Dominique DiSpirito, a University of Maine junior from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, dedicated to strengthening communities through environmental policy, has been named a 2021 Truman Scholar. The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation selected DiSpirito and 61 other juniors pursuing public service careers to join the Truman Scholar ranks. DiSpirito, a political science major and Honors College […]
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Thirteen undergraduates have been named 2021 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Bailey West, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and in the Honors College, and the 2021 valedictorian. Her profile story is online. Short biographies of the other UMaine Outstanding Graduating Students […]
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Cameron Spicer of Erie, Colorado is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Maine Business School. He will receive two bachelor’s degrees in financial economics and in business administration in finance. Spicer is a defenseman on the men’s ice hockey team. The Eagle Scout and Presidential Scholar received a Lavery Scholarship and Dale Lick Academic Achievement […]
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Iaryna Iasenytska of Kyiv, Ukraine is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the Honors College. She is an international affairs major with a concentration in international security, with minors in Spanish and in legal studies. Her honors thesis is “One-Eyed Man and the Wicked Boar.” Last year, Iasenytska was a research assistant with the Marine […]
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Miranda Snyder of Brimfield, Massachusetts is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Education and Human Development. The secondary education major with a concentration in English received highest honors for her thesis completed in December, “How Alumnae of a Middle and High School Feminist Organizations Perceive Their Involvement Related to Their Academic Self-Concept.” Snyder […]
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Caroline Strolic of Phoenix, Arizona is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She is an honors student majoring in art history with a minor in history. A member of the women’s swimming and diving team, Strolic has been team captain for the past two years, and a member of […]
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An art installation mounted in the trees between the Memorial Union and Raymond H. Fogler Library documents life in the pandemic and highlights the way our lives have changed over the last year. University of Maine Honors student Emily Kontio gathered photos and quotes from more than 50 individuals around the globe in an effort […]
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News Center Maine interviewed University of Maine 2021 Valedictorian Bailey West and Salutatorian Drew Bennett. “So this summer, I’ll be at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor for their summer student program, conducting research and then in the fall I’ll be attending the John Hopkins University School of Medicine for their Ph.D. program in pathobiology,” […]
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WVII (Channel 7) talked with Ali Abedi, University of Maine associate vice president for research, in a report about Maine Impact Week activities at UMaine. More information about those activities, which highlight the research, outreach and scholarly impact of UMaine faculty, staff and students, is online. The Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com and the Penobscot […]
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The Bangor Daily News and the Sun Journal shared a University of Maine news release highlighting Maine Impact week events celebrating the research, public service and creative contributions of the UMaine community. More information about the events is online.
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