Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed University of Maine Career Center Director Patty Counihan, students and exhibitors at the annual UMaine Career Fair Jan. 30 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Channel 7 (WVII) also covered the event, which was attended by an estimated 1,000 UMaine students.
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Recently the University of Maine recognized 2,035 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Fall 2012 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,696 are from Maine, 277 are from out of state, and 62 are from foreign countries. Listed below are students who received Deans List honors for the 2012 Fall […]
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Kim Dao selected for the Maine Track Early Assurance program of Tufts University School of Medicine.
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The University of Maine’s ninth annual International Dance Festival, showcasing an array of traditional music, dance and costumes of some of the 400 international students at UMaine, is set for Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Two free performances of dances from around the world are scheduled at 2 p.m. and […]
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The University of Maine Bodwell Center for Service and Volunteerism, Multicultural Student Affairs, V.E.T.S. and the Department of Athletics will host a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service from noon–3:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 21 at the Old Town/Orono YMCA. Students in grades 3–6 from all communities are invited to attend the free event. Children […]
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Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 7 (WVII) reported on toy drives held by UMaine students to help area families in need. Channel 5 reported on Phi Gamma Delta fraternity’s efforts to assist Crossroads Ministries with donations of some 300 gifts. Channel 7 reported that members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity handed out flyers to […]
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News organizations, including CBSSports.com, the California Modesto Bee and the Bangor Daily News cited University of Maine police reports on Kansas City Chiefs linebacker and former UMaine student-athlete Jovan Belcher in continued reporting on the apparent murder-suicide of Belcher and his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins in Missouri. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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The shooting deaths of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, a former University of Maine football player, and his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins in Kansas City, Mo., was widely reported nationally and internationally over the weekend. Authorities said Belcher, 25, killed his girlfriend and then himself. Among the organizations reporting the story were Reuters news service, […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Channel 2 (WLBZ), Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 7 (WVII) were among the news organizations covering the Nov. 27 memorial service and candlelight vigil for two UMaine students and a recent graduate killed in a plane crash Nov. 16 at the Knox County Regional Airport. More than 500 people turned out […]
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News Media Report on Memorial Plans for Plane Crash Victims The Bangor Daily News, Channel 5 (WABI) and Channel 2 (WLBZ) were among several news organizations reporting on plans for a memorial service at 6 p.m., Nov. 27 in Hauck Auditorium at UMaine for two students and a recent graduate killed Nov. 16 when their […]
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