Alumni

National Geographic publishes feature on grad student, artist

University of Maine graduate student Jill Peto was included in the National Geographic series, “20 Under 30: The Next Generation of National Park Leaders.” The feature on Pelto, titled “This artist turns dull data into art — and a call to action,” focuses on her environmental artwork that convey climate change in North Cascades National […]

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WLBZ interviews Swift about 1984 Olympics

Former University of Maine and Major League pitcher Bill Swift talked with WLBZ (Channel 2) about winning a silver medal as a member of the U.S. baseball team in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In addition to the experience with the team, in which he hurled six shutout innings against Nicaragua, Swift enjoyed […]

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Orach featured in PPH after Beach to Beacon

University of Maine graduate student Jesse Orach was highlighted in the Portland Press Herald after he won the Maine men’s division in his first-ever Beach to Beacon race in Cape Elizabeth. Orach, who missed the sign-up for the race and got to take part after one of his friend’s mothers couldn’t participate and he paid […]

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Republican Journal reports on new assistant director at Hutchinson Center

The Republican Journal reported Amy Smith of Lincolnville, Maine has been appointed the new assistant director for student and academic services at the Hutchinson Center, the University of Maine’s outreach center in Belfast. Smith graduated from Camden-Rockport High School and, in 2010, was UMaine’s valedictorian. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from UMaine, […]

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Hutchinson Center welcomes new assistant director of student services

Amy Smith of Lincolnville, Maine has been appointed the new assistant director for student and academic services at the Hutchinson Center, the University of Maine’s outreach center in Belfast. Smith graduated from Camden-Rockport High School and, in 2010, was UMaine’s valedictorian. She received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from UMaine, and is now a […]

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Companies with UMaine ties advance in Greenlight Maine, Mainebiz reports

Greenlight Maine, an entrepreneurial pitch contest with a $200,000 prize, has named 26 semifinalists for its second season, according to Mainebiz. Greenlight Maine is a product of Portland Media Group, a custom content and production company founded by Corcoran; Nat Thompson, former president of Maine Radio and Television Co. and former owner/producer at WCSH (Channel […]

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Warhol-inspired student portrait

Warhol-inspired student self-portraits on display at Hudson Museum

Eighth-graders at the Indian Island School created Andy Warhol-inspired photographic silkscreen self-portraits for their graduation shots. The student pop art productions, along with several Warhol pieces on loan from the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor, are on exhibit in the Minsky Culture Lab in Hudson Museum at the University of Maine. Michael […]

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