainable Life in the 21st Century: Lessons from Psychology, Ethics and Human-Centered Design.” A reception […]
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Taylor Michele Houdlette, a third-year English major at the University of Maine, has been awarded the George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship and will study abroad in Ireland during the fall 2018 semester as part of the student exchange program. The competitive merit-based scholarship is made possible by an agreement between Maine and Ireland for a […]
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Renowned oceanographer and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle will give a lecture, “Exploring the Ocean in the 21st Century,” 4:30–5:30 p.m. Monday, April 30 in the Collins Center for the Arts. Tickets will be available in March and a second announcement will be posted when they become available. Tickets are free, but will require […]
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