Emma Wilson: From Intern to Manager
Recent UMaine graduate turns Innovate for Maine fellowship into full-time job at Orono business.
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WABI Covers University of Maine Foundation’s 80th Anniversary Celebration
WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine Foundation’s “Ensuring the Future” 80th anniversary celebration. During the event, the foundation awarded one graduate from each of UMaine’s colleges with the President Abram W. Harris Award. Each awardee was a scholarship recipient as a UMaine student, and evidences exemplary and extraordinary leadership, contributions to his […]
Read moreUniversity of Maine Foundation Presents Awards to Six Alumni at 80th Anniversary Celebration
As part of the celebration of its “Ensuring the Future” 80th anniversary, the University of Maine Foundation presented one graduate from each of UMaine’s colleges with the President Abram W. Harris Award. The award was established in 2003 by President Harris’ grandson Abram ”Pete” W. Harris III ’50 and his friend, Marion Waterman Meyer ’51. […]
Read moreEnvironmentalist, Author McKibben to Speak at UMaine Oct. 7
Environmentalist Bill McKibben will speak about “Making a Life on a Tough New Planet” at the University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The lecture, which runs from 3:30–5 p.m., is hosted by the UMaine Honors College as part of its Honors Read program in which entering students read and […]
Read moreMargaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarships Awarded
The Margaret Chase Smith Public Affairs Scholarships for 2014–2015 have been awarded to two University of Maine undergraduates pursuing independent research. Joshua Paredes, a marketing major from Bangor, Maine, will study the effectiveness of public health marketing strategies for hazing prevention. He will work with the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention. Jesse Clark, […]
Read morePhys.org Carries Report on UMaine Extreme Weather Research
Phys.org carried a University of Maine report about extreme weather research and the upcoming CLAS (Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainability) Conference at UMaine. Researchers at UMaine’s Climate Change Institute have developed online tools to assist local community planners prepare for climate changes, the article states. The tools, which will be explained at the Oct. 23 […]
Read moreMandzik Speaks with Korea Times About New UMaine, Korean High School Partnership
The Korea Times spoke with Carol Mandzik, manager of Business Graduate Programs and Executive Education and Internship Programs at the University of Maine, for an article about a new partnership between UMaine and Wooshin High School, a private high school in Seoul, South Korea. Mandzik said UMaine has worked with five Korean universities, but this […]
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CLAS Conference to Prep Community Planners on Ways to Cope with Climate Change
Editor’s note: For more information on the CLAS Conference, visit the conference website. Registration is available online. Old-timers sharing childhood stories about growing up in Maine sometimes recount hiking 10 miles uphill in 3 feet of snow to get to school — and home. Turns out those tales, of Maine winters anyway, might not be […]
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Gerard S. Cassidy ’80 Capital Markets Training Laboratory to be Dedicated Sept. 18
Gerard S. Cassidy ’80 Capital Markets Training Laboratory to be dedicated Sept. 18.
Read moreScholarship Awarded to Three Maine Business School Students
Three University of Maine business students — Brent Martin of Acton, Craig Blackwell of Corinth and Casey Libby of Hollis Center — have been chosen for Patriot Insurance scholarships. Six other students attending the University of Southern Maine, Central Maine Community College, Thomas College and Saint Joseph’s College also received awards. The scholarships totaled $62,000. […]
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