Adele Adkins, associate director of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News about what Bangor’s entertainment boom means for the Orono facility. Adkins said the variety of options in Bangor brings the Collins Center back to its beginnings. “We don’t have to try to be […]
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Sally Daniels of Ellsworth, director of project services with the University of Maine Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC), received an Adult Education Outstanding Teaching Award from the Maine Adult Education Association. The award was presented at the association’s annual conference at Colby College in June. Daniels, an MEOC staff member since its inception in 1991, was […]
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The Maine Edge reported on the Boomer Reporting Corps, a program offered by the University of Maine Center on Aging and Maine Community Foundation. The program aims to create a cohort of older adults who can actively report on local issues to benefit their communities.
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The Maine Edge previewed a certificate program in grant writing that will be held at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center Aug. 12–13. Writing Winning Grant Proposals: Nuts, Bolts and Assembly is the fifth session in the eight-part 2013 Nonprofit Certificate Program.
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded $380,000 to researchers at the University of Maine Center on Aging, University of New England (UNE) and The Iris Network to study a falls prevention program for older citizens with vision impairment. Falls among older adults can lead to serious injury, loss of independence or death. The two-year […]
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A Tri-Town Weekly article on Coastal Studies for Girls, a science and leadership school, mentioned the facilities at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center. The program makes trips to the center to show students labs and give them the opportunity to meet and speak with scientists.
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Alan Davenport, director of Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium, spoke with the Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) at a beam signing and raising at the future home of the Emera Astronomy Center, a $5.2 million observatory and planetarium being built on the University of Maine campus. More than 50 children from the […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) included articles on the presence of 4-H members at local fairs. Members of 4-H, the youth development branch of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, celebrated the group’s 100th birthday at the Bangor State Fair and displayed results of hard work at the Northern Maine Fair in Presque […]
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Karen Hatch Gagne, University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) at the fourth annual Positive Youth Development Institute in Bangor. The professional development conference gives Maine educators a chance to hear from students about ways to strengthen their relationships. Gagne said changes in education are really about youth voice, choice and […]
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Ellen Mallory, sustainable agriculture extension specialist at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Maine director of the Northern New England Local Bread Wheat Project, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for the article “How Skowhegan became Maine’s new bread basket” after the annual Kneading Conference was held in Skowhegan. Mallory spoke about the need […]
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