Alumni

BDN highlight Wilde-Stein Club’s 50th anniversary

The Bangor Daily News shared that University of Maine will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the LGBTQ+ student club, Wilde-Stein, with two events this Friday, Oct. 13 taking place both on campus and online as part of homecoming. An exhibit on the founding of the club called “Those who will know Pride; The Start […]

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UMaine hosting Homecoming Oct. 13–15 

The University of Maine’s largest and most activity-filled event of the year begins on Friday, Oct. 13 when the UMaine Alumni Association kicks off Homecoming 2023.  The three-day gathering features a wide variety of formal and informal social, recreational and educational activities. They include class reunions, tailgating, campus tours, concerts, lectures, presentations and football, ice […]

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UMaine education professors take boundary-crossing approach to teacher leadership

As schools nationwide struggle with staffing shortages, two University of Maine faculty members are exploring ways to empower and elevate teachers as leaders in their schools and communities. For the past two years, Rebecca Buchanan and Tammy Mills from the School of Learning and Teaching in UMaine’s College of Education and Human Development have facilitated […]

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New nature docu-series by Sarnacki coming to Maine Public

A new docu-series about Maine nature by Aislinn Sarnacki, a lecturer with the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism, is premiering Maine Public television at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 Maine Public television.  “Borealis” is a multimedia outdoors series that explores the state as Sarnacki and her colleagues, hike, bike, fish and surf. […]

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Washington Post interviews Leahy about shifting baselines

The Washington Post spoke to Jessica Leahy, professor of human dimensions of natural resources at the University of Maine, about “shifting baselines,” the new normal of ecosystems as the environment is degraded over generations. Speaking of the 600 acres of forest Leahy manages, she said, “The ground isn’t freezing in the winter, the mud season […]

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UMaine, UMaine Machias alumni among Maine Teacher of the Year finalists

Edith Berger, the 2023 Lincoln County Teacher of the Year and a two-time University of Maine alumna, and Colleen Maker,  2023 Washington County Teacher of the Year and University of Maine at Machias alumna, have been named finalists for 2024 Maine Teacher of the Year. Berger is a sixth-grade writing and social studies teacher at […]

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WABI features UMaine alumna Swan and her children’s book 

Bella Swan, a University of Maine alumna and former Women’s Basketball forward, spoke with WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) about her first children’s book titled “Do You Know Your Hair is Like Magic?” “I want people to feel good about themselves to know that all hair is good hair and there’s not one hair texture […]

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News Center Maine interviews Turcotte-Seavey about Mitchell scholarship

In reporting about the 2023 Mitchell Scholars, a program founded by former Maine Sen. George Mitchell, News Center Maine spoke to Lauren Turcotte-Seavey, a 2019 Mitchel Scholar and a 2023 UMaine graduate. “When it came to COVID, it was really hard to connect with students and staff on campus, but the Mitchell Institute always had […]

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Ocean color changes illuminate impacts of climate change

Our blue planet is becoming greener, which may indicate that climate change is reshaping surface ocean ecosystems, says a global study co-authored by a University of Maine oceanographer that was published in Nature this week. The research team, led by scientists from the United Kingdom-based National Oceanography Centre and including UMaine oceanography professor Emannuel Boss, […]

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