The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a grant of more than $59,000 to the University of Maine’s McGillicuddy Humanities Center to support development of a centralized digital portal that will improve access to Wabanaki historical and cultural resources and archival collections currently distributed across UMaine and, in the future, to incorporate collections curated […]
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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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Caroline Strolic of Phoenix, Arizona is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She is an honors student majoring in art history with a minor in history. A member of the women’s swimming and diving team, Strolic has been team captain for the past two years, and a member of […]
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In reporting that applications are now being accepted for 2021 grants from the Maine Community Foundation’s Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund, News Center Maine cited 2019 and 2020 grants to the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum. The awards to the museum facilitated addition of handcrafted Wabanaki baskets to their collection and integration of Wabanaki traditional art […]
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Art New England advanced an exhibit of Thomas Cornell’s work at the University of Maine’s Zillman Art Museum, in a story that included an image of Cornell’s painting “Merrymeeting Bay.” More information about the exhibit, “Thomas Cornell: A Vision Accomplished,” is available online.
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Gretchen Faulkner, director of the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum, talked with WABI (Channel 5) about resources developed at the museum to support K–12 educational initiatives and mandates, including the “Adventures in Anthropology” series.
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Centralmaine.com shared a University of Maine news release highlighting educational resources available to support remote learning for students of all ages. Links to those resources are online.
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University of Maine museums and planetarium have a rich library of online resources available to support remote K–12 instruction during the pandemic. The Page Farm and Home Museum offers Virtual Field Trip Experiences, via Zoom, to school groups, homeschool groups, and college classes. Groups can take an introductory tour, select a virtual visit topic, or […]
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The Bangor Daily News noted expansion plans for the Zillman Art Museum in an article about a local developer purchasing the building that houses it. According to the report, Eastern Maine Development Corporation sold Norumbega Hall, which houses the museum, in downtown Bangor to Canuck Investments, owned by Philip and Stephanie Henry. Education leaders and […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the 2020 Wabanaki Winter Market, which was offered virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the annual event, which is co-sponsored by the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum, included virtual demonstrations featured on the museum’s YouTube channel, and an online Wabanaki Artist Directory.
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