The University of Maine Alumni Association and Greater Bangor Area Branch of the NAACP will host the fourth annual Robert Talbot Civil Rights Speaker Series at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Buchanan Alumni House. Keynote speaker Shontay Delalue ’00, ’03G, inaugural senior vice president and senior diversity officer at Dartmouth College, will deliver […]
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The Bangor Daily News featured University of Maine alumnus Milo Rossi, who rekindled his passion for archaeology while studying anthropology at UMaine and has become a leading social media content creator in the field. Rossi is dedicated to debunking archaeological pseudoscience and promoting accurate scientific knowledge in an engaging way. He gave a free talk […]
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Mainebiz, WABI (CBS 5 in Bangor), the Bangor Daily News and WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported on a $16 million donation from the estate of University of Maine alumnus Pierre Labat and his wife, Catherine, which marks the largest individual gift to UMaine Athletics. The donation will create the Pierre D. Labat and […]
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WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) covered the 2024 University of Maine Homecoming weekend. A record number of UMaine alumni returned to campus for football, tailgating, hockey games and campus tours.
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The University of Maine Foundation will be receiving the largest single gift from an individual to support Black Bear athletics in the University of Maine’s 159-year history: a $16 million donation from the estates of Black Bear alumnus Pierre “Pete” Labat and his wife, Catherine Clair Labat. “This transformational gift will establish the Pierre D. […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI highlighted the $1 million estate gift from Agnes Ann Walsh to the University of Maine Foundation to establish the Agnes Ann Walsh Chair in Modern Languages and Classics. The inaugural chair Frédéric Rondeau, director of the UMaine Modern Languages & Classics department and associate professor of French, aims to […]
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The University of Maine’s largest and most activity-filled event of the year begins on Friday, Oct. 18 when the UMaine Alumni Association kicks off Homecoming 2024. The three-day gathering features a wide variety of formal and informal social, recreational and educational activities. They include class reunions, tailgating, campus tours, concerts, lectures, presentations and football, ice […]
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The University of Maine Foundation has received a $1 million gift from the estate of Agnes Ann Walsh to establish the Agnes Ann Walsh Chair in the University of Maine’s Department of Modern Languages and Classics. The inaugural Walsh Chair is Frédéric Rondeau, joined the UMaine faculty in 2013 and has served as director of […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WFVX (Channel 7) reported on a generous bequest of more than $7 million to the University from Black Bear alumnus Norman B. Stetson ’62, which will support electrical engineering scholarships.
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The first time Zach Robinson stepped foot on the University of Maine campus was for his graduation. In fact, it was the first time he had ever been to the state. Having flown from California to Boston, Robinson was awed by the lush greenery of Maine in May as he drove north from Massachusetts. Robinson […]
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