Beate Naglestad, of Oppegård, Norway, is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the Maine Business School. Naglestad is majoring in business administration in management, with a minor in international affairs with a focus on international security. Cite your top three academic scholarships, achievements and awards: Academic Achievement in Management award, Outstanding Student Athlete in Business […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that two University of Maine basketball coaches, Richard Barron and Amy Vachon, joined an effort to promote the guidance issued to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through social media. Team New England, which includes the two UMaine coaches and 43 others from the 23 Division I schools, wants to capitalize […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported Jon Lynch, director of sports performance at the University of Maine, has created a YouTube channel with videos supporting physical and mental health. The at-home training videos are designed for student-athletes who do not currently have access to a gym or other in-person training resources during the […]
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Chemical engineering major and Honors College student Sierra Yost of Windham, Maine is the 2020 University of Maine valedictorian. Yost is a member of the UMaine cross-country, and track and field teams. Her honors thesis focuses on the application of cellulose nanofibers as an alternative to plastics in disposable utensils. As part of her UMaine […]
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Chemical engineering major Sierra Yost of Windham is the 2020 University of Maine valedictorian, and Grace Smith of Holden, a molecular and cellular biology major, is this year’s salutatorian. Both are students in the Honors College. “We congratulate Sierra and Grace on the strength, breadth and rigor of their academic achievements and overall University of […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Portland Press Herald reported on the 27th anniversary of the University of Maine men’s hockey team winning its first national title. The Black Bears defeated the Lake Superior State University Lakers 5–4 to earn the NCAA Division I men’s hockey championship April 3, 1993, in Milwaukee, securing the team’s championship […]
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University of Maine junior goalie Jeremy Swayman has been named Hockey East Player of the Year and Red Gendron earned the Bob Kullen Award as Bauer Coach of the Year. Swayman led the league in saves (782) and save percentage (.932). He tied for first in shutouts (3) and tied for second in wins (12). […]
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In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8, 1980 as National Women’s History Week. And in 1987, Congress designated March as Women’s History Month. This March, the University of Maine celebrates the vital roles of women with a number of events and celebrations. For more information, call 207.581.1437. March 4, 11 […]
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Women’s basketball coach Amy Vachon promoted the University of Maine’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration on WABI (Channel 5). Festivities included a Youth Sports Fair; talks by leaders, including Black Bear coaches Edniesha Curry and Josette Babineau; and the women’s basketball contest with Stony Brook. News Center Maine attended the event and […]
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University of Maine Athletics announced that two student-athletes have received the 2020 M Club Dean Smith award: Cassandra Mascarenhas, a junior captain on the field hockey team, and Mitch Fossier, a senior captain on the men’s ice hockey team. The M Club Dean Smith award is the most prestigious award presented annually to the top […]
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