Nearly 300 University of Maine alumni and guests from the graduating classes of 1951, 1956, 1966 and 1971 will return to Orono Sept. 14–17 for class reunions. The Class of 1966 also will mark the 50th anniversary of its Commencement. Many members of the class have memories from their sophomore year of learning about the […]
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University of Maine alumnus Cary James has been teaching chemistry at Bangor High School (BHS) for 17 years, and currently serves as the head of the school’s science and technology department. He has received numerous distinguished teaching awards, and his students have been recognized internationally for their academic achievements and innovations in the STEM fields. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a Blaine House ceremony to present Maxwell McCormack Jr., a professor emeritus in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, with the prestigious 2016 Austin H. Wilkins Forest Stewardship Award. The award recognizes excellence in furthering forestry, forests or forestland conservation in Maine. Started by the Maine […]
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Alumnus Maxwell McCormack Jr., emeritus, School of Forest Resources, will be presented with the prestigious 2016 Austin H. Wilkins Forest Stewardship Award in a Blaine House ceremony Sept. 8. The award recognizes people or organizations for their excellence in furthering forestry, forests or forestland conservation in Maine. Started by the Maine TREE Foundation in 2004, […]
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After graduating from the University of Maine this summer with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science, Alexandra Barzin is already off to her next adventure. The Jamestown, Rhode Island native has accepted a teaching position in Thailand. Barzin, who will teach English, says she’s a little nervous, but mostly excited. “I have always […]
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Art created by University of Maine graduate student Jill Pelto is featured on the cover of an international climate report compiled by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Pelto’s environmental artwork appears on the front and back of the State of the Climate in 2015, an international, peer-reviewed publication released each summer as a supplement […]
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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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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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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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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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