LGBTQ Services at the University of Maine was featured in a WVII (Channel 7) report about transgender issues. The group is hosting Pride Week, a series of on-campus events praising individuality. Amy Schmitt, a work study student for LGBTQ Services, said the week provides the opportunity for the community to “celebrate everything that makes people […]
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Lenard Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging and professor in the UMaine School of Social Work, wrote an opinion piece for the Bangor Daily News titled, “Why this year’s older candidates may be less stressed, more optimistic presidents.” Kaye is a member of the Maine chapter of the national Scholars Strategy […]
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Centralmaine.com published a University of Maine news release announcing Jade McGuire, of Augusta, was recently named the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Education and Human Development. McGuire, an honors student majoring in elementary education, with a concentration in mathematics, will receive a bachelor’s degree with high honors at UMaine’s 214th Commencement May 14. […]
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Lisa Liberatore, regional program coordinator for Top Gun, visited the WVII (Channel 7) studio to speak about a meet-and-greet event set 6–8 p.m. Thursday, April 28 at First National Bank in Bangor. Top Gun is an entrepreneurship accelerator program offered by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and University of Maine. “We’re looking for those […]
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The Sun Journal reported on Androscoggin and Oxford county students who won awards at the statewide National History Day (NHD) competition held at the University of Maine in April. NHD is an academic program that promotes critical thinking, research and presentation skills through project-based learning for students of all abilities. Approximately 340 students from 35 […]
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The Ellsworth American published a review of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s season-closing concert and semi-staged performance of Giacomo Puccini’s “La Boheme.” The four-act opera was performed at the Collins Center for the Arts. In addition to the orchestra, the production featured the University Singers and UMaine’s Oratorio Society, as well as the Bangor Area Children’s […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Howard Segal, a history professor at the University of Maine. The article is titled, “Remember Eugene McCarthy’s insurgent 1968 campaign — and the limits of Hillary’s moderation.”
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 22nd annual HOPE Festival that was held at the University of Maine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. With a theme of “Creating the Future: Art and Social Change,” this year’s event focused on creativity. Families enjoyed activities including storytelling, art, poetry, puppets, sculpture and film, according to the report. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the 2016 1st Lt. James R. Zimmerman Memorial Fitness Challenge held at the University of Maine. Four-person teams participated in a variety of physical activities including pack runs, pull-ups and a crawl through a mud pit. The challenge was established in 2011 to honor and remember Zimmerman, a 2008 UMaine Naval […]
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Paul Anderson, director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program and Aquaculture Research Institute at the University of Maine, was quoted in a Las Vegas Sun article about celebrity chef Rick Moonen’s efforts to educate the world about responsible seafood farming and ocean conservation. Wild species of Pacific and Atlantic salmon, which U.S. government sources […]
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