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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Vilgot Larsson of Stockholm, Sweden is an Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Engineering. The civil engineering major has a concentration in environmental engineering. The scholar-athlete is a member of the men’s basketball team. He was a member of the Swedith National Team in the summers through 2019 and at UMaine was involved […]
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Blanca Millan-Modia of Santiago de Compostela, Spain is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Education and Human Development. She is a kinesiology and physical education major with a concentration in exercise science, and minors in child development and family relations, and in human nutrition. The scholar-athlete and member of the women’s basketball […]
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Thirteen undergraduates have been named 2021 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Bailey West, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and in the Honors College, and the 2021 valedictorian. Her profile story is online. Short biographies of the other UMaine Outstanding Graduating Students […]
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