The Bangor Daily News reported that Maine Gov. Paul LePage has named Lauri Sidelko, director of UMaine’s Alcohol and Drug Education Programs (ADEP), to the Maine Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force. Sidelko will focus on education. The task force will report every six months to the governor, the attorney general, the commissioner of public safety, […]
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UMaine announced Sunday that Black Bear student athletes Kelly Newton of the field hockey team and Andrew Rogers of the men’s basketball team are the recipients of the 2012 “M” Club Dean Smith Awards. The awards are presented annually to the top male and female student-athlete with outstanding academic and athletic achievement, along with citizenship […]
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Several UMaine students and Patty Counihan, director of the UMaine Career Center, were interviewed for a Channel 7 news report on Wednesday’s Career Fair at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. The event attracted hundreds of students and nearly 90 businesses looking to hire interns and full- and part-time employees. The reports starts 9 minutes, […]
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Several media outlets have reported on the news that John Voltz has been hired as executive director of Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. Mainebiz had a story about the hiring, noting that the Blackstone Foundation launched in October a $3 million fund to help Maine’s entrepreneurial community […]
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Bangor TV station WLBZ covered Wednesday’s annual Career Fair, which was held at UMaine’s New Balance Student Recreation Center. The report said hundreds of students had the opportunity to visit with dozens of companies and organizations about jobs and internship opportunities. Several students, including mechanical engineering major Jake Low, who said location and job satisfaction […]
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In a news release on the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch web page, Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving the Maine Technology Institute, the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development and UMaine, announced the hiring of John Voltz as its Executive Director. The Blackstone Foundation launched in October a $3 million fund to help Maine’s […]
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ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine will host this summer’s Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium (SISS), a biennial cultural event that will bring eight internationally recognized sculptors to the UMaine campus to create stone artwork for permanent display at eight locations in Orono, Old Town and Bangor.
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the Feb. 1 Career Fair planned by UMaine’s Career Center at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Representatives from some 85 companies, organizations and graduate school programs are looking to meet UMaine and other colleges students who could land internships and full or part time jobs. Contact: Patty Counihan, (207) […]
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The website Bleacher Report named Orono one of the nation’s 50 best hockey cities. The ranking cited the “fantastic players” that have come out of UMaine and also the “red-hot” hockey community. Orono was ranked 29th, ahead of communities with NHL teams such as Anaheim, Calif., Dallas, and Tampa Bay. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Some 85 companies and organizations, and as many as 1,000 college students, are preparing for the annual Career Fair Feb. 1 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center, sponsored by the UMaine Career Center. The annual event connects employers with students, who often land internships or full time jobs as a result of the introductions. […]
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