Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — A series of informational seminars and fun activities will highlight the University of Maine’s “Commuters Count: Celebrating Commuter Students” week, beginning Monday Nov. 27. Approximately 8,000 of UMaine’s 11,797 students live off campus, with many of them residing in the Orono/Old Town area. A Tuesday resource information fair […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen, 800-287-1426 WATERVILLE, Me. — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host the 2006 Fall Dairy Forage Conference on Thursday, Nov. 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at John Martin’s Manor on College Avenue in Waterville. This seasonal conference is designed for dairy producers and industry personnel to learn and discuss innovative […]
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Contact: Rick Kersbergen, 800-287-1426 ORONO, Me.–University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer organic dairy transition workshops at three locations: Houlton, December 4; Albion, December 5; and Turner, December 6. The workshops, each from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., are free, but preregistration is required by calling 800-287-1426 (in Maine) or 207-342-5971. Participants will learn USDA […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) established the Professors of the Year Program in 1981. CASE works in cooperation with the Carnegie Foundation and various higher education associations to administer the award, nominees for which can be teachers at public or private institutions of higher […]
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Contact: Mary Cathcart, 581-1539; George Manlove, 581-3756 Photo available upon request. ORONO — Mary Cathcart, senior policy associate at UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, was recognized recently as one of three 2006 Maryann Hartman Award winners. The university’s Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program organizes the annual awards, which recognize accomplished Maine […]
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Contact: Mazie Hough, 581-1225; Angela Hart, 581-1228 ORONO –The University of Maine will host the 21st Annual Maine Women’s Studies Conference on Saturday, Nov. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition to offering panel discussions on immigration, globalization, Maine history, student activism and more, the conference will have two main sessions. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at 581-3571 ORONO — University of Maine students leaving campus for Thanksgiving travel on Friday Nov. 17 will encounter police officers and fellow students at “Safety Education Stops,” designed to provide safety information and first aid kits to student motorists. Data show that Thanksgiving break is a period of time that traditionally […]
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Contact: Peter Fandel, 581-1988; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — U.S. Navy Admiral Gregory G. Johnson, retired commander in chief of Allied Forces, Southern Europe, and commander of U.S. Forces, Europe, will be at the University of Maine on Nov. 27 for a luncheon lecture on “Lessons of Bosnia and Other Conflicts.” Johnson will speak from […]
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Contact: Maj. James C. Moreno, enrollment officer, University of Maine Army ROTC, Room 114, Armory, Orono, Maine 04469, 207-581-1125 ORONO — Family, friends and members of the University of Maine’s Army ROTC Department remembered one of their own in a quiet ceremony Nov. 10 in the Memorial Union. A shadow box displaying the uniform of […]
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Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Members of the UMaine Muslim Student Association have scheduled a series of talks and events on the Orono campus this week in hopes of introducing the public to the culture of Islam, as opposed to the politics. A short film, food, live music and lectures are designed to raise […]
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