Rachel Binder-Hathaway of Millinocket has been named the valedictorian of the University of Maine Class of 2012. Kayla Peard of York is the salutatorian. Both will be honored during UMaine’s 210th Commencement slated for May 5 at Harold Alfond Sports Arena.
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Channel 5 (WABI) reported on Bearfest, a recent all-night dance marathon organized at UMaine by students to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network. More than 300 students and supporters participated and raised an estimated $30,000, according to the report. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 7 (WVII) Wednesday covered Maine Day volunteerism at the University of Maine Wednesday. Hundreds of students turned out for dozens of cleanup projects on campus and in downtown Orono. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Channel 5 (WABI) reported on the U.S. Senate candidates forum held Wednesday by UMaine College Republicans, UMaine Democrats and a non-partisan group on campus. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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WABI TV, Channel 2, (WLBZ) and Channel 7 (WVII) covered the second annual UMaine St. Baldrick’s Charity head-shaving Wednesday at UMaine. Some 90 students and members of the campus community shed their locks to show solidarity for children with cancer. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Bangor Daily News and Channel 5 (WABI) reported on a bone marrow drive organized Wednesday by members of the UMaine football team to try to find a stem cell match for the deputy chief of the Maine Warden Service, who has cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. The annual event, started to honor former assistant football coach […]
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The Earth, the environment and grassroots efforts to effect positive change was the theme of Saturday’s Hope Festival held at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. The event was covered by Bangor television station WABI and the Bangor Daily News.
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Channel 5 (WABI) aired a report on a weekend charity run for women’s heart health and cardiac care organized by members of UMaine’s Alpha Phi sorority. Members hoped to raise $2,000. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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Bangor TV station WABI featured a fundraiser held Friday by UMaine sorority Pi Beta Phi that raised more than $1,000 for First Book, an organization that brings books to low-income families in the U.S. and Canada. The sorority held a chicken wing eating contest with food donated from area restaurants. UMaine students Courtney Maynard and […]
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Several media outlets, including the Bangor Daily News, covered Tuesday’s car accident that killed UMaine student Timothy J. Dodge, a 19-year-old from Rockland. Bangor TV station WABI also had a report on the accident. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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