WVII (Channel 7) reported on a new program offered by the Challenger Learning Center and the University of Maine’s Society of Women Engineers to create a mentoring program for future engineers. The Discover Engineering program is free and open to eighth graders.
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The Weekly previewed the University of Maine Museum of Art’s three new fall exhibitions. The exhibits — Sachiko Akiyama: “On Finding Home;” Susan Burnstine and Lynn Saville: “From the Shadows;” and Gregory Kalliche: “GPOY” — open Friday, Oct. 4 and run through Jan. 4 at the Bangor museum.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a new program being offered by the Challenger Learning Center and the University of Maine for future engineers. The Discover Engineering program is free and open to eighth graders. Students who take part will be partnered with college mentors who are studying engineering.
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The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development will host the Symposium on Gender in Higher Education from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 in the Wells Conference Center on the UMaine campus. The professional development conference will explore issues of gender in higher education with a focus on intersectional approaches […]
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WVII (Channel 7) spoke with a Corinth farmer who followed advice from the University of Maine for a report on this year’s pumpkin harvest. Despite poor harvesting reports around the state due to wet weather, Beverly Tate said her fields are doing well after following a tip from UMaine to cut pumpkins from vines with […]
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The Bangor Daily News published the opinion piece, “Suicide prevention is not what you think,” by Charles McKay, a clinical intern and graduate assistant at the University of Maine Counseling Center and Touchstone Resources. UWire also carried a piece by McKay previewing a free seminar on relationship skills that is being offered by the center.
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Working with children who experience bullying will be the focus of a conference for Maine school counselors and leaders that is sponsored by the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. The free professional development opportunity will take place 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 in the Wells Conference Center on the Orono […]
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The Weekly Observer, serving Sanford, Springvale, Acton and Lebanon, previewed a five-week introductory beekeeping course that will start Oct. 15 in Springvale. The York County Beginner Bee School is co-sponsored by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine State Beekeepers Association.
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A five-part series of workshops provided by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension titled “From Recipe to Market: Cashing in on Value-Added Opportunities” was previewed in the Portland Press Herald “Food & Dining Dispatches” column. The workshops begin Oct. 3 in Falmouth.
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering free Eat Well Nutrition Workshops starting in October in Dover-Foxcroft to help people improve their eating habits.
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