The University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning has partnered with the Division of Student Life to launch the UMaine First initiative and inaugural First Gen Celebration Week. The event, supported by the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Activity Fund, will take place Nov. 4–9. First Gen Celebration Week is an opportunity to bring […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine was recently named champion of the Northeast in a monthlong challenge to get people outdoors and active. From mid-September through mid-October, participants of the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) Campus Challenge earned points for their school by engaging in a variety of outdoor activities, […]
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The University of Maine will celebrate Homecoming 2019 with several events on campus Friday through Sunday, Oct. 25–27. Homecoming weekend kicks off Friday afternoon with tours of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at 1 p.m. and Emera Astronomy Center at 2 p.m. The Maine Heritage Lecture, “Protecting Wabanaki Basketmaking Traditions Threatened by an Invasive […]
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The University of Maine Standardbred Drill Team invites members of the UMaine community to the annual Trick or Trot 6–8 p.m. Oct. 25 at Witter Farm in Old Town. The free event will include family-friendly activities, candy and an opportunity to meet and have photos taken with the farm’s horses, cows, sheep and pigs. Students […]
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Bangor’s Classic Rock Station I-95 (95.7 FM) advanced University of Maine Homecoming events slated Oct. 25–27, including the UMaine football game vs. William & Mary and the annual UMaine Alumni Association Craft Fair and Maine Marketplace. More information about Homecoming is online.
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Award-winning filmmaker Vanessa McNeal will host a free public screening of her 2018 documentary “Gridshock” at 5 p.m. Oct. 24 in Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall as part of Domestic Violence Awareness month. In the film, McNeal, a survivor of sexual violence, explores the underpinnings of the thriving sex-trafficking industry, a global problem taking root […]
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The University of Maine is the “most outdoorsy school” in the Northeast and the second “most outdoorsy” in the nation, according to the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE). In this year’s AORE Campus Challenge, 98 universities competed for the title from Sept. 16 through Oct. 13, designed to help build a community of […]
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News Center Maine covered a pride flag raising at the University of Maine on Oct. 7 to kick off Coming Out Week. The event was the first in a weeklong series of on-campus events in advance of National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11. Robert Dana, vice president for student life and dean of students; […]
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In a Sept. 20 Chronicle of Higher Education listing, “Do Freshmen at Flagships Reflect Underrepresented-Minority Populations of States?” the University of Maine was first with a 0.7 percentage-point difference, followed by West Virginia University with 0.4 percentage-point difference, based on 2017 enrollments. The Chronicle noted: “Only two of the leading public institutions for each state […]
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News Center Maine reported on the sixth annual March Against Domestic Violence held at the University of Maine. “This group we expect to be the largest attendance that we’ve ever had for the march,” said Austin Cashman, a UMaine student and member of the Maine Business School (MBS) Corps, which organized the event. “Each year […]
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