Sukhwinder Bali’s appointment as University of Maine Cooperative Extension assistant professor and University of Maine at Presque Isle assistant professor of sustainable agriculture was reported in Morning Ag Clips. She’ll develop and conduct educational outreach and applied research with an emphasis on Aroostook County; offer off-campus programs addressing educational needs of commercial agriculture; and teach […]
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VillageSoup reported Kathleen Ellis, who teaches English in the Honors College at the University of Maine, will lead a poetry workshop at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. The Triggering New Poems workshop is set from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 13–17 at the downtown museum. Participants will expand their range of poetry writing […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is celebrating the 952 Master Gardener Volunteers who, combined, gave more than 35,000 hours of their time to a variety of educational and food security projects in 2016. The team supported 80 community gardens, 86 school gardens, 103 demonstration gardens and 56 programs involving 1,579 youth in horticulture activities this […]
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Boothbay Register reported Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle has been awarded a $35,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Art Works: Creativity Connects grant was awarded to support a series of public programs in collaboration with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, according to the article. The programs will […]
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Forty-five freshmen from Telstar Regional High School in Bethel spent a night at the University of Maine earlier this month, and the Sun Journal reports the visit is inspiring some students to give serious thought to their academic future. While on campus, the students ate at the Hilltop Dining facility and visited the Emera Astronomy […]
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A five-session workshop centered on strengthening facilitation skills and running dynamic, effective meetings begins Feb. 1 at University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 75 Clearwater Drive, Suite 104, Falmouth. The 1–5 p.m. workshop sponsored by UMaine Extension and Maine Sea Grant features experiential learning, including practicing facilitation skills and receiving feedback in a safe environment. Instructor […]
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The 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Celebration co-sponsored by the Greater Bangor NAACP and the University of Maine Division of Student Life will be held Jan. 16 in the Wells Conference Center on campus. The family-friendly event will celebrate the life and legacy of King’s service while offering inspiration through diversity and social […]
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The University of Maine is accepting applications for the 2017 Top Gun Bangor Region Class, a program offered to the area’s entrepreneurs who have aspirations to achieve high growth through innovation. To help companies applying for the Top Gun class, UMaine will host four sessions for questions and assistance with preparing a successful Top Gun […]
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The Katherine Miles Durst Child Development Learning Center inside Merrill Hall on the University of Maine campus gets a lot of donated books. “We have so many,” says Aleeza Stearns, one of two head teachers at the center. “There’s a whole room upstairs just full of books.” Organizing and culling all of those books can […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered a Bangor Public Library talk by Jim Bishop, one of author Stephen King’s English teachers at the University of Maine. In addition to editing King’s latest book, “Hearts in Suspension,” Bishop also wrote an essay in the book that details what life was like on campus in the late 1960s, according […]
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