Student Life

Backpack Exhibit to Raise Awareness of Suicide Among College Students

More than 1,000 backpacks on a college green can get students talking. That’s part of what they’re intended to do. Send Silence Packing is a national traveling public education exhibit of 1,100 backpacks that represent the 1,100 college students who annually die by suicide. It’s a program of Active Minds Inc., a national nonprofit with […]

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WVII Advances Fourth Annual Bearfest Dance Marathon

WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine is holding the fourth annual 12-hour Bearfest Dance Marathon on March 21 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Since 2012, the event has raised more than $130,000 to help area hospitals support local children. This year, UMaine student organizers hope to raise $75,000 for EMHS Foundation […]

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UVAC Receives Campus Safety Recognition at National Conference

The University of Maine’s University Volunteer Ambulance Corps (UVAC) recently was named a HEARTSafe CAMPUS at the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation’s (NCEMSF) 21st annual conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The NCEMSF encourages and promotes community awareness of the potential for saving the lives of sudden cardiac arrest victims through the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation […]

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Alternative Breaks Students Volunteer Throughout Country During March

University of Maine students with Alternative Breaks, a student-lead organization that promotes community involvement, are spending their Spring Break volunteering throughout the United States. Since 1998, Alternative Breaks has been organizing trips for UMaine students to provide volunteer service to others. This year, the nonprofit is sending out seven volunteer groups of 11 students. The […]

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Media Cover UMaine’s Birthday Celebrations in Orono, Augusta

WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on events held in Orono and Augusta in celebration of the University of Maine’s 150th anniversary as the state’s land grant university. Faculty, students and representatives from businesses that partner with UMaine had displays in the Hall of Flags in the State House while a proclamation declaring […]

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UMaine Student to Run Across Country for Cancer Awareness, WVII Reports

WVII (Channel 7) and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported University of Maine student Marie Miller is planning to take part in this summer’s 4K for Cancer — a 4,000-mile team run from California to New York that aims to raise awareness of cancer and raise money for cancer research. Miller said she was inspired to make […]

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WABI Covers Fraternity’s Fundraiser for Sexual Assault Response Services

WABI (Channel 5) reported brothers of the University of Maine fraternity Beta Theta Pi held their 22nd annual sleep out to raise awareness and funds for sexual assault services. Members of the fraternity stayed outside from 6 p.m. Saturday until 6 a.m. Sunday. All proceeds from the event go toward Rape Response Services in Bangor, […]

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CPR Demonstrations to be Held at Men’s Ice Hockey Game Feb. 21

The University of Maine Training and Safety (UMTS) organization will demonstrate hands-only CPR during the UMaine men’s ice hockey game against Northeastern on Feb. 21. The goal of the student-run group, which operates as part of University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, is to train 1,000 people in hands-only CPR this year. The group is halfway to […]

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