The Bangor Daily News, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel previewed the Maine Sports Hall of Fame’s 43rd induction ceremony at the Collins Center for the Arts June 3. The BDN also published same-day coverage of the event. One of those inducted was Bob Wilder, a former UMaine quarterback who is now the head coach for […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported a Twitter post by Jhasmin Player, assistant coach of the University of Maine women’s basketball team, has gone viral. The video of Player speaking about the strained relationship between coaches and parents has been viewed almost a million times and retweeted 12,000 times, according to the report.
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The Bangor Daily News reported a 14-member search committee has been named to help select the next University of Maine director of athletics. Robert Dana, the chairman of the committee and the school’s vice president for student life and dean of students, called it a “very robust and energetic” committee and said “there isn’t a […]
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A 14-member search committee has been named to help select the next University of Maine director of athletics, according to Dr. Robert Dana, UMaine vice president for student life and dean of students. Dana, who chairs the committee, says the national search will be aided by a search firm and will begin as soon as […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported a national search for a University of Maine athletics director will begin in May. UMaine President Susan J. Hunter has appointed Robert Dana, UMaine vice president for student life and dean of students, chair of the search committee for the new permanent head of the state’s only Division I program. […]
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A national search for a University of Maine athletics director will begin this month. UMaine President Susan J. Hunter has appointed Dr. Robert Dana, UMaine vice president for student life and dean of students, chair of the search committee for the new permanent head of the state’s only Division I program. The search committee will […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 11th annual Healthy High 5k/10k and 1-mile run/walk at the University of Maine. Several participants in the 1-mile run/walk wore red high heels, as part of the international “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” campaign. At UMaine, the walk is spearheaded by the student group Male Athletes Against Violence […]
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WVII (Channel 7) covered the April 14 basketball fundraiser event “Nets 4 Pets 4 Vets” held in Bangor. Organized by members of the University of Maine Business School’s MBS Corps and ROTC, the event involves a tournament and community dinner designed to raise money to provide service dogs for veterans. The tournament, officiated by the […]
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Brianna DeGone, a bioengineering major from Turner, Maine, has been named the 2018 salutatorian at the University of Maine. At Commencement, DeGone will earn a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering with a minor in business administration. While at UMaine, DeGone was named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholar and was […]
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The University of Maine’s 2018 valedictorian is Graham Van Goffrier of Norwell, Massachusetts and the salutatorian is Brianna DeGone of Turner, Maine. They will be honored at UMaine’s 216th Commencement in Harold Alfond Sports Arena May 12. Van Goffrier will receive a bachelor’s degree in physics, with minors in electrical engineering, mathematics and nanotechnology, and […]
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