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Internship program matches students with growing Maine companies.
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BearFest Dance Marathon Raises $46,000 for CMN, EMMC
The second annual University of Maine BearFest Dance Marathon at the UMaine Field House Feb. 23–24 raised $46,000 in pledges to benefit the Bangor-area Children’s Miracle Network and the pediatric wing at Eastern Maine Medical Center — far exceeding the goal of $35,000 — according to the Eastern Maine Healthcare System Foundation. Upward of 800 […]
Read moreBangor Daily News Reports on Student Apartment Issues
A Bangor Daily News article about the increase in privately owned student housing projects across the nation noted complaints about management, facilities and other issues at The Grove, a new 188-unit private student housing complex in Orono. The article included information about UMaine students living on and off campus. Of UMaine’s 10,900 students, 3,278 of […]
Read moreNews Media Covers BearFest Dance Marathon
Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 7 (WVII) reported on the BearFest Dance Marathon in the UMaine Field House, in which hundreds of UMaine students danced overnight Feb. 23–24 to raise money to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network and Eastern Maine Medical Center’s pediatric ward. Students expected to exceed this year’s goal of $35,000.
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UMaine Students Rolling Up Sleeves for Spring Break Volunteerism
Many UMaine students spending spring break far afield in outreach efforts.
Read morePhi Kappa Sigma Holding Orono Classic Pond Hockey Fundraiser
Phi Kappa Sigma will hold an Orono Classic pond hockey tournament at Orono High School, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 16, to raise funds for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society and Phi Kappa Sigma member Jon Cairns, who is going through treatment for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The cost is $35 per team; games will be three-on-three with […]
Read moreBeta Theta Pi Holding 20th Annual Beta Sleep-Out Feb. 15–16
Members of Beta Theta Pi will hold their 20th Annual Beta Sleep-Out, a fundraiser for Rape Response Services in Bangor, from 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15–6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 at the organization’s home on Munson Road. Members will remain outside their house and gather around a bonfire throughout the night. This year’s fundraising goal […]
Read moreUMaine Counseling Center Wins International Reaccreditation
The University of Maine Counseling Center and Touchstone Resources has been reaccredited by the International Association of Counseling Services, Inc. (IACS), a Virginia-based organization of United States, Canadian and Australian counseling agencies. The IACS evaluated the UMaine center against high standards of counseling practice and found it to offer competent and reliable professional services. Reaccreditation […]
Read moreSecond Annual BearFest Dance Marathon Planned
The University of Maine will hold the second annual 12-hour BearFest Dance Marathon starting at 5 p.m., Feb. 23 at the UMaine New Balance Field House to benefit the Bangor-area Children’s Miracle Network and the pediatric wing at Eastern Maine Medical Center. Last year, the event — coordinated by the UMaine Interfraternity Council, the Panhellenic […]
Read moreLGBT Rights Advocate to Address Campus Inclusion
LGBT rights advocate Hudson Taylor, a wrestling coach at Columbia University and former NCAA All-American wrestler at the University of Maryland, will discuss building allies among athletes and making college campuses safer, in a free public talk at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 18 in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building. Taylor is a heterosexual ally of the […]
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