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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Lani Carlson, Maine AgrAbility coordinator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, was a recent guest on The Derek Volk Show. The radio show focused on what functional limitation means, particularly in context of farming, and how the state is working with the agriculture community to better employ people with disabilities. Carlson spoke about the […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a presentation made by a group of University of Maine students during a meeting of the city of Bangor’s Infrastructure Committee. Students in a sustainable energy economics course have been working all semester on a plan to make Bangor a more walkable city by reducing people’s reliance on driving and […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine is offering a holiday show on Fridays and Saturdays this month. “The Mystery of the Christmas Star” brings the audience back 2,000 years to Bethlehem to discover a scientific explanation for the star the three wise men followed to find the baby […]
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Acadia, UMaine researchers seek public’s help for fish survey, Mount Desert Islander reports Mount Desert Islander reported researchers with Acadia National Park and the University of Maine are seeking help from the Mount Desert Island community to fill some gaps in a historical freshwater fish survey. Park biologist Bruce Connery, UMaine instructor Erik Reardon, Mount […]
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