Outreach

WABI reports on food drive to support Black Bear Exchange

WABI (Channel 5) reported on a campuswide nonperishable food drive to benefit the University of Maine Black Bear Exchange food pantry being held through Dec. 15. It’s sponsored by UMaine Auxiliary Enterprises, Facilities Management and UMaine Athletics. Learn more about the food drive on the UMaine News website. 

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Sharon Barker, advocate for Maine women and girls, passes away

Sharon Barker, a long-time University of Maine employee and tireless advocate for Maine women and girls, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Nov. 20. Barker became the first director of the UMaine Women’s Resource Center, now called the Intersectional Feminist Resource Center, in 1991. In that role, which she held until her retirement in 2014, Barker […]

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News Observer highlights 4-H Club

The Machias Valley News Observer featured members of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cobscook Currents 4-H Club helping a teacher and her husband with their fall harvest.

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UMaine after-school science lab partnership celebrates 15 years

Ask any veteran educator what the most important thing an aspiring teacher can do to prepare themselves for a career in the classroom, and they will likely say there’s no substitute for first-hand experience. At the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development, “Early and Often” is the motto when it comes to […]

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Get creative with UMaine Extension’s wreath making workshop on Dec. 2

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting a wreath making workshop from 1-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, at the UMaine Gardens at Tidewater Farm, 200 Presumpscot Point Road Falmouth.  The workshop will offer participants the opportunity to unleash their creativity and craft their own unique holiday balsam fir wreaths to adorn their homes or […]

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Lobley award highlighted in Times Argus

The Times Argus noted that Jennifer Lobley, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension professor, and Allison Smith, former assistant director of University of Vermont Cooperative Extension 4-H, received a national communicator award from the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals.

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Camire to offer winter orchid care tips on Nov. 18

Mary Ellen Camire, a professor at the University of Maine’s School of Food and Agriculture, will share tips on caring for orchids during the winter months at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18 in UMaine’s Roger Clapp Greenhouses. Camire’s talk, “Orchid Care in Winter” will discuss winter-blooming orchids, the importance of winter rest for orchids […]

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