UMaine News

Staff members from UMaine’s Highmoor Farm will be on campus on Thursday Oct. 14 for to sell items from the farm’s fall harvest. Varieties for sale will include McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala and Honey Crisp apples, along with several varieties of pumpkins and squash. The sale will run from 10 a.m.-4 […]

Cutler Health Center is now accepting appointments for employee flu shots from Oct. 15-20. The clinic is open to all UMaine employees, retirees and their spouses covered under the group health plan sponsored by the University of Maine System. Participants should bring their Anthem insurance card and check in at the Cutler Health Center front […]

UMaine first-year student Erika Jolie has died of injuries suffered in an automobile accident.  She was an 18-year-old New Media major from York, Maine. “Erika had a positive impact on the UMaine community in a short time, and her death is a horrible tragedy,” says UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students […]

The UMaine Collins Center for the Arts presents Das Rheingold, the first of four of Richard Wagner’s epic Ring of the Nibelung operas, in a live Metropolitan Opera broadcast Saturday, Oct. 9, from 1-3 p.m. Two unparalleled artists join forces to create a groundbreaking new Ring for the Met: Maestro James Levine and director Robert […]

A new informational Web site related to the search for the University of Maine’s next president was launched today. The site includes information about the process, along with the position posting itself and candidate criteria.

Contact: Rosie Seaber, 581-4014 UMaine’s Employee Assistance program is sponsoring a presentation Thursday, Oct. 14, from 12-1 p.m. at 122 Libby Hall on “Retail Therapy: Uncovering Emotional Spending,” with UMaine graduate student Sarah Morehead, master personal financial planner. She’ll discuss discovering the roots of “emotional spending,” acquiring tools for gaining control of spending habits and […]

Contact: Aaron Putnam; Peter Koons, 581-2158, peter.koons@maine.edu The first installment of the 2010 Climate Change Institute INT500 workshop series Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 4-5:30 p.m. at UMaine is a workshop and keynote lecture by Columbia University Professor of Earth and environmental sciences James D. Hays, an internationally recognized expert on the role of polar oceans […]

Find out who’s doing what with innovative technology in the classroom at the 2010 Faculty Technology Fair from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Wells Conference Center. Each year the Faculty Development Center awards 12-15 stipends of $1,250 to faculty members who propose to integrate new or existing technology into their classrooms. On Tuesday, the 12 faculty […]

The Collins Center for the Arts is bringing the National Broadway Company to campus Tuesday, Oct. 5, from 7-9 p.m. for a rollicking production of “Spamalot,” winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, based on the hilarious Monty Python classic. Call the CCA box office at 581-1755 for ticket availability or visit the […]

Contact: Brittany Myles (Brittany.Myles@umit.maine.edu) ORONO – The University of Maine chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) has been awarded Bronze Star status for its members’ community service work on campus and in communities surrounding the university. The Washington, D.C.-based NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is […]