The Sun Journal reported on the University of Maine Women’s Basketball team earning the highest team grade-point average in women’s college basketball nationwide. The team earned a collective 3.90 GPA. “It’s hard enough for any student to get a 3.9, never mind a team, never mind a student-athlete,” coach Amy Vachon said. “I just think […]
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The Penobscot Times cited a partnership with the University of Maine’s Ccampus Rrecreation that has facilitated public access to Orono’s municipal pool. Adriana Del Amo, UMaine’s coordinator for fitness and aquatics, is managing the shared lifeguard staff and scheduling their work at the Orono pool and at recreation facilities on campus in response to a […]
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The Sun Journal interviewed Marla Tanous, a University of Maine student majoring in English, about teaching children how to play tennis for the Tennis in the Parks program. “We have seven or eight per group, which was more than I was expecting — which I think is really awesome that there (are) that many kids […]
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WABI (Channel 5) the Bangor Daily News and the Portland Press Herald reported on the University of Maine installing its new artificial turf on Morse Field. The new turf is part of UMaine’s Athletics Facilities Master Plan, which guides the overall $110 million investment toward upgrades. Funding for the new turf derives from the overall […]
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America East reported that student athletes at the University of Maine who competed in America East sports collectively earned a record-setting 3.62 cumulative GPA to win the 2020–21 Academic Cup. This is the third time in school history that UMaine has won the honor. A UMaine Athletics news release about the America East honor is […]
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The Maine Business School is adding its first new major since 1965: sport management. The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Sport Management program will offer the core business curriculum from the Maine Business School with courses to prepare students for careers in sports-related industries. Students earning their BSBA in Sport Management will have […]
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Ken Ralph, athletics director at the University of Maine, and head football coach Nick Charlton spoke with the Bangor Daily News about the replacement of the artificial turf surface on UMaine’s football field. According to Ralph, funding for the replacement, which is expected to cost less than $500,000, will ultimately be drawn from the $90 […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the academic achievements of several of the University of Maine’s outstanding student athletes including ice hockey player Cameron Spicer, women’s basketball stars Fanny Wadling and Blanca Millan, field hockey player Hana Davis, basketball player Vilgot Larsson, track athlete Anna Schumann and swimmer Caroline Strolich. The students are being honored […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with several University of Maine graduate and undergraduate students about their willingness and efforts to get the coronavirus vaccine as infections rise among younger populations in Maine. UMaine kinesiology major and student athlete Kiana Bucknor is a student ambassador for “This is Our Shot, Maine,” the University of Maine System’s […]
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Hana Davis of Tsawwassen, British Columbia is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, She will receive a bachelor’s degree in communication with a double major in marketing. The scholar-athlete is captain of the field hockey team and a four-time NFHCA National Academic Squad honoree. Davis served as Spread […]
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