Outreach

Summer Camp Featured in Radio Report

The upcoming summer camp fair hosted by UMaine was mentioned in a report Tuesday morning on radio station I-95 (95.7 FM) Cumulus Broadcasting Inc. Jesse Moriarity of UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation was interviewed about the fair and said summer is the perfect time for kids to try something new. The fair will be […]

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Student Group Helps Mark Domestic Violence Awareness Day

UMaine’s Male Athletes Against Violence (MAAV) student group appeared at the State House Tuesday to help mark Maine’s second Domestic Violence Awareness Day. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Roosevelt Boone, a former UMaine football player who was representing MAAV, who said adults and parents need to call out jokes, TV shows and music lyrics that […]

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Newspaper Story on Muslim Student Group’s Fundraising for Africa

The Bangor Daily News had a story about UMaine’s Muslim Student Association, which recently raised $4,000 to send to the Humanitarian African Relief Organization. The organization coordinates the delivery of food and water to drought-stricken camps, town and villages. Three UMaine students who are members of the organization, including Vice President Abdu Traheem Sbayi, were […]

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Report on Hockey Team’s Donation to Military Families Group

According to a report in the Bangor Daily News, the UMaine men’s hockey team donated $500 to Operation Community Support, a group for the families of military men and women who have been deployed. Maine National Guard soldiers, many of whom will soon be deployed, and their families will attend Saturday night’s game at Alfond […]

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Advance on Troop Sendoff Ceremony

Bangor TV station WABI had an advance on Friday evening’s troop send-off ceremony to be held at UMaine’s Collins Center for the Arts. The ceremony will honor members of a Maine Army National Guard medevac unit that is being deployed to Kuwait. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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UMaine Coach Issues Play4Kay Head-Shaving Challenge

Richard Barron, the UMaine women’s basketball coach, announced recently he would shave his head bald if the community raises $10,000 for the Play4Kay initiative, which raises funds for the Kay Yow Foundation to support breast cancer research. If the goal is met, Barron will shave his head at center court following the Black Bears’ home […]

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Report on Girls Hockey Day at Alfond Arena

The Bangor Daily News reported on Sunday’s Girls Hockey Day, which was held at UMaine’s Alfond Arena. About 35 girls from around the state met for an on-ice skills competition, a tour of the Alfond facilities, and listened to former UMaine women’s players Kim Meagher, Rachel Gettings and Jennie Gallo talk about how hockey had […]

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Early Childhood Education Program Noted

In a sidebar to an article about the connections between early childhood development and economic development, Mainebiz noted the Child Care Research Partnership at the University of Southern Maine and UMaine, which provided classroom observations of Educate Central Maine in Waterville, a state-of-the-art early childhood learning center. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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University of Maine to Host Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium

ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine will host this summer’s Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS), a biennial cultural event that will bring eight internationally recognized sculptors to the UMaine campus to create stone artwork for permanent display at eight locations in Orono, Old Town and Bangor.

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