Madden Named Director of ADVANCE Rising Tide Center
ORONO, Maine – Mary Madden, University of Maine associate research professor in the Center for Education and Research, has been named the director of UMaine’s ADVANCE Rising Tide Center.
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2011 Summer Music Theatre Festival Featuring ‘The Bat’
Contact: Tom Mikotowicz, (207) 581-1965 The University of Maine School of Performing Arts is presenting its second annual Summer Music Theatre Festival with two exciting and gruesome tales to haunt summer nights.
Read moreBell elected to association leadership post
Kathleen Bell of the UMaine School of Economics faculty has been elected president-elect of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA). NAREA is an organization made up of resource and agricultural economists, and it publishes the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. While many of its members live in the Northeast U.S. and Canadian Maritimes, […]
Read moreWellness Summer Camp Accepting Applications
Strong Mind, Strong Body, a wellness and nutrition summer camp planned for July 11-15 at UMaine, is now accepting applications. The camp is specifically targeted at underserved children in Maine. The camp was founded in 2011 by Roosevelt Boone, a former UMaine football player and current graduate student in UMaine’s College of Education and Human […]
Read moreFarmers’ market mainstay Roberts dies at 58
Paula Roberts of Swanville, a UMaine alum who was a fixture at the Orono Farmers’ Market that is staged on campus, has died at the age of 58. The proprietor of Meadowsweet Farm in Swanville, Robert also served on the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association board of directors. A memorial service is scheduled for […]
Read moreUnits to move to College of NSFA
Effective July 1, the Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the School of Social work will transfer to UMaine’s College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture. Earlier this year, the entire School of Economics was united in that same college.
Read moreLogue leaving UMaine for Massachusetts school
UMaine College of Education and Human Development Associate Dean O.J. Logue has been named Director of Northampton School Programs at the Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech.
Read moreAmerican Dietetic Association Honoring UMaine’s Musgrave
The American Dietetic Association’s Honors Committee has selected Katherine Musgrave, professor emerita of foods and nutrition at the University of Maine, for a 2011 Medallion Award.
Read moreMusavi named associate dean
The University of Maine College of Engineering has announced that Mohamad Musavi has been selected as associate dean for academics and research. He will replace Chet Rock, who retired May 13, 2011. Prior to this appointment, Musavi served as chair of the college’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
Read moreUAE News Reports on UMaine Conference Collaboration
The gulfnews.com website in the United Arab Emirates carried an article Thursday about the conference in Abu Dhabi sponsored jointly by the UMaine School of International Affairs (SPIA) and the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) in Abu Dhabi. The two-day conference, May 16-17, “Islam and the West: A Civilized Dialogue,” brought together experts from Eastern […]
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