Alumni

A photo of the stage during UMaine's 2022 commencement ceremony

UMaine names its 2023 commencement speakers

The president of the Council of Graduate Schools and a retired U.S. ambassador and career diplomat with 32 years of experience with the State Department in Europe, Asia and Latin America will address graduates at the University of Maine’s 221st commencement ceremonies on May 5–6.   Suzanne Ortega, president of the Council of Graduate Schools […]

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BDN covers UMaine alumni competing in Stanley Cup

The Bangor Daily News reported that five University of Maine hockey alumni — Gustav Nyquist, Jeremy Swayman, Ben Hutton, Ryan Lomberg and Devin Shore — will compete at this year’s Stanley Cup on their respective National Hockey League teams. Yahoo News shared the BDN report.

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Journalism classes host 2023 Alan Miller Fund Visiting Journalists

The 2023 Alan Miller Fund Visiting Journalists attended University of Maine journalism classes on April 13–14, including CMJ 351 (Audio and Video Production), CMJ 330 (Copy Editing) and CMJ 489 (Seminar in Media Ethics), and had lunch with Maine Campus editors. The visiting journalists this year were Nina Mahaleris, audience engagement editor of the Lewiston […]

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Anderson, Albee featured in PPH article about bill to raise minimum teacher salaries

Liam Anderson, a junior at the University of Maine studying early childhood education, and Emily Albee, a UMaine alumna, were featured in a Portland Press Herald article about a bill that Maine lawmakers are considering to raise teachers’ minimum salaries to $50,000. “For the aspiring educators seeking out the opportunity to positively impact their community with their […]

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UMaine Alumni Awards honorees include Butterfield, Yardley and Labonte

Two internationally recognized researchers, a selfless advocate for those in need, and a business-savvy financial expert are among the honorees being recognized as part of the University of Maine Alumni Association’s 2023 Alumni Achievement Awards Ceremony on April 28. Award recipients, selected through a formal nomination and review process that concluded in January, led by […]

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BDN reports on Fogler Library gifts

The Bangor Daily News shared that two planned gifts from a University of Maine alumnus totaling $2 million will be used to enhance the digital resources of Raymond H. Fogler Library and provide additional scholarship assistance to University of Maine business majors.

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Fogler Library receives the W. Kent Olson Conservation Papers

Conservationist and author Ken Olson has donated his professional papers to Fogler Library at the University of Maine, complementing materials the state’s largest library holds relating to the environment, resource conservation and policy in Maine and elsewhere. Olson is a 1968 graduate of the university, where he was a Senior Skull and captained the varsity […]

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BDN shares UMaine Singers and Alumni Spring Concert

The Bangor Daily News reported that 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 at 7:30 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts […]

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