Alumni

Foundation leader Orcutt to retire

Ellen Stinson, chair of the University of Maine Foundation Board, has announced that Foundation President/CEO Amos E. Orcutt plans to retire in 2012 after 22 years of service in that role. During Orcutt’s tenure at the Foundation many new programs and initiatives have been undertaken.  He was instrumental in the planning, design and completion of […]

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Fantasy Baseball Camp Featured in BDN

UMaine’s fantasy baseball camp, which was held last weekend at Mahaney Diamond, was featured in a Bangor Daily News sports story. BDN reporter Pete Warner participated in the camp and wrote about some of his experiences with the attendees, which included former UMaine athletes, UMaine alumni and other members of the media. UMaine baseball head […]

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UMaine to host “Badges for Baseball” activity Saturday

The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, in collaboration with the U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of Justice and LexisNexis Special Services, Inc. will bring its “Badges for Baseball” program to UMaine on Saturday Sept. 24 beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Mahaney Dome.

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Aroostook corn maze highlights UMaine

A cornfield maze at Goughan’s Berry Farm near Caribou draws attention to the value of higher education and challenges visitors to navigate a maze depicting the UMaine Black Bear logo.  UMaine graduate Kelly O’Mara filed a report last week on Presque Isle’s WAGM television.

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Newspaper Report on Alumni Business, Innovation Challenge

The Central Maine Morning Sentinel has a report about a play by three UMaine alumni to fund the first Maine Business Challenge, a competition that awards cash prizes to entrepreneurs who develop winning business plans. The graduates are working in partnership with UMaine’s Maine Business School and the Foster Center for Student Innovation. Winners receive […]

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TV News Magazine Features Guide to College Football

Sandra Caron, UMaine professor of family relations and human sexuality, and J. Michael Hodgson, recently retired college football coach and former UMaine tight end, were interviewed for the television news magazine program “207” on Channel 2 (WLBZ) and Channel 6 (WCSH) about a book they co-wrote, “Tackling Football: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding the College […]

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More coverage of football book release

An Associated Press story, posted on several news Web sites, reports on a new book by UMaine Prof. Sandra Caron and Mike Hodgson, a former Black Bear football player who now works as a fundraiser in the UMaine athletic department. “Tackling Football: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding the College Game,” provides insights for those who […]

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Winter Harbor gallery showcasing Hartgen paintings; UMaine project to benefit

Generations of University of Maine art students benefited from the inspiration of legendary art professor Vincent Hartgen, a UMaine faculty member for virtually the entire second half of the 20th century.  Through a partnership involving UMaine and alums Kelly and Jane Littlefield of Winter Harbor, that legacy will extend to students of the future. The […]

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Riess named president of history organization

Warren Riess of the UMaine history and marine science faculty has been elected president of the North American Society for Oceanic History.  The organization’s new vice president, Joshua Smith from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy faculty, received a Ph.D. in history from UMaine in 2003.  In addition, the organization recognized UMaine graduate Michael Tuttle with […]

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Ferraro Twins in Newspaper Story

The Suffolk Times of Long Island, N.Y., has a story about twin brothers Peter and Chris Ferraro, who were members of UMaine’s 1993 NCAA ice hockey championship team. Chris Ferraro told the newspaper that squad was arguably the best college hockey team ever put on the ice. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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