The University of Maine will recognize veterans with a week of events to coincide with Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The activities are coordinated by the UMaine Office of Veterans Education and Transition Services (VETS) and UMaine Veterans Association. UMaine Veterans Week activities will include the unveiling of the Digital Book of Memory at 11 a.m. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the fifth annual March Against Domestic Violence on the University of Maine campus on Oct. 3. The march was held on the Mall at noon, and was followed by speakers on the steps of Fogler Library. The march honored victims of domestic violence, and raised awareness about […]
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The University of Maine’s fifth annual March Against Domestic Violence will take place Oct. 3 on the Mall in front of Fogler Library. The march, which begins at noon, is sponsored by the Maine Business School (MBS) Corps, which partnered with UMaine Athletics, Student Life, Partners for Peace and other organizations. Following the march, remarks […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature article on two University of Maine football players who are pursuing master’s degrees. Strong safety Jeffrey DeVaughn received an undergraduate degree in kinesiology at UMaine and is working toward a master’s degree in higher education. Tight end Joe Vitiello transferred to UMaine from Boston College, where he earned […]
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The Boston Globe published a complete list of New England universities and colleges that were named on the recently released U.S. News & World Report rankings. The University of Maine is again among the best colleges and universities for 2019 in multiple categories. UMaine is listed in the U.S. News best national universities and top […]
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WABI (Channel 5) interviewed Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine, about Sen. John McCain’s unexpected visit to the Bangor International Airport in 2010. Jones, who also is a volunteer Troop Greeter for the airport, told WABI about a night in November 2010 when […]
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The University of Maine is one of the more than 300 “best and most interesting” colleges in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, according to the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2019” out this week. The guide’s profile of UMaine notes that undergraduates “help themselves to a range of strong academic programs at a […]
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The University of Maine recognized 2,214 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2018 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 1,634 are from Maine, 533 are from 31 other states and 47 are from 21 countries other than the U.S. Listed below are students who received Dean’s List honors for spring 2018, completing 12 or more credit hours in the semester and […]
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A 14-member search committee has been named to help select the next University of Maine director of athletics, according to Dr. Robert Dana, UMaine vice president for student life and dean of students. Dana, who chairs the committee, says the national search will be aided by a search firm and will begin as soon as […]
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The University of Maine’s newest graduates “have a key role to play in restoring the high ideals of civil discourse,” according to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the speaker at UMaine’s 216th Commencement ceremonies May 12 at Harold Alfond Sports Arena on campus. “Courage, civility, principles and even wit are increasingly rare commodities in our discourse […]
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