UMaine News

Maine Sea Grant Communications Coordinator Catherine Schmitt has created a new blog, called Salarius.  Focusing on seafood issues, the blog includes initial posts from her recent trip to the Gulf Coast.

Contact: Barbara Smith, 581-1734 UMaine’s Commuter and Non-Traditional Student Programs (CNTSP), which last week received the Program of the Year Award from the Maine Association of Student Affairs Professionals (MASAP), has planned a week of activities Nov. 1-5 to recognize the university’s non-traditional students. The week will include Live ‘n Learn lunchtime discussions on topics […]

Contact: Marlene Charron, (207) 581-4096 ORONO — “The Challenges of Asia,” a unique University of Maine course designed around the 2011 Camden Conference on the same theme, will examine the impact of current trends in the international political economy of several countries in Asia. Class participants will explore regional dynamics, the influence and perspective of […]

Members of the UMaine Horticulture Club are selling pumpkins today, Oct. 28 until 2 p.m., and Friday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Memorial Union to raise funds for club activities. The club is affiliated with the Environmental Horticulture Program.

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Maine Office of Innovation director Catherine Renault will visit the University of Maine on Thursday Oct. 28 as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Renault will spend the day at UMaine, meeting with students, faculty members and staff members. The […]

UMaine recently was recognized by the Maine Department of Labor, which presented to President Robert A. Kennedy its Silver Collar Award for 2009 on Friday, Oct. 22. The award is conferred upon employers that, in the judgment of the Labor Department, follow human resources policies that are friendly to mature workers. “It is important for […]

Contact: Diane Genthner, 581-1744 The University Bookstore is honoring Habitat UMaine as the recipient of all proceeds from sales of the 2010 Bookstore Ornament. An unveiling of this year’s ornament is scheduled Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Bookstore. Light refreshments will be provided and the event is open to everyone. The Habitat […]

The UMaine equestrian team recently traveled to New Hampshire for two horse shows.  Seven riders competed at Dartmouth College’s IHSA horse show on Saturday Oct. 16.  The next day, five members of the team competed at Colby-Sawyer’s point rider show, where Kaitlynn Pouliot qualified for the “ride-off challenge” for the title of reserve high point […]

Area families are invited to a free Fun Fall Farm Day Saturday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the university’s J.F. Witter Teaching and Research Center off College Avenue. Planned activities at the 300-acre farm include farm tours, face painting, a costume contest, a raffle with Halloween and fall items, an auction, […]

The next Peace & Reconciliation Studies Program Diversity Dialogue speaker is Sharon Barker, director of the UMaine Women’s Resource Center, who will share reflections of her life on Monday, Oct. 25, 12:15-1:15 p.m. in the Totman Lounge of the Memorial Union. Barker, who was born in Canada, raised in Aroostook County and came of age […]