Nominations have been extended for the Foster Center Innovation Awards, a recognition and celebration of the students, faculty, staff and alumni who are making entrepreneurial or social impact solutions a reality in Maine and beyond. This is the second year the Foster Center will host the Innovation Awards in the categories described below. Community nominations […]
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Over 170 University of Maine Singers alumni, families and friends from across the U.S., Europe and Canada will join current University of Maine Singers in their spring 2023 concert celebrating longtime director emeritus Dennis Cox on Saturday, March 25, 7:30 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Hosted by […]
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University of Maine alumna Kelsey Stoyanova, Maine’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, will keynote the annual UMaine Student Symposium (UMSS), a celebration of student research and creative work, April 14 at the Collins Center for the Arts. Stoyanova’s UMSS23 address will have two main themes: “Voice, choice and advocacy: What can YOU do to make […]
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Things have come full circle for Heather Anderson. In the 8th grade, she decided she wanted to become a teacher. Now, almost 30 years later, she’s in her second full year as an 8th grade English language arts and social studies teacher at Caribou Community School. “When I was in the 8th grade, I was […]
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As far as art goes, ceramics are exceptionally bulky. Ceramics classes need space for clay, drying shelves, kilns and a variety of glazes. For university art programs, the equipment-heavy ceramics can often fall by the wayside, even if interest is high. Thanks to a generous donation from Sam and Sarah Goos, whose daughter Ariel studied […]
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WJBQ-FM featured the story of Gary Clegg inventing the “Slanket,” a blanket with sleeves, while a student at the University of Maine in 1998. WBLM-FM (Portland, Maine), WCYY-FM (Portland, Maine), WHOM-FM (Portland, Maine) and WBZN-FM (Brewer, Maine) shared the report.
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Emily Albee (’06, ’09G, ’12G) says her high school students are often surprised to learn that she wasn’t entirely prepared for college when she started attending the University of Maine. The Hampden Academy social studies teacher is a self-described military brat who lived in Colorado, Hawaii and Maryland growing up. But both her parents were […]
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The Portland Press Herald featured Chris Markwood, University of Maine head men’s basketball coach and alum. Markwood’s appointment of head coach was announced back in March. He has an extensive coaching career, which includes a five-year stint at UMaine as an assistant coach from 2006–11. Markwood graduated from UMaine in 2005 with a Bachelor of […]
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The Associated Press, WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland), WCVB (Channel 5 in Boston), 92.9 The Ticket, WJBQ-FM, WCYY-FM and other outlets reported that Jeremy Peña, former baseball player for the University of Maine and current player for the Houston Astros, became the first rookie position player to win a World Series MVP award. The Bangor […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI-TV (Channel 5 in Bangor), News Center Maine and Maine Department of Education shared the news that University of Maine College of Education and Human Development alumna Sarah Collins (’08, ’14G) received a 2022 Milken Educator Award. Collins, a fourth-grade science teacher at Patricia A. Duran School in Hermon, will get […]
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