UMaine Graduate, Now Assistant Coach, Heading to Second Olympics
For UMaine graduate and assistant coach Viktoriya Rybalko, participating in her second Summer Games is among her highest achievements.
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Green Outdoors Profiles Fogler Descendants’ Business
The “Green Outdoors” show on Maine TV stations WCSH/WLBZ profiled the owners of Stonyvale Farm, a group which includes descendants of Raymond Fogler, an alumnus and benefactor for whom the UMaine library is named. The farm, located in Exeter, Maine, is converting cow manure into electricity through a process called as anaerobic digestion. Contact: Jessica […]
Read moreReport on Alumnus in Miami Dolphins’ Organization
UMaine alumnus and former football player Brian Gaine has been promoted to assistant general manager of the Miami Dolphins, according to a story in the Bangor Daily News. Gaine graduated from UMaine in 1995 with a degree in public administration and said he learned a lot at UMaine about how to handle the physical and […]
Read moreWoodcock Named Associate Athletic Director for Development
The University of Maine has named Seth Woodcock its new associate athletic director for development. Woodcock, who worked in development at Maine Medical Center for the past nine years, will assume the role as the lead major gift fundraiser for athletics at UMaine. A native of Farmington, Maine, Woodcock is a 1995 graduate of Mt. […]
Read moreInnovation Center Noted in Story on Tight Job Market
Renee Kelly, director of economic development initiatives at the University of Maine and codirector of the Foster Center for Student Innovation, was interviewed for a Portland Press Herald business article about how the tight job market is forcing young entrepreneurs to be creative and flexible. Several UMaine graduates in the Portland area also were interviewed […]
Read moreNewspaper Reports on Memorial Service for Serviceman
The Bangor Daily News reported that the body of Capt. John “Jay” Brainard III of Newport, a 2008 UMaine graduate who was killed last month in Afghanistan, was to arrive Thursday morning in Bangor and be transported to Newport for a memorial service. Brainard was a political science major and he earned the rank of […]
Read moreFormer UMaine Hockey Player Wins Stanley Cup
Dustin Penner, a former University of Maine men’s ice hockey player, won the 2012 Stanley Cup on Tuesday night with the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-1. He joins former Black Bear Jimmy Howard, who previously won the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings during the 2008 season, as […]
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Third-Largest Gift In UMaine History Received To Support Maintenance
A $7.9 million gift from the estate of Thomas P. Hosmer was recently received by the University of Maine Foundation to primarily support maintenance projects at the University of Maine. This is the third-largest single gift given to benefit the University of Maine.
Read moreSports Illustrated Website Features UMaine Hockey Alum
Dustin Penner, who played hockey at UMaine and is now playing in the Stanley Cup finals with the Los Angeles Kings, was profiled on the Sports Illustrated website. The profile noted that although Penner “skated like Bambi” when he first arrived at UMaine, the wing player now has three goals and eight assists in the […]
Read moreMemorial Service for Carol Abbott on Saturday
There will be a reception at the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House following a memorial service on Saturday, March 10, for Carol Abbott, who passed away on Friday. Abbott was a UMaine alumna, the wife of former University of Maine football coach and professor Walter Abbott and the mother of current UMaine athletic director […]
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