The Attleboro Sun Chronicle of Massachusetts had a report about Dave Cusano, a UMaine graduate who was an assistant track and field coach for the Black Bears and was named recently the head coach of Wheaton College. in 2009 Cusano was part of a group that the America East conference named Coaching Staff of the […]
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Bangor television station WABI reported on this week’s gathering of alumni from the UMaine Class of 1944. The group has donated more than $14 million through the years, including funds for the Class of 1944 Hall which houses UMaine’s music department, and the revamped Bear’s Den pub. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Bangor Daily News reported that former UMaine football players Chris Keating and Thurlow Cooper will be inducted into the Black Bears’ Ring of Honor on Oct. 15. Cooper, who will be inducted posthumously, and Keating will join former UMaine football standout John Huard and former coach and athletic director Harold Westerman as members of […]
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Paul Ferguson, the University of Maine’s president since July 1, will attend the annual summer reunion of UMaine’s Class of 1944 on Wednesday July 27 in Memorial Union.
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The North Shore Sun of Mattituck, N.Y., had a feature about Keith Moore, a former UMaine soccer player who, along with his father and brother, organized soccer clinics for students in the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific. Moore was recently named the head men’s soccer coach at Keystone College in Clarks Summit, Pa. […]
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The Strong Mind-Strong Body summer camp organized by UMaine graduate and former Black Bear football player Roosevelt Boone was featured in the Bangor Daily News. The camp, which was held last week, was open free of charge to youths ages 10-17 whose parents met Department of Health and Human Services guidelines. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The Peninsula Daily News of Washington state featured former UMaine basketball player Bracey Barker, who is going to play and coach basketball for a team in Luxembourg this fall. Barker, who played in Europe following her 2007 graduation from UMaine, had recently been living with her husband in the North Olympic Peninsula region of Washington […]
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Bangor television Channel 2 (WLBZ) has a report about the Strong Mind — Strong Body summer camp, which is being held this summer at UMaine. Roosevelt Boone, a former Black Bear football player, is the camp’s program director. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Richard Higgins, a 1979 UMaine graduate and retired Boeing executive, has won Tau Beta Pi’s 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award. That engineering honor society will formally recognize Higgins with the award at its October convention in Indianapolis. According to the Tau Beta Pi news release, the award honors Higgins’ “lifetime achievements and commitment to engineering education.” […]
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The Bangor Daily News has a story about former UMaine track star Dereck Treadwell who won on Saturday the Newton’s Revenge bicycle race up the Mount Washington Auto Road in New Hampshire. Treadwell graduated from UMaine in 1998, gaining All-America status in 1996 when he finished 11th in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA championships. […]
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