Nearly 12,000 Attend the Two Graduation Ceremonies and Hear Remarks by Alumnus Lawrence Bender.
Nearly 12,000 attend the two graduation ceremonies and hear remarks by alumnus Lawrence Bender.
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Nearly 12,000 attend the two graduation ceremonies and hear remarks by alumnus Lawrence Bender.
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A new permanent exhibit at the Maine State Archives in Augusta has its roots in the Ph.D. research of a recent University of Maine alumnus and newly appointed assistant professor. Ethnohistorian Micah Pawling is the guest curator of “Choosing Survival: Wabanaki Documents at the Maine State Archives.” The exhibit features 18th- and 19th-century Wabanaki documents […]
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Editor’s note: University of Maine assistant track and field coach and alum Viktoriya Rybalko placed 20th out of 32 competitors in the preliminary round of the long jump at the London Olympics. Rybalko, representing her native Ukraine, leaped 6.29 meters that put her 10th in her group and 20th overall for the preliminary round. The […]
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For UMaine graduate and assistant coach Viktoriya Rybalko, participating in her second Summer Games is among her highest achievements.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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