An article in the Bangor Daily News, which discussed a second weekend of partying at The Grove student apartment complex, included comments from UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Robert Dana, who said university police are prepared for weekend parties and first-year students often test their limits, but many problems are […]
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The University of Maine Division of Student Affairs invites members of the campus community to a memorial service from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 in the Memorial Union chapel for Shirley Ladd, a UMaine student who died this summer as a result of a fall from a ledge in Acadia National Park. […]
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In honor of the UMaine football team’s 1,000th game, Black Bears fans voted for the program’s top 10 moments.
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University of Maine Vice President for Enrollment Management Jimmy Jung was interviewed about UMaine enrollment for an Associated Press article about enrollments within the University of Maine System. Several news outlets, including the Bangor Daily News, the Boston Globe website and The Republic in Columbus, Ind., ran the report. In spite of almost universal enrollment […]
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Lauri Sidelko, the director of UMaine’s Student Wellness Resource Center, was mentioned in a Kennebec Journal report on the news that UMaine-Augusta will ban smoking on its campus starting in January. Sidelko said UMaine, which was the first University of Maine System campus to ban smoking, has had fewer than 10 students reported for violations. […]
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University of Maine vice president for student affairs and dean of students Robert Dana spoke with Maine Public Broadcasting Network Tuesday about UMaine’s designation by the Princeton Review as being among the top 20 so-called party schools in the country. Dana said the listing, while dubious, presents an opportunity to remind parents and students of […]
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One student’s experience working with the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium and taking a UMaine sculpture class.
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The Bangor Daily News and Channel 2 (WLBZ) were among the news organizations to report that the 2013 Princeton Review includes the University of Maine as 19th in the top 20 schools rated as best party schools. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Concord (N.H.) Monitor newspaper published the obituary for University of Maine psychology major Shirley Ladd, 22, of Barnstead, N.H., who died as a result of a fall on a mountainous hiking trail in Acadia National Park July 28. Ladd, who was minoring in business, worked at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center as a […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an article about the ongoing investigation into the death July 28 of UMaine student Shirley Ladd, a 22-year-old New Hampshire resident who fell from a steep mountain trail in Acadia National Park. The Seacoastonline.com newspaper group in southern Maine also carried the report. Investigators said they want to determine exactly […]
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