Alumni

Column Features UMaine Graduate, Black Bear Star

A Bangor Daily News column featured Emily Ellis, a UMaine graduate and former Black Bear women’s basketball star who was on the search committee for the recently filled basketball coaching vacancy. Ellis, now a Bangor real estate agent, was the first UMaine women’s basketball player to have her number retired. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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Senate confirms Johnson board nomination

The Maine Senate has confirmed retired U.S. Navy Admiral Gregory “Grog” Johnson for a spot on the University of Maine System Board of Trustees.  An Associated Press story reports on the 34-0 vote in favor of Gov. Paul LePage’s nomination of Johnson, an Aroostook County native who graduated from UMaine in 1968.  A resident of […]

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UMaine Alum Starts Cross-Country Walk

The story of UMaine alum Spencer Morton, who graduated in 2010 with a journalism degree and has decided to walk across the country, was featured in several media outlets, including the Bangor Daily News and the website MediaBistro. Morton intends to walk from Maine to California, where he will edit a documentary, write a book, […]

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Coverage Of UMaine Alumna Underwood On Survivor

National entertainment media reported on Wednesday night’s episode of CBS’ “Survivor”Redemption Island,” noting that Ashley Underwood, who is a UMaine alumna, has made the final round of the popular reality show, and is one of nine players still vying for a $1 million prize. The season finale will be Sunday night. WABI (Channel 5) noted […]

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Underwood Back In Sentinel Column

UMaine alumna Ashley Underwood survived another week on the CBS reality show “Survivor,” and is now one of five remaining contestants. A Waterville Sentinel column, written by UMaine alumnus and AOL PopEater editor Zach Dionne, said Underwood’s days on the show could be numbered. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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Survivor’s Underwood Under The Radar

UMaine alumna Ashley Underwood is one of the final six remaining on the CBS reality show “Survivor,” according to a column in the Waterville Sentinel. Zach Dionne, also a UMaine alum who is now an editor at AOL’s PopEater, writes that Underwood has not factored into many major strategic decisions, decisive challenge victories, or memorable […]

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Newspaper Website Has Obituary For Alumnus, Former Vermont Legislator

An obituary for Elbert George “Al” Moulton Jr., a UMaine graduate and native of Brooks, Maine, appeared in the Village Soup’s website. Moulton served several terms in Vermont state government, and was the first director of development and secretary of commerce and community affairs. He was the state’s chief economic development leader under four governors […]

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Alumnus Who Participated In Bay Of Pigs Mission Featured In Newspaper

The Bangor Daily News marked the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs mission to Cuba with a story about Houlton, Maine, attorney Torrey Sylvester. According to the story, Sylvester graduated from UMaine on June 1, 1959, and joined the U.S. Navy the next day. He was a gunnery officer on board the USS Conway, […]

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